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1. Answer: A, Have similar meanings. Both credit and credence can refer to a belief in the truth of something.
2. Answer: B, Have opposite meanings. Vintage refers to something old, while novelty refers to something new.
3. Answer: C, Have neither the same nor different meanings. To aspire to something is to set it as a goal, while a spire is
the pointed top of a building, especially a church.
4. Answer: B, Have opposite meanings. To produce something is to bring it into existence, while to reduce it is to take
part of it out of existence.
5. Answer: B, Have opposite meanings. To abstain from something is to refuse it, while to retain something is to keep it
with oneself.
6. Answer: A, Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean to change the purpose or direction of something.
7. Answer: C, Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
8. Answer: A, Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean to attack or crowd around.
9. Answer: C, Have neither similar nor opposite meanings. To punish is to penalize, while a skirmish is a small fight.
10. Answer: C, Have neither similar nor opposite meanings. Candor is fairness and openness in expression, while a
condor is a kind of bird.