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.•Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms #10
Synonyms:
Example:
words that have the same (or nearly the same) meanings
large ~ big
Antonyms: words that have opposite meanings
Example: hot ~ cold
Directions: Choose the best synonym for the following words.
11) decline
13) outcast
I S}beverage
A. mountain
B. discipline
C. hill
D. descent
E. slope
A. specialist
B. nomad
C. exile
D. expert
E. wonderer
A. liquid
B. potion
C. food
D. taste
E. drink
12) choir
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1 6) human it}'
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
chorus
council
team
group
class
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
rejection
idea
claim
advice
declaration
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
woman
land
country
mankind
man
Directions: Choose the best antonym for the following words.
1 1) belief
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
doubt
credence
security
devotion
tension
12) absence
13) asset
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
liability
card
withdraw
loan
debt
14) theory
A. tardiness
B. presence
C. distance
D. repetition
A. proof
B. calculation
C. hypothesis
D. experiment
E. proximity
E. prediction
I 5) departure
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
landing
breakdown
exit
arrival
delay
I 6) takeoff
A. cruise
B.gear
C. landing
D. approach
E. meal
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Name ------Date -------
• Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms #11
Synonyms:
Example:
large ~
Antonyms:
Example:
Directions:
words that have the same (or nearly the same) meanings
big
words that have opposite meanings
hot ~
cold
Choose the best synonym for the following words.
11) diplomat
I 3) conservation]
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A. revolt
A. environment
B.
B.
A. vision
B. understanding
C. books
combatant
C. refugee
D. general
E. ambassador
preservation
C. agriculture
D. technology
E. reservation
12) mistake
14) enthusiasm
A. omission
A.
B. sentence
C. error
D. paragraph
E. correction
Directions:
D. awareness
E. knowledge
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passion
B. goal
C. will
D. entertainment
E. desire
16) result
A. decision
B. cause
C. outcome
D. data
E. reason
Choose the best antonym for the following words.
11) communism
1 3) competition
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15) disease
A. contest
B. unification
C. cooperation
D. team
E. sport
A. fungus
B. pestilence
C. bacteria
D. cure
E. injury
I 2) misfortune
14) mansion
16) reality
A. practice
A. city
B. skill
D. desire
B. village
C. shack
D. house
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. talent
E, town
E. fantasy
A. socialism
B.
C.
D.
E.
oligarchy
capitalism
feudalism
monarchy
C. luck
channel
play
reaction
death
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