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Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.
Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)
1. Extension can be illustrated by the following example: _________.
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A. butcher
→
one who kills goats
B. journal
→
periodical
C. companion
→
one who shares bread
D. allergic
→
too sensitive to medicine
2. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _________.
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A. extension, increase and expansion
B. denotation, connotation and application
C. comprehension, understanding and knowing
D. polysemy, homograph and homophone
3. Affixes attached to other morphemes to create new words are known as
_________.
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A. inflectional affixes
B. derivational affixes
C. bound roots
D. free morphemes
4. Ambiguity often arises due to polysemy and
_________.
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A. synonymy
B. antonymy
C. homonymy
D. hyponymy
5. The semantic unity of idioms is reflected in the
_________ relationship between the literal meaning of each word and the meaning of the idiom as in “rain cats and dogs”.
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A. illogical
B. logical
C. mutual
D. natural
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