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{Which answer is a correct synonym for 'ambassador'? | {Which answer is a correct synonym for 'ambassador'? | ||
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- revolt | - revolt | ||
|| | || A '''revolt''' is a synonym for ''rebellion'' but '''not''' for ambassador. You have to take a second look! | ||
- combatant | - combatant | ||
|| | || Of course, an ambassador can be - literally spoken - a '''combatant''' but he is '''not''' fighting in the front line of a real war with real weapons. His responsibilites lie more in fighting with words. Take a second look, you can make it! | ||
- refugee | - refugee | ||
|| | || '''Refugees''' truly like embassies but that does not qualify them to be ambassadors. They rather want shelter and safety. Try again, it's not that hard. | ||
- general | - general | ||
|| | || Well, a '''general''' is a rather close guess but also the ambassador and are working for the same camp, they are positioned in different places. This man is rather hard and fast than sophisticated and looking for a loophole. Take another look, it's not that difficult! | ||
+ representative | + representative | ||
|| | || You're right, an '''ambassador''' is the '''representative''' of his country in a foreign nation. Therefore, these two words are synonyms. | ||
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- contest | - contest | ||
|| | || '''Competition''' and '''contest''' are ''synonyms'', not antonyms. That was the wrong phenomenon, try again! | ||
- unification | - unification | ||
|| | || If something is '''unified''', it is put together, everything is equal with no exceptions. Unfortunately, that's a totally different meaning in comparison to competition. | ||
+ cooperation | + cooperation | ||
|| | || You picked the right answer, competition and '''cooperation''' are very far from each other away. Sometimes, they can be united but most of the time, you're either a team player or a social Darwinist. Insurmountable differences! | ||
- team | - team | ||
|| | || There can be competition within a '''team''' but unless it is not absolute on a sportive level, it should not be part of a team. Therefore, you should think the question over, we know you can do it! | ||
- sport | - sport | ||
|| | || Competition and '''sport''' ''do'' belong together but they do not mean the same. Think again, my friend! | ||
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- palimpsest | - palimpsest | ||
|| | || A '''palimpsest''' is a medieval page of manuskript and has therefore nothing to do with '''reverie'''. Please try again!<br/> | ||
- phantom | - phantom | ||
|| | || A '''phantom''' can surely be part of a '''reverie''' but the two words do not mean the same. Come one, take a closer look! | ||
+ daydream | + daydream | ||
|| | || '''Reverie''' is a synonym of 'daydream'. The word itself has its origins in the French verb ''''rêver'''' (to dream). Wonderful! | ||
- curio | - curio | ||
|| | || If a '''reverie''' is really absurd and contains of bizarre and obscure elements, one can definitely call it a '''curio''' but unfortunately, the two words are no synonyms. Try again, nothing's impossible! | ||
- arbitrator | - arbitrator | ||
|| | || What you thought of, was '''referee''', the man or woman who supervises football matches or other sport events. Unfortunately, it is no synonym of '''reverie'''. | ||
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- weakness | - weakness | ||
|| | || A '''mite''' could be considered '''weak'''in comparison to other words but the words are no real antonyms. Try again, you're getting better! | ||
- tend | - tend | ||
|| | || Actually, '''to tend'' could be associated with '''mite'' but they are not opposed to each other. Therefore, no antonyms, I'm sorry. | ||
+ bulk | + bulk | ||
|| | || '''Mite''' can be seen as a really small amount of something whereas '''bulk''' is something truly big. Therefore, the two words can be interpreted as antonyms, they mean different things on the same scale. | ||
+ mammoth | |||
|| | || As '''mite''' can also be described as an animal much smaller than others of its kind, you can easily define '''mammoth''', something immense of its kind, as its antonym. | ||
- spider | - spider | ||
|| | || Yes, we can interpret '''mite''' as the little animals living in the fur of our pets or inside our featherbeds but in this case, '''mite''' and '''spider''' belong to the same part of a scale. They both belong to the family of arachnida. So come one, make another educative guess! | ||
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- decision | - decision | ||
|| | || Your answer is incorrect. Unfortunately, you can only make a '''decision''' that ''leads'' to a result but you cannot say that these two words mean the same. Come on, have a new try! It's easier than you think! | ||
- cause | - cause | ||
|| | || A '''cause''' is the starting point, it always has to have an effect - that's the result. Maybe you can find the right answer now? | ||
+ outcome | + outcome | ||
|| | || Yes, if you think about the '''results''' of your diet, you are awaiting a huge '''outcome'''... or maybe, a small one, that lies in the eye of the beholder. However, those two words are synonyms. That will never change. | ||
- data | - data | ||
|| | || You can use '''data''' to get results - for example if you have a sample from Area 51 - but it is not the same as the result itself. One more try? | ||
+ grade | + grade | ||
|| | || School '''grades''' are often named '''results''' as well (midyear result, final result, etc.), therefore it is true to name those words synonym of each other. | ||
{Which is the best antonym match for 'reality'? | {Which is the best antonym match for 'reality'? | ||
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+ dream | |||
|| | || If you '''dream''', you're not really attendant to the world around you. '''Reality''' therefore cannot influence you because you are in your own world. A very good example for antonyms! | ||
- play | - play | ||
|| | || In a play, there actually is a lot of imagination and one could argue that often, reality does ''not'' play such a great role but this does ''not'' qualify '''play''' to be the antonym of reality. | ||
- reaction | - reaction | ||
|| | || You can '''react''' on reality but antonyms? Maybe when your reactions are seen as decisions changing reality... Anyway, guess one more time, the solution is not to far away. | ||
+ fiction | |||
|| | || '''Fiction''' and '''reality''' are complementary worlds. The protagonist in your science fiction novel is mostly fictious although for him, everything is real. Still, both words are antonyms. | ||
+ fantasy | |||
|| | || '''Fantasy''' is a synonym of ''dream'' and ''fiction'' and can therefore be seen as an antonym of '''reality'''. Or have you ever experienced something in reality that you have once dreamed about? ;) | ||
</quiz> | </quiz> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:59, 2 August 2013
The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Anna, Katarzyna, Verena, Ulrike
Antonyms and Synonyms
In this section, you have to choose which word is a synonym or antonym of the above. As you're doing a multiple-choice test, please remember that more than one answer could be correct. Good luck!