Active ( page 17 ).
Questions.
1. With what two sets of words is active allied? 2. How does active differ from busy? from industrious? 3. How do active and restless compare? 4. To what sort of activity does officious refer? 6. What are some chief antonyms of active?
Examples.
Being of an —— disposition and without settled purpose or definite occupation, she became —— as a hornet.
He had his —— days and hours, but could never be properly said to be ——.
An —— attendant instantly seized upon my baggage.
The true student is —— from the mere love of learning, independently of its rewards.