A little vocab puzzle
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A little vocab puzzle
ds came across "covert" and "overt" in Scrabble and asked if there are any other words where you can make the antonym by adding just one extra letter? I can think of (a)political, (a)symptomatic, (a)synchronous, (a)symmetrical. Any more? Any others which don't start with "a"?
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Re: A little vocab puzzle
Good question:
(a)typical
(a)********
Did type the word in but it must be a banned word on here. It is se*ual!
(a)typical
(a)********
Did type the word in but it must be a banned word on here. It is se*ual!
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Re: A little vocab puzzle
(a)pyrexial
(a)copic
(a)speakic
also f(r)iend ... not really one I know!
(a)copic
(a)speakic
also f(r)iend ... not really one I know!
Re: A little vocab puzzle
I can only think of ones made by adding the prefix "a" too. Covert and overt is neat.
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I've been trying to think of French words, but no joy so far.
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(ir)rational
(il)logical
They don't quite fit your rule as you have to double the first consonant but similar nonetheless.
(il)logical
They don't quite fit your rule as you have to double the first consonant but similar nonetheless.
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Again doesn't quite fit the rule, but how about 'prescribe' and 'proscribe'?
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Re: A little vocab puzzle
good one ... also when talking about muscles you can have abductors and adductorsSamlet wrote:Again doesn't quite fit the rule, but how about 'prescribe' and 'proscribe'?
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which brings all the Latin opposites eg in- and ex- trovertgood one ... also when talking about muscles you can have abductors and adductors
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No that's 2 letters different - if you allowed that you'd be including all the "un"-anything words.Samlet wrote:which brings all the Latin opposites eg in- and ex- trovert
As a variation on the theme - flammable and inflammable - by the normal rules they ought to be antonyms, but they're actually synonyms!