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    <span class="badge text-bg-danger">Vocabulary</span>
    <span class="badge text-bg-light border">English Usage</span>
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  <p class="text-muted">Opposite meanings, types of opposition, pitfalls, and practice.</p>
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          <h4 class="card-title mb-2">What is an antonym?</h4>
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            An <strong>antonym</strong> is a word with a meaning opposite to another word—often within
            a specific context. Not all opposites are absolute; many are <em>gradable</em> or depend on perspective.
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          <div class="alert alert-info small mb-3">
            <strong>Quick idea:</strong> Think “pulling in the other direction.” Some pairs are on/off, others are two ends of a scale.
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                  <th style="">Headword</th>
                  <th style="">Common Antonym</th>
                  <th style="">Notes / Context</th>
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                  <td><strong>increase</strong></td>
                  <td>decrease</td>
                  <td>Quantities and trends; can be gradual (gradable).</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td><strong>accept</strong></td>
                  <td>reject</td>
                  <td>Decisions, offers, proposals (binary choice in many contexts).</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td><strong>ascent</strong></td>
                  <td>descent</td>
                  <td>Movement/altitude; technical registers (aviation, hiking).</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td><strong>expand</strong></td>
                  <td>contract</td>
                  <td>Physics/business; opposite processes.</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td><strong>scarce</strong></td>
                  <td>abundant</td>
                  <td>Resource availability; intensity and connotation matter.</td>
                </tr>
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            </table>
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<blockquote class="blockquote mt-3">
            <p class="mb-3">“Opposites are clearest when the <em>scale</em> and the <em>context</em> are clear.”</p>
            <footer class="blockquote-footer">Usage Tip</footer>
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          <h6 class="text-uppercase text-muted">Key points</h6>
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            <li><strong>Complementary</strong>: on/off, alive/dead.</li>
            <li><strong>Gradable</strong>: hot/cold with warm in between.</li>
            <li><strong>Relational</strong>: buy/sell, give/receive.</li>
            <li>Choose the antonym that fits the <em>register</em> and <em>domain</em>.</li>
          </ul>
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            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">context</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">register</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">scale</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">collocation</span>
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          <h4 class="card-title mb-2">Types of Antonymy</h4>
          <p class="mb-3">Three common patterns of opposition in English:</p>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Complementary</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Mutually exclusive categories.</p>
                <ul class="small mb-0">
                  <li>legal <span class="text-muted">↔</span> illegal</li>
                  <li>present <span class="text-muted">↔</span> absent</li>
                  <li>win <span class="text-muted">↔</span> lose</li>
                </ul>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Gradable</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Opposites on a scale; allow degrees.</p>
                <ul class="small mb-0">
                  <li>hot <span class="text-muted">↔</span> cold (warm, cool)</li>
                  <li>happy <span class="text-muted">↔</span> sad (content, unhappy)</li>
                  <li>expensive <span class="text-muted">↔</span> cheap (costly, affordable)</li>
                </ul>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Relational</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Inverse roles or perspectives.</p>
                <ul class="small mb-0">
                  <li>buy <span class="text-muted">↔</span> sell</li>
                  <li>give <span class="text-muted">↔</span> receive</li>
                  <li>teacher <span class="text-muted">↔</span> student</li>
                </ul>
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            <strong>Rule:</strong> Pick the antonym that mirrors the <em>same sense</em> of the word in your sentence.
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          <h5 class="card-title">Common Pitfalls</h5>
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            <li><strong>Not all words have a single opposite:</strong> <em>light</em> (weight) vs <em>light</em> (brightness).</li>
            <li><strong>Register mismatch:</strong> <em>commence</em> vs <em>stop</em> (informal “stop” with formal “commence”).</li>
            <li><strong>Domain mismatch:</strong> <em>credit</em> (finance) vs <em>disbelieve</em> (belief).</li>
          </ul>
          <p class="small text-muted mb-0">Check the sense, register, and domain before choosing an antonym.</p>
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          Visual placeholder. Replace with an illustration showing complementary, gradable, relational opposites.
