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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY I

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1 SIMPLE (E) EASY DIFFICULT, HARD, COMPLEX

2 WIDE (B) BROADNARROW, LITTLE, LIMITED, THIN, TINY

3 HUMBLE (G) GENTLEHARSH, ROUGH, CRUEL, VIOLENT, WILD, SEVERE

4 DESTROY (S) SPOILREPAIR, MEND, CREATE, ADORN, HEAL, HELP

5 EMPTY (H) HOLLOWFULL, HONEST, REAL, VALUABLE, FRANK

6 FAULT (D) DEFECTACCURATE, ADVANTAGE, PERFECT, CORRECT

7 DENY (O) OPPOSEACCEPT, AGREE, HELP, SUPPORT, YIELD

8 FAIR (J) JUST UNJUST, PARTIAL, UNFAIR, WRONG

9 PLEASANT (F) FUNUNHAPPY, UNPLEASANT, BORING, TIRING

10 ASK (Q)QUESTION, QUIZ

ANSWER, REPLY

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY I

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 CUP LATIN CUPA

2 POEM GREEK POEMA

3 TOY DUTCH TUIG

4 EAT ENGLISH ETEN

5 BIBLE GREEK BIBLION

6 VIOLET LATIN VIOLA

7 WHERE ENGLISH WHER

8 BELT ENGLISH BELT

9 RICE PERSIAN BRIZI

10 MAT LATIN MATTA

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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY II

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1 RELEASE (F) FREEBOUND, BIND, LIMITED, STRICT, BUSY

2 ANGRY (F) FURIOUSCALM, PEACEFUL, GENTLE, HAPPY, MILD

3 FAKE (F) FALSE TRUE, GENUINE, CORRECT, REAL

4 CERTAIN (D) DEFINITE INDEFINITE, DOUBTFUL, UNSURE

5 DAMP ( H) HUMID DRY, ARID

6 BRING (C) CARRY DROP, PLACE, KEEP, LEAVE

7 DISTANT (F) FAR CLOSER, NEARER

8 DIFFICULT (T) TOUGHEASY, FLEXIBLE, WEAK, SOFT, DELICATE, KIND, MILD

9 SAVE (C) CONSERVENEGLECT, DESTROY, SPEND, WASTE, USE

10 LOSE (F) FAILWIN, GAIN, FINISH, SUCCEED, ACHIEVE

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY II

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 ORANGE PERSIAN NARANG

2 EARLY ENGLISH ERLY

3 GROUP GERMAN KROPF

4 OIL GREEK ELAION

5 OCEAN GREEK OKEANOS

6 TUB GERMAN TUBBE

7 CIRCLE LATIN CIRCULUS

8 BORDER DUTCH BOORD

9 RISE ENGLISH RISEN

10 JUTE SANSKRIT JATA

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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY III

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1 FOLLOW (C) CHASE ESCAPE, RETREAT, LEAD, NEGLECT

2 BENEFIT (G) GAIN LOSS, LOSE, FAIL, DEBT, DECLINE

3 DEPRESS (U) UPSETCALM, CLEAN, HAPPY, HEALTHY, SOOTHE

4 EXPOSE (O) OPENCLOSE, LIMITED, HIDDEN, BLOCKED, SHUT

5 ENTIRE (W) WHOLEINCOMPLETE, PART, BROKEN, IMPERFECT

6 SERENE (Q) QUIETNOISY, LOUD, AGITATED, WILD, EXCITE

7 BRIEF (C) CONCISELENGTHY, WORDY, LONG, EXPANSIVE

8 HIKE (R) RAISE DECREASE, FALL, DROP, DECLINE

9 CHERISH (L) LOVEDISLIKE, HATE, HATRED, NEGLECT, DESPISE

10 MEND (F) FIXDISCONNECT, BREAK, DAMAGE, CHANGE

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY III

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 SHAWL PERSIAN SHAL

2 AREA LATIN AREA

3 RUSK SPANISH RUSCA

4 OWL ENGLISH OULE

5 LUCK GERMAN GLUCK

6 TUTOR LATIN TUTOR

7 COMMON LATIN COMMUNIS

8 HOME ENGLISH HOOM

9 GOLF DUTCH COLF

10 BANANA SPANISH BANANA

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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY IV

