Exercises

Opposites

Suggest words that seem opposite in meaning to the words in this list.

A boxer dog and a cat snuggled up together.

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Opposites

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A boxer dog and a cat snuggled up together.

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Opposites attract... A boxer dog and a ginger cat in perfect harmony. Sometimes, regrettably, people step in to break up the soothing scene. See The Mischief-Maker, an Indian fable published by Charles Dickens in his magazine Household Words.

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Introduction

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

The words in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 528 common words.

1. Betray. 2. Centre. 3. Comfort. 4. General. 5. Junior. 6. Lenient. 7. Negligent. 8. Rude. 9. Savings. 10. Surrender.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding im-.

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