CONTRONYMS III

Contronyms or auto-antonyms, are self-contradictory words like CLEAVE and SANCTION.

1. Can you think of a word that could mean either an order to do something or an order not to do something?

2. Can you think of an expression which is widely used to describe the rich and famous, but actually means the common people?

3. Can you think of a word that means both to read very carefully and to read in an easy, relaxed way?

Answers:

1. INJUNCTION - as a court order to stop or require a certain action - also the Biblical injunction that a man marry his deceased brother's wife

2. HOI POLLOI 

3. PERUSE