The Century Vocabulary Builder · Chapter 15Exercise B
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For some of the generic words in Exercise A you will find antonyms in Exercise C. Here is a list:
In Exercise A: walk, laugh, busy, hate, masculine, old
In Exercise C: run, cry, idle, love, feminine, young.
Now each of the generic terms in C is followed by a list of its synonyms. But for the six generic terms just given let us see how many synonyms you can find for yourself. Simply study each word in turn, think of all the synonyms for it you can summon, strike out those you consider far-fetched. Then compare your list with the list under the antonym in Exercise A; if possible, improve your list by means of this comparison. Finally, compare your revised list with the list in Exercise C.
In Exercise C are two generic terms that carry the same idea (but not in the same part of speech) as generic terms in Exercise A. They are as follows:
In Exercise A: sing, death
In Exercise C: song, die.
Take song and die. First, find all the satisfactory synonyms you can for yourself. Then if possible improve your list by studying the list under the corresponding word in Exercise A. Finally, compare your revised list with the one in Exercise C.