【正确答案】：
FALSE. CONTRARY TERMS ARE GRADABLE ANTONYMS, DIFFERING IN DEGREE OF INTENSITY, SO EACH HAS ITS OWN CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE. FOR EXAMPLE, HOT AND WARM ARE SYNONYMS. THEIR DIFFERENCE LIES IN INTENSITY. CORRESPONDINGLY, THEY EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT ANTONYM. THE OPPOSITE OF HOT IS COLD AND THAT OF WARM IS COOL. WE CANNOT REGARD COOL AS THE ANTONYM OF HOT OR COLD AS THE ANTONYM OF WARM. (MORE EXAMPLES; POOR/RICH, DESTITUTE/OPULENT. ) THEIR POSITIONS CANNOT BE EXCHANGED.
【题目解析】：错误。矛盾反义词是等级反义词，依据强度程度而变化，所以每一个词有其自身相对应的反义词。例如，hot（炎热的）和warm（温暖的）是同义词。其差异在于其强度。因而，它们各有一个不同的反义词。hot（炎热的）反义词是cold（寒冷的），而warm（温暖的）反义词是cool（凉快的）。我们不能把cool看做是hot的反义词，或将cold认为是warm的反义词。更多的例子还有：poor（贫穷的）/rich（富裕的）, destitute（贫困的）/opulent（富足的）。它们的位置是不能交换的。