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Analogies
DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS
THROUGH APT SENTENCES
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POOR: MONEY
To be ... is not to have ...
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FRUIT: ORANGE
A type of ... is ...
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DRUG: CURE
... is the cause of..
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BRAIN: THINKING
The function of ... is ...
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ZEALOT: FERVOR
A ... is characterized by ...
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STETHOSCOPE:
DOCTOR
... is a tool of a ...
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ADMIRE: IDOLIZE
A higher degree of ... is to ...
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Exercise:
Match the First Set with
the Second set
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MORALISTIC: PRINCIPLED
EAST : WEST
EYE : SEE
MAMMAL : WHALE

BRAIN : THINKING
FRUIT : ORANGE
ZEALOT : FERVOR
POOR : RICH
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The answers ...
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MORALISTIC: PRINCIPLED
EAST : WEST
EYE : SEE
MAMMAL : WHALE

ZEALOT : FERVOR
POOR : RICH
BRAIN : THINKING
FRUIT : ORANGE
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Exercise: Only 2 of the
options have correct
matches. Identify the two.
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SCHOOL : LEARNING
LESION : SCRATCH
DANSEUSE : BALLET
PRINTER : ROTOTYPE

DRUG: CURE
CHAPTER: BOOK
STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR
ADMIRE : IDOLIZE
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The answers ...
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SCHOOL : LEARNING*
LESION : SCRATCH
DANSEUSE : BALLET**
PRINTER : ROTOTYPE

DRUG: CURE*
ADMIRE : IDOLIZE
CHAPTER: BOOK**
STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR
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What was the problem
with the other two?
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PRINTER : ROTOTYPE
A Printer uses a Rototype (a
type of printing press)

STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR
Does a Stethoscope use a
Doctor?
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ADMIRE : IDOLIZE
Admire is of lower degree
than Idolize

LESION : SCRATCH
Is a Lesion of lower degree
than Scratch?
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Lesson
The order is important
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Some More Relationships
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DOE: DEER
Gender
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CALF: WHALE
... is a young one of...
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PHILATELIST: STAMPS
... is a collector of ...
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WOOL: SHEEP
... is a product that you get from
...
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CROSS: CHRIST
... is a symbol of ...
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Some Interesting
Analogies
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CONTRACT: IMPLODE
Contract is a slow, gradual
process, while implosion is
associated with release of
energy
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MILL: GRAIN
Milling is the process of
removing the husk from the
grain
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HAMMER: ANVIL
Anvil is the platform on which
a blacksmith uses Hammer.
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GLAZE: WINDOW
Glaze means to fit glass into.
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Lesson:
BEWARE OF THE
SECONDARY
MEANINGS
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Exercise: Make
meaningful sentences
linking the head pair
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NEEDLE: THREAD
guides ...
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DOOR: WALL
is a part (not necessarily
essential) of ...
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METAL: FILINGS
A by-product of finishing
is/are ...
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BREACH: DAM
is a break in ...
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GAGGLE: GEESE
is a collection of ...
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FUEL: LOG
A type of is ...
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VOTER: ELECTION
participates in ...
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ILLICIT: LEGALITY
does not have ...
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SANCTUARY:
PROTECTION
The purpose of is to offer ...
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STEALTH: DETECTION
is to avoid ...
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OBSCURITY: LIGHT
is due to lack of ...
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ARSENAL: WEAPON
is a store of ...
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Try guessing the
meanings of words and
form relationships.
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VERNACULAR:
LANGUAGE
is native (or local) ...
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LAYER:
STRATIFICATION
results from a process of ...
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VINDICTIVE: REVENGE
A characteristic of person is
to seek ...
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LETHARGIC:
STIMULATION
To be ... is due to lack of ...
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SCINTILLA: MINUSCULE
is ...
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VACILLATE:
STEADFAST
To ... is not to be ...
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FLUSTERED:
COMPOSURE
To be ... is to lose ...
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FERVOR: EMOTION
is higher degree of ...
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STULTIFY: STUPID
* Stultify - bore or tire
is normally what happens
when you are with ...
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MENDACITY: TRUTH
is the opposite of ...
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Exercise: Try Guessing
the Meanings of unknown
words and form
relationships.
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VENAL: MONEY
accepts (for doing
something dishonest)
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VERNAL: SPRING
is appropriate to the season
of ...
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TORTUOUS: CURVES
has a lot of ...
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RUMINATE: MEDITATE
To ... is to ...
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HISTRIONIC:
DRAMATIC
To be ... is to be very ...
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MALINGER: WORK
To ... is to avoid ...
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MANACLE: FREEDOM
... takes away ...
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WITTY: MORDANT
Positive connotation versus
negative connotation
humorous --- sarcastic
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CALUMINATE:
REPUTATION
To ... is to harm ...
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APPOSITE:
IMPERTINENT
To be ... is not to be ...
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TIMOROUS: INTREPID
To be ... is not to be
( coward --- fearless)
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SNOBBISH:
SYCOPHANT
To be is the opposite of
being a
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SEDULOUS: PIQUANT
... is usually not ...
( hard, steady work ---
pleasantly stimulating)
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CARAPACE: TURTLE
is the cover of ...
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There is NO substitute
to a good vocabulary!