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Latest post Thu, Aug 18 2005 9:27 PM by davkett. 1 replies.
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jeff_999  +  128250 Thu, 18 Aug 05 04:48 PM

CRAVEN : ADMIRABLE :: deft : awkward

Do you think the two word pairs express a similar relationship?

I don't think so. Acraven person is not worthy of admiration, while a deft person is not awkward.

Could you please tell another way to see it? Thank you.

jeff_999
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davkett  +  128346 Thu, 18 Aug 05 09:27 PM
It seems, Jeff, that you've answered your own question.  The similarity between the pairs, is that in each pair the first element is the opposite of the second element..  Therefore both pairs deal with opposites.
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