Words whose meanings contradict one another:
- BILL (“monetary note” and “statement of debt”)
- BUCKLE (“to secure” and “to collapse”)
- CLEAVE (“to separate” and “to bring together”)
- DOWNHILL (“progressively easier” and “progressively worse”)
- DUST (“to add dust” and “to remove dust”)
- FAST (“quick-moving” and “immobile”)
- GARNISH (“to add to” and “to take from”)
- MODEL (“archetype” and “copy”)
- OVERSIGHT (“attention” and “inattention”)
- PEER (“noble” and “person of equal rank”)
- PUZZLE (“to pose a problem” and “to try to solve a problem”)
- SANCTION (“to permit” and “to restrict”)
And TABLE means both “to present for consideration” and “to remove from consideration.”