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Oxymora (literally bitter-sweet) are expressions in which the words seem to contradict each other. (singular = oxymoron)

 

Here are some examples. You may have to think a bit with some of them!

 

act naturally

almost exactly

alone together

 

 

Can you find others? 

What about “hardworking student”?

Wow!

 

approximately equal

civil engineer

clearly confused

constant variable

deafening silence

definite maybe

even odds

exact estimate

extinct life

found missing

freed slave

freezer burn

genuine imitation

larger half

liquid gas

living dead

minor crisis

old news

only choice

open secret

original copies

plastic glasses

pretty ugly

same difference

seriously funny

unbiased opinion

virtual reality

whole fraction

working holiday