I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ opposite , polar
▪
Their views are at opposite ~s from each other.
▪ logical
▪ new
▪
She has taken cleanliness to a new ~.
▪ climatic , political , temperature
▪
It's a difficult place to live because of its climatic ~s.
VERB + EXTREME
▪ avoid
▪
Avoid any ~s of temperature.
▪ go to , reach
▪
There is no need to go to such ~s.
▪ carry sth to , take sth to
▪
It's foolish to take any dieting to ~s.
▪ represent
PREPOSITION
▪ at an/the ~
▪
At the ~, some nuclear waste is so radioactive it has to be kept isolated for thousands of years.
▪ between ~s
▪
There has to be a solution between these ~s.
▪ in the ~
▪
His voice was scornful in the ~.
▪ to the ~
▪
She was always generous to the ~.
▪ ~s of
▪
These photographs show ~s of obesity and emaciation.
PHRASES
▪ at one ~ , at the other ~
▪
At the other ~, women still childless at 32 were more likely to be from a professional background.
▪ go from one ~ to the other
▪
She goes from one ~ to the other, and either works very hard or does absolutely nothing.
▪ go to the opposite ~ , go to the other ~
▪
After always putting too much salt in her cooking, she went to the opposite ~ and banished it completely.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ appear , seem , sound
▪ become
▪ consider sth
ADVERB
▪ particularly , really , very
▪ a bit , fairly , a little , quite , rather , somewhat
▪
Some of his views seem rather ~.
PHRASES
▪ at its most ~
▪
This is hero-worship at its most ~.
Extreme is used with these nouns: ↑ agitation , ↑ agony , ↑ altitude , ↑ brutality , ↑ care , ↑ case , ↑ caution , ↑ circumstance , ↑ climate , ↑ close-up , ↑ cold , ↑ complexity , ↑ condition , ↑ corner , ↑ cruelty , ↑ danger , ↑ degree , ↑ delicacy , ↑ deprivation , ↑ difficulty , ↑ disappointment , ↑ discomfort , ↑ dislike , ↑ displeasure , ↑ distaste , ↑ distress , ↑ drought , ↑ emergency , ↑ emotion , ↑ end , ↑ environment , ↑ envy , ↑ example , ↑ excitement , ↑ exertion , ↑ exhaustion , ↑ fatigue , ↑ form , ↑ gravity , ↑ hardship , ↑ heat , ↑ hostility , ↑ hunger , ↑ imbalance , ↑ importance , ↑ instance , ↑ jealousy , ↑ left , ↑ limit , ↑ manifestation , ↑ measure , ↑ nationalism , ↑ nationalist , ↑ nervousness , ↑ old age , ↑ pain , ↑ paranoia , ↑ politics , ↑ position , ↑ poverty , ↑ precision , ↑ provocation , ↑ reaction , ↑ reluctance , ↑ repression , ↑ right , ↑ scepticism , ↑ sensitivity , ↑ shyness , ↑ simplicity , ↑ sport , ↑ stress , ↑ subtlety , ↑ tactic , ↑ temperature , ↑ tiredness , ↑ top , ↑ type , ↑ urgency , ↑ variability , ↑ variation , ↑ version , ↑ view , ↑ violence , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ weather , ↑ wing , ↑ youth