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adjective = adjective noun = noun verb = verb
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1. naughty Bad, bed, local, nothing
adjective = adjective noun = noun verb = verb
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Activity : Choose one word or words on the right, which mean the same or similar as the word on the left. (If more than one word is correct, mark all the correct ones).
1. naughty
2. neat Bad, tidy, tight, want
3. numerous Much, many, number, never
4. object Behave well, crime, notice, protest
5. odd Also, ancient, borrowed, strange
6. opening Doing, hall, whole, hole
7. opportunity Chance, change, enemy, leaving out
8. overcome Beat, cross, join, overthrow
9. owing to Because of, belonging, borrow, lending
10. peaceful Broken, quite, quiet, strange
11. peculiar Calm, jar, quiet, strange
12. powerful Dusty, half empty, poor, strong
13. precious Expensive, priests, pushing, valuable
14. preserve Earlier, keep, offer, suggest
15. pride Acted, preached, vain, vanity
16. problem Difficulty, land, likely, owner
17. provide Gain, not public, show, supply
18. purchase Buy, convince, reason, run after
19. rapid Fast, hit, mad, quick
20. rare Back, scarce, throw, true
21. rate Mouse, shake, speed, tool
22. refuse Make fresh, make happy, make less, reject
23. regret Be happy, know, refuse, sorrow
24. rejoice Be glad, be sad, make less, refuse
25. remedy Be sorry, cure, far, rest
26. repair B e sorry, fix, go back, talk about
27. rescue Be happy, honor, keep back, save
28. residence Feeling sorry, giving up, home, honor
29. reveal Be happy, belonging to a king, enemy, show
30. reward Be sorry, cure, prize, show
31. search for Look for, rare, scrape, yell
32. seize Catch, make a noise, quantities, snatch
33. selfish Clever, greedy, important, sea food
34. serious Severe, solemn, clever, greedy
35. severe Barber, cut, more than one, strict
36. silly Foolish, important, solemn, stupid
37. sort Game, kind, king, not long
38. struggle Fall, fight, kill, stiff
39. sufficient Better, enough, ill, in pain
40. support Better, game, give, hold up
41. thus Also, although, so, these
42. track Break, catch, trail, van
43. technique Difficult, education, expert, method
44. thorough Past, careful, very rough, by way of
45. unite General, join, loose, one only
45. unite
46. up-to-date Before, finally, modern, till now
47. vacant Absent, empty, vacation, not sure
48. vision Clever, passport, side, sight
49. violate Blue, break, very strong, winning
50. vital Easily seen, essential, faded, food
51. vast Underwear, very big, very good, huge
52. worthy Good enough, not good enough, important, expensive
53. wholly Broken, completely, covered with fur, sacred
54. waken Rose, lose strength, meat, arouse
55. yell Color, give up, long time, shout
56. yearly Almost, annual, easily, giving in
57. yield Soft, weak, give, weigh
58. supreme Abolish, extra, greatest, provide
59. sob Cry, quiet, under, wash
60. smash Hit, smile, break, smart
[Reference: Hill, L.A (1985) Word
Power: Vocabulary Tests & Exercises, HongKong, Oxford University Press]
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