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Antonyms and Synonyms

In this section, you have to choose which word is a synonym or


antonym of the above. As you're doing a multiple-choice test, please
remember that more than one answer could be correct. Good luck!

1.Which answer is a correct synonym for 'ambassador'?

revolt

combatant

refugee

general

representative

2.Which is the best antonym match for 'competition'?

contest

unification

cooperation

team

sport

3.Which answer is a correct synonym for 'reverie'?

palimpsest

phantom

daydream

curio

arbitrator
4.Which is the best antonym match for 'mite'?

weakness

tend

bulk

mammoth

spider

5.Which answer is a correct synonym for 'result'?

decision

cause

outcome

data

grade

6. Which is the best antonym match for 'reality'?

dream

play

reaction

fiction

fantasy
2. Which of the following word or expressions appear to have the same or
very similar meaning; list them in pair of letters:

A. effluent
B. knock over
C. sympathize
D. boycott
E. outflow
F. construct
G. show sympathy
H. the day after today
I. endure
J. build up
K. put up with
L. tomorrow
M. take a calculated day
N. estimate
synonyny & entailment

3. In the following examples, what the first sentence expresses entails what
the second expresses. Does the second sentence also entail the first? if it
does, is this due to the synonymy of words or phrases in each sentence or
not?

a. Evelyn won the race. The race was won by Evelyn.

b. Greg has hit the ball too hard. Greg has struck the ball too hard.

c. My socks are both scarlet. My socks are both red.

d. I bought some ripe tomatoes. I purchased some ripe tomatoes.

e. My dog is bigger than your dog. Your dog is smaller than my dog.

f. Her dad likes me a lot. Her father likes me a lot.

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