English vocabulary challenge

hoho, this month is the Exam season, therefore no one has free time to give more solutions for the chalenge.
Now, here are some more answers for the questions:
1. generous # stingy, selfish
2. meaningless # sensible, significant
3. believing # skeptical, suspicious
6. careful # slipshod, slovenly, sloppy
7. wakefulness # sleepiness, sleep, slumber, somnolence
10. laugh # sob, scowl
to nktvnvn: There was a confusion in your answer at No three and ten so your score would be minus 3 points , but you are excellent and it''''s just for fun. Thank you.
Được drpth sửa chữa / chuyển vào 10:56 ngày 30/05/2004

And now, Ladies and Gentlement (seemed very important hehe)
The previous challenges checked your ability to recall the antonyms for the given word. Now you are going to test yourself about the ability to find out the synonym of a word. Synonym within easy reach help you paint for your listiner the many shades of your thoughts; they lend variety and interest to your conversation and writing. Let''s check it out
Now we return to the challenge: In the spaces given below, write two words that are synonymous with the given word.
Timing: 2 minutes
Example:
- beautiful = lovely, pretty
- strong = rugged, powerful
- short = brief, concise
Start timing:
1. defects (noun) = .................., ..................
2. desires (noun) = .................., ..................
3. true = .................., ...................
4. suitable = .................., ...................
5. luminous = ..................., ...................
6. loathing (noun)= ...................., ..................
7. doubtful = ...................., ...................
8. vulgar = ..................., ...................
9. admiration = ...................., ..................
10. very = ...................., ..................
End timing.
One important thing: This challege should be done within the time limit, as there are many more than two synonyms for each of these words

oh, no new reply for 2 days
WHY??

My 2cents ...
I try the first 3 and let other SECers to do the rest ...

Được tdhung sửa chữa / chuyển vào 06:46 ngày 02/06/2004

Thank you man, but as there are many synonym words for each of these words above, so you don''t need to give the rest to each other.
One thing I would like to remind you that you should pay attention to kind of the word (verb, noun, adjective...) and the way to use this word to find out appropriate words for the given.
Thank you, everybody.

I give up! These synonyms are so elusive.

hoho, why did you surrender man? It is not very easy but there are many synonyms of the given words. If you try your best to solve the problem, I think you can learn somethings more *****pplement your knowledge.
And who else wanna solve it?

Can you be a bit more specific about what you meant on your sentence above ? What do you mean by "paying attention to the kink of word (verb, noun, adj.) " ? I thought I did give out synomyns with corresponding type of "word" , i.e. noun vs. noun, adjective vs. adjective .
I would be delighted if you can enlighten me with your explanation . Also what does that mean to have " the way to use this word to find out appropriate words for the given "
Many thanks in advance .
Được tdhung sửa chữa / chuyển vào 02:20 ngày 05/06/2004

Ok, man. There is nothing, but you just have a little bit of wrong: the noun "desires" and "defects" both are plural, therefore you have to add one more character "s" behind the synonymous word.
And what I talk didn''t remind to only you, but also to everyone present here. So don''t be serious about this, it''s just for making fun and testing brain about the skill of memorizing vocabulary.
Thank you.

WAY OF MEMORIZING VOCABULARY
Here is one way to get ahead with words in everyday life. It''s the simplest thing in the world.
Buy a small pocket notebook. When you read a Newspaper, a Magazine, or a book, or listen to TV or the radio, and come upon a strange word, enter it in your notebook. Then look it up in the dictionary. If you find that it is some abstruse or highly technical term, such as, say, "syzygy" (an immovable union between two brachials of a crinoid), just pass by it. You won''t be using it unless you are studying to be a professor of biology. But if it sounds like a word tha will be helpful to you, take possession of it, make it your own personal property. Say it alound many times. Study its definition, note its derivation. Be sure, also, copy from the dictionary the sample sentence in which it is used. Then write your own sentence along the lines of the example in the dictionary.
All of these things will take only a few minutes or so, but it is necessary to make the practice a daily habit. then the list in your note book will grow and grow, as will your command of English.
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