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Word                   Antonym                       Word                   Antonym

                   heavy                light                           peace                war

                   here                 there                           permanent            temporary

                   in                   out                             poetry               prose
                   include              exclude                         possible             impossible

                   inferior             superior                        rapid                slow

                   inside               outside                         rich                 poor

                   interesting          boring, dull                    rough                smooth

                   internal             external                        secure               insecure

                   join                 separate                        sense                nonsense

                   junior               senior                          shallow              deep
                   justice              injustice                       sow                  reap

                   landlord             tenant                          success              failure

                   large                small                           sweet                bitter

                   laugh                cry                             tame                 wild

                   leader               follower                        teacher              pupil

                   left                 right                           thick                thin

                   loss                 gain                            top                  bottom
                   loud                 soft                            tough                easy

                   many                 few                             up                   down

                   minor                major                           useful               useless

                   near                 far                             valuable             valueless

                   noisy                quiet                           victory              defeat

                   north                south                           virtue               vice

                   old                  young                           visible              invisible
              Glossary  Homophones
                                                                                             narrow
                                                                        wide
                                        present
                   past




                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
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