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A
absent - present alive - dead appear - disappear, vanish
abundant - scarce all - none, nothing approve - disapprove
accept - decline, refuse ally - enemy arrive - depart
accurate - inaccurate always - never artificial - natural
admit - deny ancient - modern ascend - descend
advantage - disadvantage answer - question attic - cellar
against - for antonym - synonym attractive - repulsive
agree - disagree apart - together awake - asleep

B
backward - forward better - worse, worst brave - cowardly
bad - good big - little, small build - destroy
beautiful - ugly black - white bold - meek, timid
before - after blame - praise borrow - lend
begin - end bless - curse bound - unbound, free
below - above bitter - sweet boundless - limited
bent - straight borrow - lend bright - dim, dull
best - worst bottom - top brighten - fade
boy - girl broad - narrow

C
calm - windy, troubled clockwise - conceal - reveal
can - cannot, can't counterclockwise contract - expand
capable - incapable close - far, distant cool - warm
captive - free closed - ajar, open correct - incorrect, wrong
careful - careless clumsy - graceful courage - cowardice
cheap - expensive cold - hot create - destroy
cheerful - sad, discouraged, combine - separate crooked - straight
dreary come - go cruel - kind
clear - cloudy, opaque comfort - discomfort compulsory - voluntary
clever - stupid common - rare courteous - discourteous,
rude

D
dangerous - safe deep - shallow diseased - healthy
dark - light definite - indefinite down - up
day - night demand - supply downwards - upwards
daytime - nighttime despair - hope dreary - cheerful
dead - alive dim - bright dry - moist, wet
decline - accept, increase disappear - appear dull - bright, shiny
decrease - increase discourage - encourage dusk - dawn

E
 early - late encourage - discourage expand - contract
east - west end - begin, start export - import
easy - hard, difficult enter - exit exterior - interior
empty - full even - odd external - internal

F
fade - brighten few - many forget - remember
fail - succeed find - lose found - lost
false - true first - last fresh - stale
famous - unknown float - sink frequent - seldom
far - near foolish - wise friend - enemy
fast - slow fore - aft for - against
fat - thin free - bound, captive fortunate - unfortunate
feeble - strong, powerful fold - unfold full - empty

G
generous - stingy give - receive, take grant - refuse
gentle - rough glad - sad, sorry great - tiny, small, unimportant
get - give gloomy - cheerful grow - shrink
giant - tiny, small, dwarf go - stop guest - host
girl - boy good - bad, evil guilty - innocent

H
happy - sad healthy - diseased, ill, sick hill - valley
hard - easy heaven - hell hinder - help
hard - soft heavy - light honest - dishonest
harmful - harmless help - hinder horizontal - vertical
harsh - mild here - there hot - cold
hate - love hero - coward humble - proud
haves - have-nots high - low

I
ill - healthy, well inferior - superior interesting - boring
immense - tiny, small inhale - exhale interior - exterior
important - trivial inner - outer interesting - dull, uninteresting
in - out inside - outside internal - external
include - exclude intelligent - stupid, unintelligent intentional - accidental
increase - decrease

J
join - separate junior - senior justice - injustice
just - unjust

K
knowledge - ignorance known - unknown

L
 landlord - tenant lengthen - shorten long - short
large - small lenient - strict loose - tight
last - first left - right lose - find
laugh - cry less - more loss - win
lawful - unlawful, illegal light - dark, heavy loud - quiet
lazy - industrious like - dislike, hate love - hate
leader - follower likely - unlikely low - high
left - right limited - boundless loyal - disloyal
lend -borrow little - big

M
mad - happy, sane melt - freeze minority - majority
major - minor merry - sad miser - spendthrift
many - few messy - neat misunderstand - understand
mature - immature minor - major more - less
maximum - minimum

N
nadir - zenith never - always no - yes
narrow - wide new - old noisy - quiet
near - far, distant night - day none - some
neat - messy, untidy nighttime - daytime north - south

O
obedient - disobedient old - new optimist - pessimist
odd - even on - off out - in
offer - refuse open - closed, shut outer - inner
old - young opposite- same, similar over - under

P
past - present poetry - prose pretty - ugly
patient - impatient polite - rude, impolite private - public
peace - war possible - impossible prudent - imprudent
permanent - temporary poverty - wealth, riches pure - impure, contaminated
plentiful - scarce powerful - weak push - pull
plural - singular

Q
qualified - unqualified question - answer quiet - loud, noisy

R
raise - lower real - fake right-side-up - upside-down
rapid - slow rich - poor rough - smooth
rare - common right - left, wrong rude - courteous
regular - irregular

S
 safe - unsafe sick - healthy, ill sour - sweet
same - opposite simple - complex, hard sow -reap
satisfactory - unsatisfactory singular - plural straight - crooked
secure - insecure sink - float start - finish
scatter - collect slim - fat, thick stop - go
separate - join, together slow - fast strict - lenient
serious - trivial sober - drunk strong - weak
second-hand - new soft - hard success - failure
shallow - deep some - none sunny - cloudy
shrink - grow sorrow - joy synonym - antonym
sweet - sour

T
take - give thick - thin tough - easy, tender
tall - short tight - loose, slack transparent - opaque
tame - wild tiny - big, huge true - false
them - us together - apart truth - flasehood, lie, untruth
there - here top - bottom

U
under - over unqualified - qualified upstairs - downstairs
unfold - fold unsafe - safe us - them
unknown - known up - down useful - useless
upside-down - right-side-up

V
vacant - occupied victory - defeat visible - invisible
vanish - appear virtue - vice voluntary - compulsory
vast - tiny

W
war - peace white - black wisdom - folly, stupidity
wax - wane wide - narrow within - outside
weak - strong win - lose wrong - right
wet - dry

Y
yes - no yin - yang young - old

Z
zip - unzip zenith - nadir