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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    These words are sometimes confused; venal means "corrupt", "able to be bribed", or "for sale"; venial means "pardonable, not serious". [ 46 ] [ 119 ] Standard : According to Catholic doctrine, eating meat on a Friday during Lent is a venial sin, but murder is a mortal sin.

  3. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.

  4. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  5. List of English words without rhymes - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of English words without rhymes, called refractory rhymes—that is, a list of words in the English language that rhyme with no other English word. The word "rhyme" here is used in the strict sense, called a perfect rhyme, that the words are pronounced the same from the vowel of the main stressed syllable onwards.

  6. -onym - Wikipedia

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    antonym: a word with the exact opposite meaning of another word; an antithesis: often shown in opposite word pairs such as "high" and "low" (compare with "synonym") apronym : a word which, as an acronym or backronym, has a meaning related to the meaning of the words constituting the acronym or backronym; such as PLATO for "Programmed Logic for ...

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    It’s one of the friendliest, most inclusive words there is. Skimping On Flavor. Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Priscilla Montiel.

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    Much of Jay's words also address her life as a mom to her and Slater's 2-year-old son in the context of their divorce. As she explained, "Motherhood, I have learned, fills your time but not your ...