Question

Exercise 5. Arrange the following words in pairs of (a) synonyms and (b) antonyms: a) awareness, inception, akin, various, to appear, not new, compulsory, to practice, guess, beginning, con- jecture, diverse, to instigate, trite, indispensable, to rehearse, like, desire, deep thought, to emerge, con- templation, aspiration; b) relevance, to disappear, confirmation, irrelevance to emerge, conjecture, to hide, concurrent, to de- bunk, sequential

Answer 1

Not new - relevance

To appear - to disappear

To emerge - to hide

Akin - concurrent

Diverse - sequental

Indispensable - irrelevance to emerge

Guess - conjecture

Answer 2

(a) Synonyms:

1. awareness - consciousness
2. beginning - inception
3. akin - like
4. various - diverse
5. to appear - to emerge
6. guess - conjecture
7. compulsory - mandatory
8. to practice - to rehearse
9. desire - aspiration
10. deep thought - contemplation
11. indispensable - essential
12. to instigate - to provoke
13. trite - not new
14. to instigate - to incite
15. to rehearse - to practice

(b) Antonyms:

1. relevance - irrelevance
2. to disappear - to emerge
3. confirmation - conjecture
4. concurrent - sequential
5. to debunk - to hide