NSW Opportunity Class

Learn “Contradictory”

A free exam-vocabulary guide with a precise meaning, natural context and a memory connection that makes the word easier to retrieve.

First featured

OCDaily read

NSW Opportunity Class

Contradictory

adjective/kon-truh-DIK-tuh-ree/

Meaning

Saying or showing the opposite of something else, so both can't be true.

In context

His actions were contradictory: he said he was tired but ran all recess.

Remember it

'Contradictory' has 'contra' (against) + 'dict' (say): saying against.

Use it well

Use when two statements clash and cannot both be true at once.