True or false: antonyms
Exercise and reference answers
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- Statement is true
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- An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another.
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- Yes
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- 'Aggravate' is an antonym of 'alleviate'.
- Statement is true
- Yes
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- 'Condemn' is an antonym of 'pardon'.
- Statement is true
- No
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- 'Forgive' is an antonym of 'pardon'.
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- Yes
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- 'Establish' is an antonym of 'exterminate'.
Explanation
An antonym reverses the sense, and the book pairs them deliberately. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.