| 1. | sacred | holy | hallowed | divine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| blasphemous | profane | irreverent | sacrilegious | |
| 2. | salvation | deliverance | redemption | grace |
| condemnation | damnation | perdition | punishment | |
| 3. | sanity | good sense | judiciousness | level-headedness |
| insanity | lunacy | derangement | dementia | |
| 4. | satisfied | gratified | content | fulfilled |
| dissatisfied | unhappy | discontented | displeased | |
| 5. | secede | separate | segregate | split |
| join | combine | connect | unite |
| 6. | senility | senescence | elderliness | dotage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| youth | youthfulness | juvenescence | springtime | |
| 7. | sensitive | sentient | responsive | perceptive |
| insensitive | callous | thick-skinned | unfeeling | |
| 8. | sentimental | emotional | mawkish | schmaltzy |
| dispassionate | unemotional | practical | down-to- earth | |
| 9. | shabby | scruffy | shoddy | sloppy |
| neat | tidy | spruce | stainless | |
| 10. | significant | meaningful | important | vital |
| insignificant | meaningless | trivial | worthless |
| 11. | similarity | sameness | similitude | likeness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dissimilarity | antithesis | disparity | variation | |
| 12. | simple | plain | straightforward | uncomplicated |
| complex | convoluted | intricate | complicated | |
| 13. | smart | clever | intelligent | quick-witted |
| dull | stupid | dense | slow | |
| 14. | sociable | social | friendly | convivial |
| withdrawn | antisocial | unsociable | standoffish | |
| 15. | solitary | alone | solo | single |
| together | collectively | jointly | mutually |
| 16. | solitude | loneliness | isolation | reclusiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| companionship | company | friendship | camaraderie | |
| 17. | static | motionless | stationary | fixed |
| dynamic | moving | mobile | active | |
| 18. | superb | excellent | superior | outstanding |
| mediocre | inferior | substandard | ordinary | |
| 19. | sympathetic | compassionate | affectionate | caring |
| unsympathetic | apathetic | cold-hearted | indifferent | |
| 20. | synthesise | combine | compound | join |
| separate | divide | take apart | analyse |
*Three types of antonyms (gradable, complementary and relational) can be distinguished. Word meanings are context-dependent.