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Contronyms of English

A contranym or contronym is a word which has two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Enter the contronyms below.
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Recurring every year
Only lasting for one year; ____ flowers.
annual
End something (a life)
Start something
execute
Plain and unchanged
Creative and new; a/an ____ idea.
original
The state of managing something
Not properly managed; a/an ____ in management
oversight
To read thoroughly
To read quickly and not thoroughly
peruse/scan
To wrap or tie together
To undo knots or wraps
ravel
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Meaning 2
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Put something back to its original position
Put some other thing in where the original thing was
replace
Certain to be available; a/an ____ seat
Uncertain to others ; a ____ person
reserved
To endure; to ____ a storm.
To decay and disintegrate; ____ed rock
weather
To give approval to; ____ed vaccines.
The act of impeding someone and imposing a penalty; to impose ____s
sanction
A diverse range of; a ____ of approaches
A single subspecies; this ____ of tulip
variety
To cling and adhere
To separate (and remove in some cases)
cleave
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