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Word Antonym Word Antonym

left right shallow deep

loss gain sow reap

loud soft, quiet success failure

many few sweet bitter
minor major tame wild

noisy quiet teacher pupil

old young thick thin

peace war top bottom

permanent temporary tough easy
poetry prose useful useless

possible impossible valuable valueless

rapid slow victory defeat

rich poor virtue vice

rough smooth visible invisible

secure insecure wide narrow

C. Homophones

Homophones are the words that have the same sound, but different spellings and
meanings.

rode — the past tense of ‘ride’ road — a street or pathway

all everything

awl a small pointed tool
beat to defeat

beet a kind of root vegetable

bite to cut something by using your teeth
byte a unit of information stored in a computer

cast to throw

caste a social class

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