Dunce and Geek

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Dunce noun - A stupid person.

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Geek is an antonym for dunce.

Geek noun - A person with strong intellectual interests.

Usage example: a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored

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Dunce is an antonym for geek.

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