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In each of the following word pairs the second word is a synonym of the first. Can you identify another characteristic that the second has to the first?
bright, limpid
good, commendable
lass, damsel
old, wizened
out, banish
small, negligible
bright, limpid
good, commendable
lass, damsel
old, wizened
out, banish
small, negligible
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The second word of each word pair contains the letters of an antonym of the first word in reverse order.bright, liMpID (dim)
good, commenDABle (bad)
lass, DAmseL (lad)
old, WizENed (new)
out, baNIsh (in)
small, negliGIBle (big)
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