Sunday, March 22, 2009

OPPOSITES DISTRACT I
Credit: GAMES Magazine (adapted) - Feb, 1997
Frances Heaney

The synonyms for each pair of words below will be antonyms of each other:

1. Departed/correct
2. Dandy/psychiatrist (slang term)
3. Drugged/moo
4. Like hen's teeth/"Congratulations!"
5. Forfeited/establish
6. Yearn/curt
7. Cheap or drunk/promiscuous
8. Credit sale/sanctuary
9. Ignite/tail
10. Brisk/nerdy
11. Basin/Rose Parade entry
12. Futile/shy
13. Brew/apartment
14. Impudent/selfish

Answers:

1. Left and right
2. Swell and shrink
3. High and low
4. Rare and well-done
5. Lost and found
6. Long and short
7. Tight and loose
8. Charge and retreat
9. Start and end
10. Cool and square
11. Sink and float
12. Vain and modest
13. Steep and flat
14. Fresh and spoiled

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