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1 Name_____. Date_____.. Advanced Synonyms and Antonyms #1. Synonyms: words that have the same (or nearly the same) meanings Example: large big Antonyms: words that have opposite meanings Example: hot cold Directions: Choose the best synonym for the following words. 1) cogent 3) tenuous 5) juvenile A. tentative A. salubrious A. apathetic B. forced B. lengthy B. immature C. convincing C. delicate C. fawning D. truculent D. significant D. painful E. brusque E. ponderous E. nascent 2) ponderous 4) contrite 6) austere A. contemplative A. stolid A. destitute B. compact B. disheartened B. ostentatious C. unwieldy C. fascist C. lavish D. dreamy D. apologetic D. strict E. abstract E. defeated E. prodigal Directions: Choose the best antonym for the following words. 1) cautious 3) turbid 5) ingenuous A. elusive A. transparent A.
2 Shady B. playful B. bemused B. bucolic C. circumspect C. muddled C. candid D. foolhardy D. auspicious D. frank E. jovial E. dark E. honest 2) surreptitious 4) jovial 6) ascetic A. venerable A. lewd A. lachrymose B. tricky B. heterogeneous B. erudite C. clandestine C. depraved C. acclaimed D. hazy D. energetic D. prodigal E. artless E. melancholy E. discipli
