07/23/24 Grif.Net - Will these Word Quizzes Never Cease?
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CONTRONYMS are two (or more) words that have the SAME SPELLING but have not just different meanings, but TOTALLY OPPOSITE or CONTRADICTORY MEANINGS. They are their own “opposites”, one contradicting the other.These are also antonyms and rare, so see if these contradicting definitions make you think of the same word!
Example: To fail to see something or carefully see something = OVERLOOK
1. To secure or to run away =
2. To adhere or to separate =
3. Remained or departed =
4. To withstand or to erode =
5. Defence of an action or contrition for an action =
6. To approve or to boycott =
7. Heading for a destination or restrained from movement =
8. To add fine particles or to remove fine particles =
9. A person of nobility or a person of equality =
10. Quick or stuck or even more stable =
11. To retreat or to stay in support =
12. The best quality or just satisfactory =
13. Something new and fresh or something old =
14. Lease it to others or lease it to yourself =
15. Tembling terror or peaceful awe =
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"