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1 DEVELOP (G) GROWSTOP, DECLINE, DECREASE, REDUCE,

2 EQUAL (S) SAMEDIFFERENT, UNEQUAL, DISSIMILAR

3 UNIQUE (R) RARECOMMON, FAMILIAR, ORDINARY, REGULAR, USUAL

4 TAMED (M) MILDFIRM, COARSE, HARSH, HARD, ROUGH

5 STERN (R) RIGIDBROKEN, FLEXIBLE, GENTLE, LENIENT, SOFT

6 WISE (R) RATIONALIRRATIONAL, CARELESS, CONFUSED, UNWISE

7 BESTOW( C) CONFERREFUSE, DISHONOUR, DEPRIVE, TAKE, KEEP

8 ALTER (T) TRANSFORMHOLD, REMAIN, PRESERVE, STAGNATE

9 ACTIVE (D) DYNAMICIDLE, LETHARGIC, INACTIVE, BORING, DULL

10 DELAY (L) LAGHASTEN, HURRY, RUSH, ADVANCE, GROW

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY IV

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 MONSOON ARAB MAWSIM

2 BULB GREEK BOLBOS

3 HEART ENGLISH HERTE

4 CAGE LATIN CAUCA

5 ABOUT ENGLISH ABUTEN

6 GULF GREEK KOLPOS

7 HUMOUR LATIN HUMOREM

8 RUPEE SANSKRIT RUPYA

9 CIDER HEBREW SHEKAR

10 ELBOW ENGLISH ELBOWE

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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY V

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1JEOPARDY (D)

DANGER CALM, PEACE, SAFETY, CARE, GUARD

2 REWARD (H) HONOURBLAME, CRITICISE, DISREGARD, SCORN, NEGLECT

3 REPLACE (C) CHANGEUNIFORMITY, PRESERVE, REMAIN, KEEP, CONTINUE

4ISOLATED (L)

LONELY SOCIABLE, INHABITED, POPULATED

5 PLIGHT (T) TROUBLEADVANTAGE, SOLUTION, BENEFIT, BOON, BLESSING

6 PERFECT (I) IDEALCOMMON, FLAWED, IMPERFECT, PRACTICAL

7 MASSIVE (H) HUGE LITTLE, SMALL, MINUTE, LIMITED, TINY

8 VITAL (E)ESSENTIAL

OPTIONAL, SECONDARY, TRIVIAL, MINOR, INESSENTIAL

9 SOOTHE (E) EASEAGITATE, IRRITATE, ANNOY, TROUBLE, EXCITE

10 DETEST (H) HATELOVE, LIKE, ADORE, ADMIRE, FLATTER, COMMEND

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY V

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 SATELLITE LATIN SATELLITEM

2 HOLLOW ENGLISH HOLWE

3 SAPPHIRE HEBREW SAPPIR

4 DOLLAR GERMAN THALER

5 FORSAKE ENGLISH FORSAKEN

6 SLIGHT GERMAN SLIGHT

7 REBUFF ITALIAN REBUFFE

8 HARASS FRENCH HARASSER

9 PERSON LATIN PERSONA

10 TAR ENGLISH TERRE

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SYNONYM & ANTONYMCATEGORY VI

SL WORD SYNONYM ANTONYMS

1 SCARCE (L) LIMITEDFREE, INDEFINITE, UNLIMITED, SUFFICIENT

2 PROSAIC (M) MUNDANEUNCOMMON, EXTRAORDINARY, EXCITING

3 STAGNANT (I) INACTIVEACTIVE, LIVELY, ENERGETIC, FAST, SPIRITED, MOVING, MOBILE, WORKING, BUSY

4 HEROIC (V) VALIANTCOWARDLY, AFRAID, FEARFUL, MEEK, TIMID

5 IRE (W) WRATHCALM, PEACE, COMFORT, DELIGHT, HAPPINESS, JOY, PLEASURE, QUIET, COOL

6 ANTIQUE (O) OBSOLETECURRENT, MODERN, NEW, PRESENT

7 NIMBLE (Q) QUICKSLOW, LAZY, LEISURELY, SLUGGISH, DELAYED

8 SEIZE (G) GRABGIVE, LOSE, RELEASE, FREE, LIBERATE

9 INNATE (N)NATURAL, NORMAL

ARTIFICIAL, DIFFERENT, UNCOMMON, UNUSUAL, ABNORMAL

10 DEARTH (L) LACKABUNDANCE, EXCESS, SUFFICIENT, EXTRA, SURPLUS

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WORD ORIGINCATEGORY VI

SL WORD ORIGIN ORIGIN WORD

1 COMPLETE LATIN COMPLETUS

2 BULBUL PERSIAN BULBUL

3 CATEGORY GREEK KATEGOREIN

4 HASH GERMAN HACKEN

5 SWING ENGLISH SWINGEN

6 BUFFOON FRENCH BOUFFON

7 ANALYSIS GREEK ANALYSIS

8 STAR ENGLISH STERRE

9 PIAZZA GREEK PLATEIA

10 SOLUTION LATIN SOLUTIONEM