Page 464 - Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

KEY: 1–f, 2–j, 3–h, 4–a, 5–i, 6–b, 7–d, 8–g, 9–e, 10–c

Do you understand the words?

1. perspicacious—dull-witted
SAME OPPOSITE

2. acumen—stupidity
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3. acute—sharp
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4. acuity—perspicacity

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5. punctilious—casual

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6. pungent—flat, dull

SAME OPPOSITE
7. perspicuous—clear

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8. retrospect—backward look
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9. prospect—expectation
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10. introspective—extroverted
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11. prospective—in the past

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12. circumspect—careless

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13. specious—true

SAME OPPOSITE