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7. over and above this, on a snow-white napkin spread upon
the sideboard, was a huge ham and a huge sirloin (A. T.).
8. Now you see she is high and mighty, an empress couldn’t be
grander (W. Th.).
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Materials for this exercise are borrowed from Grinberg L.E., et all. Exercises in Mod-
ern English Lexicology. Moscow.
Systenatic .Character .of .the .Vocabulary: .Synonyms, .Antonyms, .Homonums
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exeRCIse 47.
Replace some of the words with their synonyms if possible. How
does the text change?
1) Victor was already carrying my suitcase when I saw the mail-
man coming, a pleasant young black man. Letters in hand, I
jumped into the car, and left Chicago. I couldn’t wait to get to
my friend’s house. Victor and Jean are my close friends. They
live in Indiana by the lake in a very peaceful spot called Oak
Spring. I planned to spend a week of my vacation there.
I talked to Victor on the way, and completely forgot about
my mail! But I didn’t open it when we arrived either. There
was Jean to talk to, cool drinks in tall glasses, and Jean’s noisy
children to confront.
Finally, after dinner, when Jean was making my bed, I spilled
the contents of my purse onto the table. I do that at home
too, because I never know what could have ended up in my
bag during the course of the day (B.P.).
2) After driving Dewey and her camping gear onto the spit, after
saying she’d be right back, Lilah went to see the taxidermist.
A stout man with an amazing expanse of property and a view
of the mountains beyond the bay, which Lilah could not see
for the fog, greeted her at the foot of his gravel driveway.
He was proud of the money he’d earned, what with all the
fish to be stuffed and mailed back to the East Coast, where
they’d be mounted on various ‘adventurer’s’ mantle pieces.
He even shared his secrets about the construction of fibre-
glass fish moulds with Lilah. She, at one time, had dreamed
of being a sculptor, before settling for a more practical Lib-
eral Arts education (L.S.).
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exeRCIse 48.
Do the italicized words possess stylistic connotations? If so, what
are stylistic connotations of these synonyms?
1. a) The girl broke into a trot and disappeared round the cor-
ner. b) Shortly after my arrival at the school I was befriended
by an older lass. c) She used to read books about knights and
fair maidens.
2. a) He was a broken man after the failure of his business. b)
He isn’t such a bad chap really. So we cannot always blame
only him. c) Give the lad a break – it’s only his second day on
the job. d) Sampras looks set to play his fellow countryman
Agassi in the final.
3. a) We were in a hurry so we had to make do just with a quick
snack. b) First prize will be a meal for two at the restaurant
of your choice. c) We just have time for a bite to eat before
the movie. d) In York we had a short stop for refreshment.
4. a) “Clear out!”, she managed to say after hearing the news
about her husband’s adultery. b) Government troops were
forced to withdraw from a borderline. c) She waited until the
last of the guests departed. d) Go away and think about it,
then let me know.
exeRCIse 49.
Give absolute antonyms to the following words.
Agree, alert, arrange, barbarous, bright, build, cheerful, correct,
courage, deep, despair, distinct, exclude, frequent, fresh, hand-
some, here, hostile, intelligent, more, nearer, original, preced-
ing, reject, rough, scarce, solitary, temporary, top, victory.
Systenatic .Character .of .the .Vocabulary: .Synonyms, .Antonyms, .Homonums
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exeRCIse 50.
Give derivational antonyms to the following words.
Approve, backwards, bend, careful, connect, continue, conven-
ient, fold, important, legal, legible like, lock, mature, painful,
patient, polysyllabic, probable, pure, replaceable, resistible, up-
stairs, uptown, useful, wrap
exeRCIse 51.
Arrange antonyms into three groups: a) absolute antonyms, b)
derivational antonyms, c) mixed antonyms.
Active, add, alive, appearance, asleep, attentive, close, com-
petent, convenient, crooked, distrust, easy, employed, exhale,
faithful, light, lower, necessary, outside, post-meridian, rational,
strong, timidity, underestimate.
exeRCIse 52.
Use antonyms for the words in bold. Indicate whether they are
absolute or derivational antonyms.
1. He has recently made this rejection explicit.
2. Companies claim to be able to produce limitless amounts of
power.
3. Managers can transform a too much lethargic work culture
in creative ways.
4. Our occasional quarrels are reminders of a basic primordial
human need for a role in a small family unit on which we still
depend.
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5. When life gets too hectic, it impacts our mental and physical
well-being, it’s time to take action.
6. Through diligent research of old issues of the newspapers
the research assistants gathered page after page.
7. I’m thoroughly convinced that her popularity is due to her
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