What is the common feature of the words?
"Dust, left, oversight” ?
Answer
These words called Contronyms are their own antonyms (opposite words) depending on usage
For example dust can mean “to add fine particles or to remove fine particles
Greetings and
Congratulations
to M/S Manohar Hidayat and, Ravi Raj
For sending correct answer
Incidentally all the three words end with T.
Thanks and greetings to
M/S Karam, Aathikka , and Kotak Sekar for sending the reply “end with T”
Other examples of contronyms are:
Off, Screen and Sanction
Thanks to Mr. I S Peer Muhammad who sent this quiz sometime back
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Sherfudddin P
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