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Each word from Group A can be paired with a different word from Group B, creating ten pairs. The pairings are all created using the same reasoning. What are the pairings? What is the link?
Group A: come, dark, early, easy, in, left, slow, strikeout, tall, win
Group B: eat, find, heavy, living, open, run, safe, soft, stop, wrong
Group A: come, dark, early, easy, in, left, slow, strikeout, tall, win
Group B: eat, find, heavy, living, open, run, safe, soft, stop, wrong
Answer
The words in each pairing share a common antonym.come GO stop
dark LIGHT heavy
early LATE living
easy HARD soft
in OUT safe (out & safe - baseball)
left RIGHT wrong
slow FAST eat
strikeout WALK run (strikeout & walk - baseball)
tall SHORT open (short & open - electrical circuit)
win LOSE find
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