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Using Synonyms and Antonyms

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Directions
Reread the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Use context clues to help identify a synonym and an antonym for each vocabulary word. Check your work by using a thesaurus (book form or online form such as http://www.thesaurus.com).

Preamble
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Word Synonym Antonym
union    
insure    
domestic    
tranquility    
defense    
welfare    
liberty    
posterity    
ordain    
establish    
constitution    



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