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Difficulty: EasyIdentifying Antonym and Contrast Context Clues

Read the following equipment maintenance log:

"During winter operational testing, the primary hydraulic actuator was sluggish, while the secondary backup actuator was highly responsive. Technicians observed that the treated surface coating remained dull rather than lustrous. Furthermore, the high-pressure exhaust port became scorching, despite the adjacent intake duct staying completely frigid."

Based on the contrast context clues in the passage, match each target word on the left with its directly contrasting counterpart on the right.

  • sluggishresponsive
  • dulllustrous
  • scorchingfrigid

Answer

sluggish matches with responsive; dull matches with lustrous; scorching matches with frigid.
Each pair is established through explicit contrast signal words in the text: 'sluggish' is contrasted with 'responsive' using the conjunction 'while'; 'dull' is contrasted with 'lustrous' using the comparative phrase 'rather than'; and 'scorching' is contrasted with 'frigid' using the concession preposition 'despite'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate explicit contrast transition signal words in each sentence of the passage.
Identified the contrast indicators 'while', 'rather than', and 'despite'.
Contrast transition words signal that two connected ideas or descriptive terms represent opposite conditions or qualities.
2
Pair each target term with the word set in direct opposition across its respective transition indicator.
'sluggish' is linked across 'while' to 'responsive'; 'dull' is linked across 'rather than' to 'lustrous'; 'scorching' is linked across 'despite' to 'frigid'.
Each clause sets up a direct antonym relationship using the identified contrast indicators.

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Identifying Antonym and Contrast Context Clues
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