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Teaching Spanish and English As a Foreign Language

Opposites


Antonyms rapidly augment the acquisition of vocabulary, regardless of proficiency level in the target language, while bestowing an opportunity to acquire morphemic formulation strategies and at the same time, imparting a basis for extrapolating the full range of lexical possiblities based on the semantic dualism opposites render.



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declining
+
rising
-
scarce
+
abundant
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descending
+
ascending
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scarcity
+
abundance
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dubious
+
undoubtful
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unskilled
+
deft