7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: (b) for a each of a multiplicity of pairs of words known to not be synonyms: (1) identifying the most salient semantic relation paths connecting the words of the pair, each identified semantic relation comprising an ordered series of semantic relations, each semantic relation having a relation type; and (2) for each identified path: (A) extracting from the path a relation type path pattern comprising the relation types of the relations of the path; and (B) reducing the indication of the likelihood that an arbitrary pair of words connected by a path having the relation type path pattern have similar meanings.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: (b) for a each of a multiplicity of pairs of words known to not be synonyms: (1) identifying the most salient semantic relation paths connecting the words of the pair, each identified semantic relation comprising an ordered series of semantic relations, each semantic relation having a relation type; and (2) for each identified path: (A) extracting from the path a relation type path pattern comprising the relation types of the relations of the path; and (B) reducing the indication of the likelihood that an arbitrary pair of words connected by a path having the relation type path pattern have similar meanings. 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the method utilizes a dictionary containing a list of words and a thesaurus identifying pairs of synonymous words, further comprising: (c) identifying a pair of words known to not be synonyms by: (1) randomly selecting two words from the dictionary; and (2) determining that the randomly selected words are not identified as synonymous by the thesaurus.