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Identify the semantic relationship between the words in the

following pairs
1. honest – dishonest BINARY ANTONYMY
2. night – knight HOMOPHONY
3. wider – narrower RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
4. clothes – jeans HYPONYMY
5. refuse – decline SYNONYMY
6. long (a verb which means “yearn”) – long (not short)
HOMOPHONY
7. guard (person who guards, sentinel) – guard (solid protective
shield) POLYSEMY
8. animal – foal HYPONYMY
9. crop (harvest) – crop (handle of a riding whip) HYPONYMY
10. sight – site HOMOPHONY
11. fix – repair SYPONYMY
12. luggage – suitcase HYPONYMY
13. flat (an apartment) – flat (smooth and level)
HOMOPHONY
14. purchase – buy SYNONYMY
15. tail (of a coat) – tail (of an animal) POLYSEMY
16. row (a quarrel) – row (a line of things or people)
HOMOGRAPHY
17. enormous – huge SYNONYMY
18. sawed – sword HOMOPHONY
19. lead (as in Does this road lead to town?) – lead (as in Lead is
a heavy metal.) HOMOGRAPHY
20. before – after RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
21. sell – cell HOMOPHONY
22. fork (in a road) – fork (instrument for eating) POLYSEMY
23. rude – polite RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
24. bow (bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of
respect, greeting, or shame) – bow POLYSEMY
(a knot)
25. doctor – patient
26. never – always
27. married—single
28. sweet – suite
29. absent – present
30. well (in good health) – well (a source for water in the
ground)
31. know – no
32. accept – refuse
33. wound (an injury) – wound (injure someone with a knife)
POLYSEMY
34. in front of – behind RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
35. lip (of a jug) – lip (of a person) POLYSEMY
36. branch (a part of a tree) – branch (a division or office of a
large business or organization) HYMONYMY
37. wind (as in The wind was blowing hard.) – wind (as in wind
one’s watch) HOMOGRAPHY
38. customer – supplier RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
39. vehicle – car HYPONYMY
40. ripe – mature SYNONYMY

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