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abstain;indulge
as imbue; drain or pale or fade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brick; clay as candle | paraffin |
| abstain;indulge as imbue;( to inspire) to refrain from sth by one's own choice | drain( pale or Fade) felt his enthusiasm draining. |
| acrophobia;height as pyrophobia | fire |
| add;subtract; multiply | divide |
| adroit;clever as urge; | desire |
| advocate;support as mediator | arbitrate |
| aficionado;follower as zealot A fanatically committed person.) | enthusiast( fanatic) |
| air;nitrogen as smog | hydrocarbons |
| alliteration; repetition as oxymoron | contradiction |
| ant ;insect as barracuda | fish |
| ant ;insect as scorpion | arthropod |
| area;circle as length | line |
| arrival;gather as departure | disperse |
| astrologer;astronomy as alchemist | chemistry |
| athlete; agile( ease of movement) as line | straight |
| author;prolific as soil; | fertile |
| auto;vehicle as transport | movement |
| bacteria;pneumonia as virus | influenza |
| banana;peel as bread | crust(slice, crust is better answer) |
| bell ;chimes as telephone | rings |
| blacksmith;anvil as barber: One that forges and shapes iron with an anvil and hammer. | razor |
| blew ;blue or(bleu) as gored : | gourd |
| blow ; glass as thrash ; | wheat |
| bone ;horse as cartilage ; | shark |
| breeze ;gale as dispute | altercation (I had an altercation with the conductor.) |
| cake;recipe as dress | pattern |
| calculus; trigonometry as painting ; | sculpture |
| caliper ;thickness as odometer | distance |
| camera;shutter as window | pane |
| candid;guarded as frank( he was quite frank with me) truthful and straightforward e.g. his responses were remarkably candid | wary |
| canoe; sailboat as iron | copper |
| captain;shoal as soldier | ambush |
| carrot ; potato as lettuce | parsley |
| cat ; feline as cow | bovine |
| cavern;depth as gem | luster |
| chef;gourmet as zealot | enthusiast |
| child; person as sapling | tree |
| chlorine ;bromine as sodium | potasium |
| clumsy(difficult to handle or use); agility(able to think and understand quickly): as ignorance | knowledge |
| coarse;silky as banal | extraordinary or profound |
| cobbler;shoes as cartographer | maps |
| colonnades; supportive as windowpanes | reflective |
| colonel;kernel as bear; | bare are homonyms ; are pronounced the same ex meet and meat |
| color; hue as sound | pitch( quality of sound) |
| combine ; harvest as centrifuge | separate |
| color; hue as sound | wavelength |
| concise; ambiguous as arrogant | humble ( having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance) |
| conductor ;lead as chorus ; | support |
| conductor ; orchestra as coach | team |
| convivial ; reclusive as stormy | placid |
| contest ; reference as dispute peoples compete, argue | arbiter ( arbitrator) |
| copious ; abundant as superfluous ss | unnecessary |
| copper head; snake as mandrill | monkey |
| cornucopia; plenty as scales ssm | justice |
| cottage(small village near a birch ); skyscraper( tall continues habitat buildings) as village | metropolis ( capital , country) |
| county; state as foundation | house |
| cover ;book as facade( face of building) | building |
| curb; street as verse | poem |
| daunt ( make someone feel intimidated) ;courage as fluster(make (someone) agitated or confused: you need to be able to work under pressure and not get flustered.some peoples are daunted by technology. | calm |
| democracy ;choice as factory | production |
| desert ;arise as forest | humid |
| discree( careful and circumspect in one's speech ) prudent showing care and thought for the future) as wary | cautious |
| drama; ballad as editorial | article |
| dusk( darker stage of twilight ; dawn ( first appearance of light in the sky) as ebbthe movement of the tide out to sea: ) | flow |
| embellish ;greed as content | average( modest) |
| emperor ; reign( hold royal office) as president | term |
| emu; dado as elephant | mammoth |
| engraving ;printing as calligraphy | handwriting |
| epicure ; gourmet as aficionado | enthusiast |
| epicurean; ancient as sensualist a person devoted to physical, esp. sexual, pleasure), philosophical doctrine of present time | contemporary |
| equilibrium ; stability as vertigo | dizziness |
| evil; live as tide | edit, mixed to give edit just exactly are the letters in evil to give live from back forwards,,,,,,wrong answer diet ,,,, |
| expand ; reduce as loosen | tighten |
| facet ;diamond as period | era ( long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic) |
