Telling the two apart
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- A word close in meaning is a
- Choices
- synonym
- antonym
- pronoun
- Correct choice
- synonym
- Question
- A word opposite in meaning is an
- Choices
- synonym
- antonym
- adverb
- Correct choice
- antonym
- Question
- 'brave' and 'valiant' form a
- Choices
- antonym pair
- neither
- synonym pair
- Correct choice
- synonym pair
- Question
- 'pardon' and 'condemn' form an
- Choices
- antonym pair
- synonym pair
- neither
- Correct choice
- antonym pair
Explanation
The core distinction. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.