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          <h4 class="card-title mb-2">Which antonym fits?</h4>
          <p class="mb-3">Choose the antonym that collocates naturally:</p>
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                  <th>Expression</th>
                  <th>Natural</th>
                  <th>Awkward / Wrong</th>
                  <th>Why</th>
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                  <td>_____ the price</td>
                  <td><strong>reduce / cut</strong> the price</td>
                  <td><span class="text-danger">decrease down</span> the price</td>
                  <td>“decrease down” is redundant / non-idiomatic.</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td>_____ attendance</td>
                  <td><strong>drop / decline</strong> in attendance</td>
                  <td><span class="text-danger">falling absence</span></td>
                  <td>Use a noun with “in attendance”; avoid mixed constructions.</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td>_____ an offer</td>
                  <td><strong>reject</strong> an offer</td>
                  <td><span class="text-danger">negate</span> an offer</td>
                  <td>“Negate” means “make ineffective,” not “refuse.”</td>
                </tr>
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                  <td>_____ support</td>
                  <td><strong>withdraw</strong> support</td>
                  <td><span class="text-danger">untake</span> support</td>
                  <td>“Untake” isn’t idiomatic; “withdraw” is the natural antonym of “extend support.”</td>
                </tr>
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          <div class="small text-muted">Tip: Scan reputable sources to confirm typical pairings.</div>
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      <h4 class="fw-bold">Practice</h4>
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          <h5 class="card-title">A) Multiple Choice</h5>
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            <li class="mb-2">
              Best antonym for <em>“expand”</em> (business context):
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                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">shrink</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">reduce</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">contract</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">compress</span>
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            </li>
            <li class="mb-2">
              Best antonym for <em>“approve”</em> (official):
              <div class="mt-1">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">deny</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">reject</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">refuse</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">object</span>
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            </li>
            <li class="mb-2">
              Best antonym for <em>“scarce”</em> (resources):
              <div class="mt-1">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">ample</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">common</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">available</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">abundant</span>
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            </li>
          </ol>
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          <h5 class="card-title">B) Fill in the Blanks</h5>
          <ol class="mb-0">
            <li class="mb-2">The board decided to ________ the proposal. <em>(reject / deny / oppose)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">Fuel prices are expected to ________ this quarter. <em>(fall / drop / decline)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">We must ________ spending on non-essential items. <em>(reduce / cut / curtail)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">The new policy will ________ the risks. <em>(increase / amplify / heighten)</em></li>
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          <h5 class="card-title mb-2">C) Tiny code sample (formatting test)</h5>
          <pre class="mb-0"><code>// Return a simple antonym if known; otherwise, the original
const antonym = (word) =&gt; {
  const map = { increase: "decrease", accept: "reject", expand: "contract" };
  return map[word] || word;
};</code></pre>
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          <h5 class="card-title">Short Reading</h5>
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            During the first half, demand <strong>rose</strong> steadily; however, in the second half it
            <strong>fell</strong> due to external factors. The company will <strong>tighten</strong> expenses
            rather than <strong>expand</strong> operations until conditions <strong>improve</strong>.
          </p>
          <p class="small text-muted mb-0">Task: Replace the bold words with suitable antonyms to invert the narrative.</p>
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        <summary class="p-3 fw-semibold">Show Suggested Answers</summary>
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          <h6 class="fw-semibold">MCQ</h6>
          <ol>
            <li><strong>contract</strong></li>
            <li><strong>reject</strong></li>
            <li><strong>abundant</strong></li>
          </ol>
          <h6 class="fw-semibold">Fill in the Blanks</h6>
          <ol>
            <li><strong>reject</strong></li>
            <li><strong>fall/drop/decline</strong></li>
            <li><strong>reduce/cut/curtail</strong></li>
            <li><strong>increase/amplify/heighten</strong></li>
          </ol>
          <h6 class="fw-semibold">Reading</h6>
          <p class="mb-0 small">
            rose → <em>fell</em>; fell → <em>rose</em>; tighten → <em>loosen</em>;
            expand → <em>contract</em>; improve → <em>worsen</em>.
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          <h6 class="text-uppercase text-muted">Exam tips</h6>
          <ul class="small mb-0">
            <li>Match the <em>sense</em> and <em>register</em> of the base word.</li>
            <li>Prefer idiomatic collocations (e.g., “reject an offer”).</li>
            <li>For gradable pairs, consider degree words (very, slightly, highly).</li>
            <li>Watch polysemy: choose the antonym for the intended meaning.</li>
          </ul>
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