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Nym Family

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List and identify words for each part of the "Nym" family: synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. Middle schoolers place words in the correct category, then find the corresponding mate in a dictionary or thesaurus.

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antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, word meanings, word relationships

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