For "cut"—carve, lance, bite, dissect, snip, saw, slice, slit, slash, etc.
For "ask"—beg, crave, entreat, beseech, implore, move, plead, solicit, etc. No two of these synonyms mean exactly the same thing, but they express different shades of the same meaning.
Practice Exercises: Find as many synonyms as you can for the following words:
best
decide
effort
deceive
imagine
dark
time
form
pleasure
public
Any lesson in the book may be used for an exercise in discovering synonyms.
ANTONYMS
Words of opposite meaning are called antonyms. For example, black—white; big—little; and open—closed, are so named.
Practice Exercises: Try to think of antonyms for the following words:
cold
come
dull
inside
fat
front
good
high
in
large
up
long
new
poor
slow
spring
sweet
tall
wet
winter