Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Antonyms

Hints:
Word Charge
Word Roots
Word Associations
Making opposites of answer choices
and Guesses.

1. Look at word Roots, Stems and Suffixes
Eg: Benediction means, its prefix (bene means good) tells that its opposite is likely to be bad.
Perhaps the answer begin with mal, as in malefaction.

2. Use the +ve or -ve charges of the words to help you
+ sign for positive connotations
- sign for negative connotations
= sign for neutral words
Eg:

PERDITION : -

A) Deterrent -
B) Rearrangement =
C) Reflection =
D) Salvation +
E) Rejection -

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