Choose the analogy that best matches the example provided.

1. DRIP : GUSH

1. CRY : LAUGH 
2. CURL : ROLL 
3. STREAM : TRIBUTARY
4. DENT : DESTROY 
5. BEND : ANGLE
2. WALK : LEGS

1. GLEAM : EYES 
2. CHEW : MOUTH 
3. DRESS : HEM 
4. COVER : BOOK 
5. GRIND : NOSE
3. ENFRANCHISE : SLAVERY (Enfranchise is to set free/liberate, and slavery is the opposite-i.e. to
enslave/confine.)

1. EQUATION : MATHEMATICS 
2. LIBERATE : CONFINE 
3. BONDAGE : SUBJUGATION 
4. APPEASEMENT : UNREASONABLE 
5. ANATOMY : PHYSIOLOGY
4. UNION JACK : VEXILLOLOGY (The Union Jack (British flag) is part of vexillology, the study of
flags; gymnosperms are part of botany, the study of plants.)

1. TOAD : ORNITHOLOGY 
2. TURTLE : MICROBIOLOGY 
3. GYMNOSPERMS : BOTANY 
4. FRIEND : HOME ECONOMICS 
5. ALGAE : ZOOLOGY
5. TOPAZ : YELLOW.

1. DIAMOND : CARAT 
2. JEWELER : CLARITY 
3. SAPPHIRE : RED 
4. AMETHYST : PURPLE 
5. AMBER : BLUE
6. LUMEN : BRIGHTNESS (Lumens measure brightness and inches measure length.)

1. CANDLE : LIGHT 
2. DENSITY : DARKNESS 
3. NICKEL : METAL 
4. INCHES : LENGTH 
5. COLOR : HUE
7. MACERATION : LIQUID (Liquid causes maceration as weather causes erosion: both break things
down.)

1. SUBLIMATION : GAS 
2. EVAPORATION : HUMIDITY 
3. TRAIL : PATH 
4. EROSION : WEATHER 
5. DECISION : DISTRACTION
8. CLUMSY : BOTCH (One who is clumsy may botch a job; one who is lazy may shirk work. )

1. WICKED : INSINUATE 
2. STRICT : PAMPER 
3. WILLFUL : HEED 
4. CLEVER : ERADICATE 
5. LAZY : SHIRK
9. FUGITIVE : FLEE (A fugitive flees; a braggart boasts/brags.)

1. PARASITE : FOSTER 
2. BRAGGART : BOAST 
3. SAGE : STIFLE 
4. BYSTANDER : PROCURE 
5. FIREBRAND : QUIBBLE
10. CHRONOLOGICAL : TIME (hronological means in order of time, as ordinal means in order in
place)

1. VIRTUAL : TRUTH 
2. ABNORMAL : VALUE 
3. MARGINAL : KNOWLEDGE 
4. ORDINAL : PLACE 
5. COINCIDENTAL : HEALTH
11. SOOT : GRIMY (Soot (ash/carbon) makes things grimy (dirty) as rain makes things sodden
(soaked).)

1. FROST : TRANSPARENT 
2. SUNSHINE : FRUITLESS 
3. RAIN : SODDEN 
4. PALL : GAUDY 
5. DUST : RADIANT
12. MORBID : UNFAVORABLE

1. REPUTABLE : FAVORABLE 
2. MATERNAL : UNFAVORABLE 
3. DISPUTATIOUS : FAVORABLE 
4. VIGILANT : UNFAVORABLE 
5. LAX : FAVORABLE
13. SULLEN : BROOD (One who is sullen (morose) will brood (mope), as one who is docile
(compliant) will obey. )

1. LETHARGIC : CAVORT 
2. REGAL : CRINGE 
3. DOCILE : OBEY 
4. POISED : BLUNDER 
5. DESPONDENT : LAUGH
14. AUTHOR : LITERATE (An author is expected to be literate, i.e. well-read, as a judge is expected
to be impartial, i.e. objective.)

1. CYNIC : GULLIBLE 
2. HOTHEAD : PRUDENT 
3. SAINT : NOTORIOUS 
4. JUDGE : IMPARTIAL 
5. DOCTOR : FALLIBLE
15. MASSIVE : BULK

1. ULTIMATE : MAGNITUDE 
2. TRIVIAL : IMPORTANCE 
3. ANONYMOUS : LUSTER 
4. INTERMINABLE : LEGACY 
5. GIGANTIC : SIZE
16. ENTICE : REPEL (Entice, meaning attract or allure, is an antonym of repel, meaning reject or
repulse; flourish, meaning thrive or be plentiful, is an antonym of fade, meaning deteriorate or
diminish.)

1. GERMINATE : SPROUT 
2. FLOURISH : FADE 
3. OFFICIATE : PRESIDE 
4. LUBRICATE : GREASE 
5. IMPLORE : ENTREAT
17. HUMDRUM : BORE (Humdrum means boring, from the verb to bore; heartrending means
(emotionally) moving, from the verb to move. Both adjectives come from synonymous verbs. Grim,
meaning gloomy or terrible, would not amuse )

1. GRIM : AMUSE 
2. NUTRITIOUS : SICKEN
3. STODGY : EXCITE 
4. HEARTRENDING : MOVE 
5. PENDING : WORRY
18. HOSPITABLE : COURTESY (Hospitable is a synonym of courteous (noun = courtesy);

1. MORBID : CHEERFULNESS 
2. VINDICTIVE : SPITE 
3. LEISURELY : HASTE 
4. INFAMOUS : HONOR 
5. DESPONDENT : GLEE
19. REINFORCE : STRONGER (To reinforce is to make stronger; to erode is to make weaker.)

1. ABOUND : LESSER 
2. DISMANTLE : LONGER 
3. WILT : HIGHER 
4. SHIRK : GREATER 
5. ERODE : WEAKER
20. BRAGGART : MODESTY (A braggart lacks modesty; a fledgling (neophyte or inexperienced
individual) lacks experience.)
1. FLEDGLING : EXPERIENCE 
2. EMBEZZLER : GREED 
3. WALLFLOWER : TIMIDITY 
4. INVALID : MALADY 
5. CANDIDATE : AMBITION
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