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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

implict v.s unequivocal v.s overt

IMPLICIT
A. unadulaterated
B. overt
C. abstract
D. unequivocal
E. germane


(Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.)


I was caught in dilemma whether to choose A or B. Thank you.
  

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I prefer B. "Implicit" means "implied". ) means "mixed (with)", so its opposite would be something like "pure"

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I prefer B. "Implicit" means "implied". "Adulterated" (mind the typo!) means "mixed (with)", so its opposite would be something like "pure"
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I think it is C.

Implicit: not directly expressed. Its antonym: directly expressed; having no ambiguity. i.e. unequivocal.

Overt: not hidden, concealed. Its antonym: concealed.
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Careful, Jeff: C is "abstract"!
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Should be B. "Implicit" is the antonym of "explicit". And "overt" is a synonym of "explicit".
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PieanneCareful, Jeff: C is "abstract"!

hehe Thank you, Pieanne. My mistake.
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But something covert is not the same as soemthing not directly expressed.
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Don't link "covert" with "covered"... "Covert" means "implied", which is the total antonym of "implicit".
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Pieanne
"Covert" means "implied", which is the total antonym of "implicit".

Pieanne, did you also make a flub here?-- Implied is an antonym of implicit?

Here's the corrected version of my earlier post ( which I've since deleted because it was so misleading due to the missing word):

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Lol! It might be, but in "Alice in Wonderland"! Thanks, Davkett, and sorry sorry, Jeff, read synonym...
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hehe I see what you mean except that the signal was sent in a twisted way to the receptor, i.e. my brain.
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