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40 Cards in this Set
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The judge *announced* the verdict and *declared* the case dismissed. |
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The water was neither *hot* or *cold*. |
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He is *surely* right in his answer and is brother is *certainly* wrong. |
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*Scores* of boys flocked to the ball game and *numerous* men accompanied them. |
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*Would* you please bring some *wood* for the fireplace? |
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The arithmetic problems were *difficult* but the language problems were *easy*. |
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Is the *right* way to *write* an address? |
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When we are *generous* with our praise we shall find that others will not be *stingy* with us. |
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*Our* class will be dismissed in an *hour*. |
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*Small* beginnings in business often result in *large* profit later on. |
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Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning are called |
synonyms |
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Words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings are called |
homonyms |
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The abbreviation for synonym is |
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Words that are opposite in meaning are called |
antonyms |
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The best place to find a synonym for a word is the _____________ or a thesaurus. |
dictionary |
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One source a writer can use to find synonyms for words is Roget's International ___________________. |
Thesaurus |
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The words hymn and him are |
homonyms |
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Following ________________ carefully prevents errors. |
directions |
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The words veil and vale are |
homonyms |
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Good is an ___________________ for bad. |
antonym |
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tardy-late |
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peel-peal |
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holy-wholly |
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respect-admire |
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stingy-generous |
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sealing |
ceiling |
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rain |
reign |
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medal |
meddle |
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knight |
night |
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die |
dye |
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prey |
pray |
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alter |
altar |
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sum |
some |
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coarse |
course |
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bough |
bow |
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My cousin asked me to lend her some money for the bus (fair, fare). |
fare |
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The list on the bulletin (bored, board) shows which committee will (meet, meat) today. |
board, meet |
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The (some, sum) of seventy-five and twenty-six is one hundred (one, won). |
sum, one |
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When the pilot (herd, heard) the weather report, he changed the (coarse, course) of the plane. |
heard, course |
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"For as I passed (bye, buy, by), and behold your devotions, I found an (altar, alter) with this inscription, (TOO, TWO, TO) THE UNKNOWN GOD..." (Acts 17:23) |
by, altar, TO |
