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sem 3, ex
sem 3, ex
sem 3, ex
Exercise 1. Arrange the following words into three lexico-semantic fields. Give the
names to these fields.
Exercise 3. Find a denotative meaning on which each of the synonymic groups are
based. What shades of meaning make synonymic words idiosyncratic?
1. Attractive, beautiful, elegant, glamorous, pretty.
2. Blaze, blink, flash, flicker, glow, shine, sparkle, twinkle.
3. Ache, hurt, painful, sore, sting, throb.
4. Commandeer, confiscate, deprive, grab, impound, seize, strip.
5. Construct, fabricate, forge, invent, manufacture.