CHAPTER 2: WORD MEANING pdf

∗ Find 5 homonyms of each type: Absolute homonyms, Perfect/Full homonyms and Homophones.. ∗ Find 3 groups of synonyms of each type: Semantic synonyms, Stylistic synonyms, Semantic Stylis

ASSIGNMENT 1 CHAPTER 2: WORD MEANING

-Task: (letter S)

∗ Find 5 polysemantic words

∗ Find 5 homonyms of each type: Absolute homonyms, Perfect/Full homonyms and Homophones

∗ Find 3 groups of synonyms of each type: Semantic synonyms, Stylistic synonyms, Semantic Stylistic synonyms, Phraseological synonyms and Territorial synonyms

∗ Find 3 pairs of antonyms of each type: Antonyms proper (Gradable antonyms), Complimentary (Binary) antonyms and Conversives

1 Symptom(n)

1 a sign of illness ex: flu symptoms – high temperature, headache and so on.

2 a sign of sth bad/problem ex: symptoms of inflation.

2 Suggestive(a)

1 (suggestive of sth) reminding you of sth or making you think about sth.

ex: That song is suggestive of an unhappy childhood.

2 making people think about sex.

ex: suggestive jokes.

3 Stubborn(a)

1 #obstinate; determined not to change your opinion or attitude.

ex: She is so stubborn that she never follows any advice.

2 #persistent; difficult to get rid of or deal with.

ex: a stubborn cough

4 To subside(v)

1 to become less strong or extreme.

ex: Hopefully, the crime in the town will soon subside.

Fortunately, my headache subsided before I had to sit the exam

2 to go down to a lower level.

ex: Eventually the flood waters began to subside.

5 To suspend(v)

1 to suspend sth/sb (from sth) (by/on sth): to hang sth from sth else.

ex: A lamp was suspended from the ceiling

2 to officially stop sth for a time, to prevent sth from being active, used, etc for a

time

ex: the construction was suspended because its workers struck for so long.

3 to suspend sb (from sth): to officially prevent sb from doing their job, going to

school, etc for a time

ex: the football player was suspended because he hit the referee.

A Absolute homonyms

1 To sound(v)

To sound1 (v): to make a noise

To sound2 (v): to measure the depth of a mass of water, such as the sea or a lake

2 Staple(n)

Staple1 (n): a short thin piece of wire used to fasten sheets of paper together

Staple2 (n): a main product or part of something

3 Spell(n)

Spell1 (n): #period; a period of time during which sth lasts

Spell2 (n): #magic; words that are thought to have magic power or to make a piece

of magic work, a piece of magic that happens when sb says magic words

4 To spit(v)

To spit1 (v): #to force out; to force liquid, food, etc out of the mouth, especially saliva

To spit2 (v): #to rain; (informal) to rain very slightly (only used in the progressive tenses)

5 Spade(n)

Spade1 (n): ~card; one of the 4 sets of cards; the cards have a black design shaped like pointed leaves with short items printed on it

Spade2 (n): ~tool; a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle; used for digging

B Perfect/full homonyms

1 Stroke

Stroke1 (n): #hitting movement; an act of hitting a ball when playing a sport Stroke2 (v): #to touch gently; to move your hand gently and slowly over an animal’s fur or hair

2 Still

Still1 (adv): continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing

Still2 (adj): not moving, calm and quiet

3 State

State1 (n): #condition of sb/sth; the mental, emotion or physical condition that a person or a thing is in

State2 (v): to formally write or say sth, especially in a careful and clear way

4 Staunch

Staunch1 (v): past tense of stanch; to stop the flow of sth, especially the flood

Staunch2 (adj): #faithful; strong and loyal in your opinions and attitude.

5 Strand

Trand1 (n): #thread; a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc

Trand2 (v): (usually passive) to make a boat, fish, whale, etc be left on land and unable to return to the water

C Homophones

1 Stair – stare

2 Sunday – sundae

3 Stake – steak

4 Suite – sweet

5 Steal – steel

A Semantic synonyms

1 To wing – to sway – to rock – to oscillate

2 Street – road – avenue – boulevard

3 Supernatural – mystical – magical

B Stylistic synonyms

1 Submarine – sub

2 Swear – damn

3 To strangle – to throttle

C Semantic Stylistic synonyms

1 Successful – victorious – triumphant

2 Speaker – lecturer – orator

3 To swindle – to sting – to fiddle – to fleece – to con

D Phraseological synonyms

1 Speculative – notional – hypothetical

2 To suppress – to quell – to crush – to put down – to subdue

3 To suffer – to to experience – to undergo – to encounter

E Territorial synonyms

1 Streetcar – tram

2 Subway – underground/tube

3 Studio apartment – studio flat

A Gradable antonyms

1 Sympathetic – cruel

2 Swift – slow

3 Sweeping – narrow

B Complementary antonyms

1 To survive – to perish

2 Synthetic – natural

3 Straight – curved

C Conversives

1 To supply – to receive

2 Student – lecturer

3 Subordinate – boss