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Connote / Denote - Exercise 2

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. The word father (   ) affection.

2. Solid (   ) that something is neither gaseous or liquid.

3. The term liberal has taken on many (   ) in recent years.

4. Obese (   ) that a person is overweight.

5. Pushy has a negative (   ) while assertive is usually positive.

6. Calling someone a pig (   ) that the person is greedy.

7. Words with the same dictionary meaning may have very different (   ) meanings.

8. Determined means stubborn, but it often (   ) a wise adherence to purpose.

9. Poverty may (   ) a great deal of misery.

10. Red flares are used to (   ) danger.

             

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