Exact opposites
- POSTED ON: 30 Jun, 2021
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- POSTED BY: Bhavya Venkatesh
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Every language has its quirks, and English is no exception. For instance, take oxymorons. What are they? An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which words that have opposite meanings appear side by side. Sounds fascinating, doesn’t it?
Some examples are ‘awfully good’, ‘definite maybe’, ‘act naturally’, ‘found missing’ and ‘negative income’. All these pairs of words have contradictory meanings, but when used together they make perfect sense.
Here are five oxymorons for you. Can you complete them correctly?
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