Delta Module One definitions test: lexical relationships 1
The horizontal relationship between 'bought' and 'cheese' in "He bought cheese" is a __________ relationship.
The fact that we can replace 'cheese' with a large number of nouns in "He bought cheese" describes the nouns' __________ relationships.
Two words which are spelled the same but differently pronounced are called __________.
Two words which are pronounced the same but differently spelled are called __________.
The word 'furniture' in relation to the words 'chair', 'table', 'settee' etc. is the __________.
The words 'sad', 'sadden', 'sadness' form a word __________.
The words 'chair', 'table', 'settee', 'sideboard', 'sofa' form a lexical __________.
The fact that some words are found together more than one would expect by chance is referred to as __________.
'lift' in British English and 'elevator' in US English are __________ distinguished by dialect.
Relative terms such as 'tall' and 'short' are __________ antonyms.
The words 'daughter' and 'mother' are __________ antonyms (one implies the existence of the other).
If we can put 'not' before one word to make is a synonym of the other (e.g. 'not open' = 'closed') we have an example of __________ antonymy.
Two words which are often found together joined by 'and' such as 'spic and span' are examples of __________.
Fixed expressions such as 'the black sheep of the family' are __________.
Words which almost always go together such as 'torrential' + 'rain' are examples of __________ __________.