Use the following words to make up paradigms of synonyms. Point to the dominant synonyms. Pay attention to the polysemy of some words

To obtain, to plunge, to speak, to increase, to get, to deal in, to drop, to say, to sell, to acquire, to gain, to chat, to export, to utter, to fall, to plummet, to tumble, to converse, to come down, to rise, to ascend, to flog, to climb, to shoot up, to peddle, to soar, to go up, to tell, to talk, to trade.

4. Within the following synonymic sets single out words with:

a) emotive connotation:

smile, grin, beam, smirk; last, take, continue, go on for, drag on, run; fashionable, cool, hot, trendy, stylish, chic, cult, in, hip;

b) evaluative connotation:

clique, elite, in-crowd, group; hope, expectation, anticipation; resolute, determined, obstinate; slender, skinny, thin, slim, lean;

c) expressive connotation:

dislike, hate, can’t stand, detest, loathe, despise, abhor; boring, dull, monotonous, tedious, banal, mundane, repetitive, uninspiring, humdrum;splendid, superb, fantastic, beastly, nice.

d) stylistic (pragmatic) connotation:

expensive, exclusive, luxurious, fancy, posh, upmarket, classy, plush; to see – to behold; to help – to aid – to assist; courage – valour – dauntlessness – grit – guts; beautiful – beauteous; to understand – to comprehend; to stop – to cease; horse – steed; motherly – maternal; to put off – to postpone;

5. Make all necessary diagnostic tests and decide if these words are synonyms:

1) unique, sole, only, alone;

2) outcome, impact, result, effect;

3) habit, tradition, custom, practice;

4) put out, extinguish, quench, blow out;

5) moreover, furthermore, else, besides;

6) nevertheless, however, but, nonetheless;

7) accordingly, thus, hence, consequently;

8) branch, division, wing, limb;

9) bloom, prosper, flourish, thrive;

10) occasional, sometime, incidental, irregular.

6.* Analyze the following antonyms into contraries and contradictories:

1) happy – unhappy; 2) good – bad; 3) big – small; 4) asleep – awake; 5) light – heavy; 6) poetry – prose; 7) open – shut; 8) to live – to die; 9) tremendous – tiny; 10) arid – awash; 11) beginning – end; 12) to love – to hate; 13) single – married.

7.* Classify the antonymous pairs into conversives and vectorial antonyms:

1) to buy – to sell; 2) to up – to down; 3) clockwise – anticlockwise; 4) to lend – to borrow; 5) to marry – to divorce; 6) question – answer; 7) teacher – pupil; 8) slave – master; 9) to praise – to scold; 10) before – after; 11) victory – defeat.

8. Give derivational antonyms to the following words:

interesting, convenient, honest, practical, legitimate, rational, mature, responsible, respectful, patient, underestimate, bilateral, forethought, convergence, franchisor, combed, uphill, exclude, fasten, cheerful, trustor, pro-American, repute.