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KEY: 1–patricide, 2–uxoricide, 3–matron, 4–sycophantic, 5–virtuoso, 6–chauvinism, 7–
termagant, harridan, virago, 8–patronymic, 9–patriarch, 10–matriarch, 11–maternal,
12–maternity, 13–matrimony, 14–alma mater, 15–sycophancy, 16–genocide, 17–
dilettantism, 18–tyro, 19–virtuosi, 20–chauvinistic, 21–patrimony, 22–diaphanous,
23–matricide, 24–fratricide, 25–sororicide, 26–homicide, 27–regicide, 28–infanticide,

29–mariticide, 30–parricide

Can you recall the words? (II)

1. words of similar meaning
1. S__________________s
2. words of opposite meaning

2. A__________________s
3. words of the same sound
3. H__________________s
or H__________________s

4. fatherly
4. P__________________

5. protective and fatherly toward one’s subordinates (adj.)
5. P__________________
6. older woman
6. M__________________

7. self-destructive
7. S__________________

8. meaning the same (adj.)
8. S__________________
9. having opposite meanings (adj.)
9. A__________________

10. sounding the same but spelled differently (adj.)
10. H__________________
or H__________________