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SYNONYM (No 2)
Exercise 1. Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word provided?
1.remote
2. gracious
3. kin
4. banish
5. indifferent
a. automatic
a. pretty
a. exult
a. exile
a. neutral
b. distant
b. clever
b. twist
b. hate
b. unkind
c. savage
c. pleasant
c. friend
c. fade
c. precious
d. mean
d. present
d. relative
d. clean
d. mean
6. detest
7. predict
8. pensive
9. drag
10. appall
a. argue
a. foretell
a. oppressed
a. sleepy
a. delirious
b. hate
b. decide
b. caged
b. crush
b. covered
c. discover
c. prevent
c. thoughtful
c. proud
c. dismay
d. reveal
d. discover
d. happy
d. pull
d. confuse
11.modest
12. prolong
13. solemn
14.beneficial
15. diffident
a. attractive
a. extend
a. amusing
a. help
a. apathetic
b. clever
b. inquire
b. harmful
b.advantageou
b. shy
c. current
c. relax
c. speech
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c. arrogant
d. humble
d. wait
d. serious
c. charity
d. quarrelsome
16. custom
17. hustle
18. imply
d. wise
20. rail
a. dessert
a. dance
a. suggest
19. fearless
a. scold
b. habit
b. hurry
b. stab
a. powerful
b. push
c. ethic
c. busy
c. thick
b. cowardly
c. try
d. deliver
d. clean
d. destroy
c. brave
d. punish
ANTONYM
d. careful
1. expect
2. secret
3. talent
4. detain
5. continue
a. attend
a. friendly
a. ungrateful
a. release
a. curve
b. regret
b. covert
b. silent
b. silence
b. argue
c. despair
c. hidden
c. show
c. forget
c. carry
d. loathe
d. overt
d. inability
d. prosper
d. pause
6. common
7. heartfelt
8. fluid
9. famous
10. labor
a. strange
a. loving
a. solid
a. boring
a. amuse
b. uneasy
b. insincere
b. liquid
b. poor
b. cat
c. quick
c. unhealthy
c. afraid
c. obscure
c. rest
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d. fast
d. humorous
d. decent
d. untalented
d. strive
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Exercise 1: Synonym (most nearly mean)
1. remote means faraway
2. to detest means to feel intense or violent dislike
3. gracious means to be pleasant
4. to predict means to declare in advance
5. kin means people with common ancestors
6. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful
7. to banish means to drive out from home or country, or to exile
8. to drag is to cause movement in a direction with applied force
9. to be indifferent is to be marked by impartiality or to be neutral
10. to appall is to overcome with shock, or to dismay
11. modest means to be free of conceit or pretension, or humble
12. a custom means a long-established practice, or a habit
13. to prolong means to lengthen in time, or to extend
14. to hustle means to hurry
15. solemn means marked by grave sobriety, or serious
16. to imply means to express indirectly, or to suggest
17. beneficial means causing benefit, or advantageous
18. fearless means lacking fear, or brave
19. diffident means shy or lacking in confidence
20. to rail means to scold in harsh, abusive language
Exercise 2: Antonym (most opposite to)
1. secret means hidden or covert; overt means open to view
2. heartfelt means expressing genuine feeling, or sincere, so insincere is its opposite
3. talent is a special creative or artistic ability, therefore inability is the opposite
4. common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar
5. to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to lose all hope
6. to detain means to hold or keep back; to release means to let go
7. famous means widely known; obscure means little known
8. a fluid is a substance that flows; a solid does not flow
9. to continue means to act without interruption; to pause means to stop temporarily
10. to labor means to work; to rest means to cease working
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