Abstract , v. ; Abstracted ( page 10 , 11 ).
Questions.
1. What is the difference between abstract and separate? between discriminate and distinguish?[C] 2. How does abstract, when said of the mind, differ from divert? from distract? 3. How do abstracted, absorbed, and preoccupied differ from absent-minded? 4. Can one who is preoccupied be said to be listless or thoughtless? one who is absent-minded?
Examples.
He was so —— with these perplexities as to be completely —— of his surroundings.
The busy student may be excused if ——; in the merely —— or —— it is intolerable.
The power to —— one idea from all its associations and view it alone is the —— mark of a philosophical mind.
Numerous interruptions in the midst of —— occupations had made him almost ——.
[C] Note. See these words under DISCERN as referred to at the end of the paragraph on ABSTRACT in Part I. The pupil should be instructed, in all cases, to look up and read over the synonyms referred to by the words in small capitals at the end of the paragraph in Part I.