Identifying Reverse Antonyms and Converses

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The terms up / down, in / out, right / left can also be called ______ when describing motion:

reverses

Verbs referring to processes that can be reversed can also be identified as ______ antonyms: inflate / deflate, expand / contract, fill/ empty, knit / unravel:

reverse

Terms which describe a relation between two entities from alternate points of view can be called ______: own / belong to, above / below, employer / employee:

converses

The concept of ______ helps explain the meaning of certain words not in terms of component features but in terms of resemblance to the clearest example:

prototypes

The words 'bat', 'whale', 'dolphin', and 'horse' are all co-hyponyms of the superordinate ______:

animal

According to some researchers, the most characteristic instance of the category 'animal' is ______:

horse

One way of studying conceptual meaning is by accounting for semantic oddness by focusing on the semantic features of words or viewing words as ______ which carry meaning components.

containers

The study of meaning in language is also known as ______.

semantics

Words with very closely related meanings are called ______.

synonyms

The relationship when the meaning of one form is included in the meaning of another is called ______.

hyponymy

Antonyms are usually divided into two main types, “gradable” and “______” antonyms.

non-gradable

The idea of “sameness” of meaning used in discussing ______ is not necessarily “total sameness.”

synonymy

Native speakers of English might wonder if 'bat' should be a ______ of 'animal'.

hyponym

The meaning of words like 'avocado' or 'tomato' can be interpreted differently by people due to their individual ______.

experience

Homophones are different (written) forms that have the same ______.

pronunciation

Homonyms refer to one form that has two or more unrelated ______.

meanings

The lexical relation between the words 'ring' (jewellery) and 'ring' (bell sound) is an example of ______.

homonymy

The words 'hand' (body part at end of arm) and 'hand' (part of clock) are ______.

homonyms

This quiz tests your understanding of reverse antonyms and converses, including terms that describe motion and processes that can be reversed, as well as relations between entities from alternate points of view.

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