32. Such antonyms as “father” and “mother” are ____________.

A. conversives

B. contraries

C. complementaries

D. none of the above

33. The word “beauty” originally meant “the inside and outside excellence of both man and woman”. Then it changed to mean only “outside excellence”. Now it only refers to “the outside excellence of woman”. This process is called ____________.

A. elevation

B. degeneration

C. specialization

D. generalization

34. In the sentence “Beijing is very angry at the response of Washington to the Taiwan issue”, a ____________ is applied.

A. metaphor

B. synecdoche

C. metonymy

D. simile

35. The word “auth” is created by deleting the supposed suffix “-or” of “author”. This process of word-formation is called ____________.

A. blending

B. compounding

C. abbreviation

D. back-formation

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