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- POSTED ON: 11 Jul, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Bhavya Venkatesh
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Have you ever come across words that have two meanings that are opposite of each other? Such words are called contronyms, and they are quite rare.
For example, “to peruse” means both “to skim or read without attention to detail” and “to read or examine in detail”. “Sanction” means “approval” as well as “penalty”. Strange, isn’t it?
Scroll down to discover more words that fall under this category.
Task for you! Based on what you have just learnt, can you match the words with their meanings?