Exercise 1. Comment on the phenomenon of synonymic dominant. In the following groups of synonyms find the synonymic dominant. Give your reasons for the choice.

1. Able, capable, clever, competent, fitted, powerful, qualified, skilful,

vigorous.

2. Bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dashing,

dauntless, fearless, gallant, heroic, manful, unafraid, undaunted, valiant,

venturesome.

3. Common, customary, frequent, habitual, ordinary, usual vulgar.

4. Dangerous, insecure, perilous, risky, threatening, treacherous.

5. Admirable, attractive, beautiful, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite,

fine, handsome, keen, nice, splendid.

6. Quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, vibrate, waverr.

7. Add, broaden, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, heighten, lengthen,

sprad, widen.

8. Accept, admit, agree, approve, consent.

9. Affirm, approve, assure, conform, establish, prove, ratify, sanction, settle,

support, uphold.

10. Achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, get, obtain, procure, receive, win.

11. Cheer, cheerfulness, festivity, fun, gaiety, glee, joy, joyfulness,

liveliness, merriment.

12. Effort, employment, labour, toil, undertaking, work.

13. Dividend, division, part, portion, quantity, share.

14. Description, diorama, illustration, image, landscape, painting, panorama,

picture, portrait, representation, scene, scenery, view.

15. Blow, crash, impact, shock, stroke.

Exercise 2. Make a distinction between a synonymic dominant and a general term. State whether the italicised word is a synonymic dominant or the general term.

1. Victory, triumph, conquest.

2. Complain, grumble, mutter.

3. Sound, clatter, creak, clang, patter.

4. Smell, fragrance, scent, perfume, odour.

5. Colour, olive, pink, brown, red.

6. Red, scarlet, crimson, cherry, purple.

7. Footwear, shoes, rubbers, slippers.

8. Dog, fox-terrier, hound, borzoi, collie.

9. Courage, bravery, gallantly, valour, fortitude.

10.Take, accept, pocket, seize, capture, grab.

Exercise 3. Give synonyms of Germanic origin to the following words.

Beverage, cease, educate, enemy, envisage, error, faith, inquire, reply, vital, vocation.

Exercise 4. Give synonyms of Romanic origin.

Book, comer, deem, end, freedom, friendship, happiness, home, holy, king, speech, thoughtful, wood.

Exercise 5. Give synonyms of Scandinavian origin.

Elevate, heaven, mate, present, sick, shine, throw, uneven, weep.

Exercise 6. Arrange the following ideographic synonyms according to the degree of intensity.

1. Ask, beg, implore.

2. Desire, long, wish.

3. Decay, fade, wither.

4. Beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty.

5. Annoy, irritate, vex.

6. Alarmed, frightened, terrified.

7. Delight, happiness, pleasure.

8. Affliction, despair, sadness.

9. Astonishment, consternation, surprise.

10.Excuse, forgive, pardon.

11.Accident, disaster, misfortune.

12.Capability, genius, talent.

Exercise 7. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following synonymic groups and analyze them.

ask; implore; beg longing; desire; wish

alarmed; frightened; terrified

happiness; pleasure; delight

affliction; despair; sadness

accident; disaster; misfortune

malicious; naughty; nasty; wicked

genius; capability; talent

policeman; bobby; cop

master; owner; head; proprietor; possessor

mansion; house; habitation; residence; abode

worker; labourer; toiler; hand

fabricate; construct; frame; invent; forge; manufacture; feign

cheat; swindle; blackleg

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