Word Power 6

Word Power 6

This chapter includes antonyms (opposite), single word for a group of words and the same word used both as Noun and Verb.

A. Antonyms (Opposites)

Word	Antonyms	Word	Antonyms
above	below	common	rare, uncommon
absent	present	clever	Stupid
accept	reject	cruel	kind
agree	differ	create	destroy
alive	dead	crude	refined
ancient	modem	death	birth
arrival	departure	deep	shallow
attract	repel	difficult	easy
advance	retreat	different	similar
artificial	natural	dry	wet
always	never	diligent	lazy
appear	disappear	deposit	withdraw
allow	disallow	early	late
buy	sell	enemy	friend
bottom	top	empty	full
bad	good	export	import
barren	fertile	encourage	discourage
blunt	sharp	false	true
broad	narrow	far	near
beautiful	ugly	foolish	wise
bold	timid	famous	notorious
beginning	end	fresh	stale
bitter	sweet	fail	pass
bright	dull	freedom	slavery
brave	coward	general	Particular
cheap	costly	guilty	innocent
clean	dirty	ordinary	unique
gain	loss	open	shut
guest	host	permanent	temporary
great	small	pleasant	unpleasant
high	low	punish	reward
hope	despair	profit	loss
healthy	unhealthy	punctual	late
hate	love	public	private
hard	soft	quick	slow
heaven	hell	real	imaginary
head	tail	rear	front
heavy	light	use	misuse
honest	dishonest	unite	separate
humble	proud	victory	defeat
haste	delay	vague	clear
lend	borrow	virtue	vice
liquid	solid	weak	strong
mortal.	immortal	win	lose
masculine	feminine	wet	dry
major	minor	wide	narrow
master	servant	written	oral
majority	minority	war	peace
normal	abnormal	young	old

B.Single word for a Group of Words

1. One who believes in the existence of God – Theist
2. The yearly return of a date – anniversary
3. An assembly of listeners    – audience
4. One who plays for pleasure – amateur
5. The life history of a person written by himself – autobiography
6. The science of plant life – botany
7. The life history of a person written by another – biography
8. A person who lives at the same time as an other – contemporary
9. Done without any preparation – extempore
10. One who believes in fate    – fatalist
11. A room containing many books    – library
12. A period of hundred years – century
13. A period of two weeks – fortnight
14. Resulting in death – fatal
15. One who makes a powerful public speech – orator
16. That which lives on another – parasite
17. Happening at the same time –    simultaneous
18. A list of books – catalogue
19. A place for burial of dead bodies – cemetry
20. Of or from all parts of the world – cosmopolitan
21. Government formed by the representatives of the people – democracy
22. Contrary to law – illegal
23. Bad beyond reform – incorrigible
24. A play that ends in death – tragedy
25. A light amusing drama or play – comedy
26. One who takes a bright view of things – optimist
27. One who takes a dark view of things – pessimist
28. A child born after the death of his father – posthumous
29. A piece of writing before it is published – manuscript
30. One who speaks for others – spokesman
31. Performing work without pay – honorary
32. Government carried on by an absolute ruler – dictatorship
33. That which cannot be read – illegible
34. One who does not know how to read and write – illiterate
35. That which cannot be heard – inaudible
36. A child whose parents are dead – orphan
37. A woman whose husband is dead – widow
38. A man whose wife is dead – widower
39. One who lives on vegetables or plant food – vegetarian
40. Science of the life of animals – zoology
41. Subject to death – mortal
42. Government by a king – monarchy
43. One who does not believe in the existence of God – atheist
44. A cure of all diseases – panacea
45. An instrument for measuring temperature – thermometer

C. Words used both as a Noun and Verb

S.N.	Word	As a Noun	As a Verb
1.	Air	I want to go out for fresh air.	Put the clothes out to air.
2.	Aid	NGOs are run on aid from the government.	They aided him to escape.
3.	Aim	My aim in life is to become a doctor.	I aimed at the target.
4.	Arm	I leaned on my father’s arm.	A country should arm against the enemy.
5.	Bank	I have an account in a local bank.	You can bank on me.
6.	Bat	The batsman changed his bat.	He batted well.
7.	Bark	The bark of this tree is useful.	Dogs are barking.
8.	Battle	A serious battle took place.	He is battling for his life.
9.	Back	I have a serious pain in my back.	He has promised to back me.
10.	Book	My friend has bought a new book.	I have booked my room in a hotel.
11.	Bridge	The bridge is under-construction.	We should bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.
12.	Face	His face is round.	I have never faced a clumsy person. :
13.	Fair	Children love to visit fairs.	One should be fair in one’s dealings.
14.	Fan	My mother bought a new fan.	My mother fanned me with a paper.
15.	Fine	I have to pay a fine of fifty rupees.	I am fined fifty rupees.
16.	Head	The man hit me on my head.	Mr. Sharma will head the meeting.
17.	Hide	These boots are made from buffalo hide.	The child hid himself under the bed.
18.	Highlight	I saw the highlight of the match.	Please highlight the important lines in red.
19.	Hook	The towel is hanging on the hook.	A car was hooked to the back of a truck.
20.	Milk	I love to drink milk.	The farmer is milking the cow.
21.	Park	I walk everyday in the park.	Don’t park your vehicle here.
22.	Reason	Please tell me the reason of your late coming.	Gradually man developed his ability to reason.
23.	Tail	Monkeys have long tails.	The spy is tailing me for. several days.
24.	Trim	These plants need a trim.	The gardener trimmed the plants.
25.	Water	Please give me a glass of water.	The gardener is watering the plants.

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in the box.

heavy
dry
withdraw
rejected
wide
forget
enemy
late
war
major

1. My towel is wet but yours is ______________ .
2. He never comes early, he is always ______________ .
3. I hoped that he would accept my proposal but finally he ______________ it.
4. Deposit the amount and ______________ it whenever you need.
5. Peace is always good, ______________ is always bad.
6. My box is light but yours is ______________ .
7. I have only friends and no ______________ .
8. My brother is minor. Next year he will become ______________ .
9. I always remember happy days and want to ______________ bad ones.
10. This road is ______________ but that road is narrow.

Аnswers:

1. My towel is wet but yours is dry.
2. He never comes early, he is always late.
3. I hoped that he would accept my proposal but finally he rejected it.
4. Deposit the amount and withdraw it whenever you need.
5. Peace is always good, war is always bad.
6. My box is light but yours is heavy.
7. I have only friends and no enemy.
8. My brother is minor. Next year he will become major.
9. I always remember happy days and want to forget bad ones.
10. This road is wide but that road is narrow.

Exercise 2

Write one word for the following group of words.

1. That which cannot be heard.
2. One who believes in fate
3. A cure of all diseases.
4. One who speaks for others.
5. A period of hundred years.
6. One who doesn’t know how to read and write
7. One who believes in the existence of God
8. One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God
9. The life history of a person written by himself
10. The life history of a person written by another

Аnswers:

1. inaudible
2. fatalist
3. panacea
4. spokesman
5. century
6. illiterate
7. theist
8. atheist
9. autobiography
10. biography