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Question
Find from the lesson, the antonyms of the following.
| afterward | × | ______ |
| spending | × | ______ |
| careful | × | ______ |
| withdraw | × | ______ |
| confidently | × | ______ |
| cheerful | × | ______ |
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Solution
| afterward | × | beforehand |
| spending | × | earning |
| careful | × | hesitating |
| withdraw | × | deposit |
| confidently | × | timidly |
| cheerful | × | sepulchral joyless |
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