Problem with Redundancy

Redundancy (Kelebihan kata/ Pemborosan kata) maksudnya kata tambahan tidak

perlu karena maksudnya tetap sama.
Contoh Soal :
The troops advanced forward after the big battle. (SALAH) seharusnya,
The troops advanced after the big battle. OR The troops forwarded after the big battle.
Karena advance sama artinya dengan forward artinya maju.
Berikut 200 kata yang biasa ditemukan sebagai redundancy :
A

(absolutely)
essential
(absolutely)
necessary

A.M. (in the

morning)

(and) etc.

(anonymous)
stranger
(annual)
anniversary

(basic) necessities

best (ever)

biography (of his-or her--life)

blend (together)

(boat) marina

(actual) facts

advance
(forward)

(advance)
planning

(armed) gunman

(advance) preview

(artificial)
prosthesis

bouquet (of
flowers)

brief (in duration)

(advance)
reservations

ascend (up)

(brief) moment

(advance) warning

ask (the question)

(brief) summary

add (an additional)

assemble
(together)

(burning) embers

add (up)

attach (together)

(added) bonus

ATM (machine)

cacophony (of
sound)

(affirmative) yes

cameo
(appearance)

autobiography (of
his or her own life)

(aid and) abet

cancel (out)

(careful) scrutiny

cash (money)

cease (and desist)

(all-time) record

alternative
(choice)

bald(-headed)
balsa (wood)

(basic)
fundamentals

circle (around)

circulate (around)

classify (into
groups)

consensus (of
opinion)

emergency
(situation)

(constantly)
maintained

(empty) hole

cooperate
(together)

empty (out)

(empty) space

(close) proximity

(closed) fist

could (possibly)

enclosed (herein)

collaborate
(together)

crisis (situation)

(end) result

curative (process)

combine
(together)

enter (in)

(current)
incumbent

(entirely) eliminate

commute (back
and forth)

(current) trend

equal (to one

another)

compete (with
each other)

depreciate (in
value)

eradicate
(completely)

(completely)
annihilate

descend (down)

estimated at
(about)

(completely)
destroyed

(desirable)
benefits

evolve (over time)

(completely)
eliminate

(different) kinds

(exact) same

disappear (from
sight)

(exposed) opening

extradite (back)

(face) mask

fall (down)

(favorable)
approval

(fellow)
classmates

(fellow) colleague

few (in number)

(completely)
engulfed

(completely) filled

(completely)
surround

(component) parts

drop (down)

during (the course

of)

dwindle (down)

confer (together)

each (and every)

connect (together)

earlier (in time)

connect (up)

eliminate
(altogether)

confused (state)

filled (to capacity)

(general) public

(final) conclusion

GOP (party)

(final) end

GRE (exam)

(final) outcome

(final) ultimatum

(first and)
foremost

interdependent
(on each other)

introduced (a new)

green [or blue or

whatever] (in
color)

introduced (for the

first time)

(ir)regardless

grow (in size)

ISBN (number)

join (together)

(joint)
collaboration

kneel (down)

(knowledgeable)
experts

lag (behind)

later (time)

LCD (display)

lift (up)

(little) baby

had done
(previously)

(harmful) injuries

fly (through the

air)

(head) honcho

follow (after)

heat (up)

(foreign) imports

HIV (virus)

(former) graduate

hoist (up)

(former) veteran

(hollow) tube

(free) gift

hurry (up)

(from) whence

(frozen) ice

(illustrated)
drawing

(frozen) tundra

full (to capacity)

(full) satisfaction

fuse (together)

(future) plans

(future) recurrence

gather (together)

(first) conceived

first (of all)

incredible (to
believe)

(live) studio
audience

indicted (on a
charge)

(live) witness

input (into)

(local) residents

integrate
(together)

look (ahead) to the

future

integrate (with
each other)

look back (in

retrospect)

G
M

made (out) of

never (before)

(major)
breakthrough

(new) beginning

(new) construction

(major) feat

manually (by
hand)

(new) innovation

(new) invention

(new) recruit

(overused) clich

(pair of) twins

palm (of the hand)

(passing) fad

(past) experience

(past) history

may (possibly)

meet (together)

none (at all)

meet (with each

other)

(past) memories

nostalgia (for the

past)

(past) records

(mental) telepathy

(now) pending

penetrate (into)

merge (together)

period (of time)

off (of)

(old) adage

(personal) friend

(personal) opinion

(old) cliche

(old) custom

pick (and choose)

PIN (number)

(old) proverb

(open) trench

pizza (pie)

(place) where

open (up)

(oral) conversation

plan (ahead)

plan (in advance)

(originally) created

output (out of)

(Please) RSVP

plunge (down)

(outside) in the
yard

(polar) opposites

(positive)
identification

postpone (until
later)

might (possibly)
minestrone (soup)
mix (together)
modern ______ (of
today)
(mutual)
cooperation
(mutually)
interdependent
mutual respect
(for each other)
(number-one)
leader in ________

nape (of her neck)

(native) habitat

(natural) instinct

outside (of)

(over) exaggerate

over (with)

pouring (down)
rain

(pre)board (as an
airplane)

(pre)heat

(pre)record

(private) industry

(present)
incumbent
S

repeat (again)

small (size)

reply (back)

(small) speck

retreat (back)

soft (in texture) [or

(to the touch)]

return (back)

sole (of the foot)

revert (back)

spell out (in detail)

rise (up)

spliced (together)

round (in shape)

start (off) or (out)

(safe) haven

(still) persists

(safe) sanctuary

(still) remains

same (exact)

(sudden) impulse

(sand) dune

Sufficient (enough)

scrutinize (in
detail)

(sum) total

surrounded (on all

sides)

tall (in height)

tall (in stature)

(temper) tantrum

ten (in number)

three a.m. (in the

morning)

(three-way) love
triangle

present (time)

previously listed
(above)

proceed (ahead)

(proposed) plan

protest (against)

pursue (after)

self-______
(yourself)

raise (up)

RAM (memory)

separated (apart
from each other)

(serious) danger

share (together)

reason is
(because)

reason (why)

(sharp) point

recur (again)

re-elect (for
another term)

shiny (in
appearance)

shut (down)

refer (back)

(single) unit

time (period)

reflect (back)

skipped (over)

time (when)

(regular) routine

slow (speed)

(tiny) bit

(total) destruction

(true) facts

(truly) sincere

tuna (fish)

(unintentional)
mistake

(twelve) noon or
midnight

(universal)
panacea

(two equal) halves

(two) twins

(unnamed)
anonymous

(ultimate) goal

undergraduate
(student)

(underground)
subway

(unexpected)
emergency

(unexpected)
surprise

UPC (code)

(usual) custom

vacillate (back and

forth)

(veiled) ambush

(very) pregnant

(very) unique

visible (to the eye)

(wall) mural

warn (in advance)

weather
(conditions)

weather (situation)

whether (or not)

(white) snow

write (down)