| family ; parent as automobile | engine |
| farm ; farmer as sweater | overcoat |
| fat;fur as sweater | overcoat |
| fat;oil as steroid | cholesterol |
| fiber ; carpet as note | sonata |
| field ;fallow as volcano | dormant |
| fire; ashes as event | memories |
| flag;emblem as gravity | force |
| flour;bread as lumber | house |
| flow ;stream as cascade ( a small waterfall typically one of several) | waterfall |
| food; pantry( a small room wc foods are kept) as birds | aerie or habitat |
| galvanize; metal as glaze | ceramic |
| game;tournament ( peoples competition of games )as song ; | medley( a varied mixture of people or things or collection of musical items) |
| gaudy ; flashyostentatiously attractive or impressive) as imperative(vital important ) | requisite |
| generic;trademark as pedestrian | motorist |
| glider( aircraft designed to fly w out an engine); engine as improvisation ( a piece of music or drama created w out preparation) | script |
| gold; silver or platinum as neon | helium |
| gorgeous ; pretty as penurious | poor |
| greeting ; congenial as diatribe( forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something:) | bitter |
| hammer ;saw as pencil | eraser( scissors) |
| head ;pillow as foot | ottoman |
| headline ;newspaper as epitaph a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died,) | tombstone, gravestone, are usually stone placed over the grave. |
| heat; singe(burn (something) superficially or lightly) as ice or cold | frost or freeze |
| heir (a person legally entitled to the property ) ; estate( property) as offspring or progeny | genes |
| hero ; courage as teacher | knowledge |
| hoe; spade as spatula | spoon |
| horse; stable(A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept ) as airplane | hangar( a large building with extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft.) |
| hyacinth; flower as pollen | allergen |
| impassive(not feeling or showing emotion;) stolid as minute | tiny |
| impel(drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something) ; impede ( delay some one sty by obstruction) as industrious ( diligent and hard working ) | slothful( lazy, fatigue made him slothful ) |
| inept (having or showing no skill; clumsy: the inept handling of the threat) skill as flimsy ( easily damaged) | strength |
| interrogate; inquiry as confront | encounter |
| introduction ;treatise as prologue | play |
| judaism ; christianity as hiduism | buddhism |
| kidney ; nephron as jellyfish | stingershe part of an insect or animal that holds a sting.) |
| lawyers ; interpretation as police officers ; | enforcement |
| levee(embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river); flood as tenure ( the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.) | dismissal (the act of ordering or allowing someone to leave) |
| license; permit as fine | penality |
| light ;lumens ( measure of the total "amount" of visible light emitted by a source as sounds | decibels (a measure of degree of loudness:) |
| lightning ; thunder as hyacinth | flower |
| limestone ;cement as sillicates | glass |
| liquid ; condensation as gas; | evaporation |
| lord; vassal as landlord | tenant |
| maple ; deciduous as red | primary |
| microphone ; bulllhorn as lens | cornea |
| mint ; coin as beer | brewery |
| mouth; saliva as pituitary | hormones |
| museum ; curator as ranch | foreman |
| mystery ; curiosity as food | appetite |
| needle ; aye as comb | teeth |
| nickel ; quarter as score | century |
| ocean ;plankton( small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water) as room | furniture |
| olive ; oil as spagettini | pasta |
| one /billion as byte/ | gigabyte |
| patient ; ill as treatment | disease |
| pebble ( a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand) ; boulder (a large rock, typically one that has been worn smooth by erosion.) as thicket ( a dense group of bushes or trees.) | forest |
| petroleum; gasoline as rubber | latex |
| philateralist ; stamps as numismatic | coins |
| physiognomy; face as osteopathy | bone |
| pillars ; sturdy as windows | transparent |
| pistol( A firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.) ; holster (a sheathlike leather case for a pistol,) as cigar | humidor (n airtight container for keeping cigars or tobacco moist.) |
| planet ; sun as electron | nucleus |
| plum ; pear as carrot | potato |
| plumber ; wrench as bricklayer ( person whose job is to build walls, houses, and other structures with bricks.) | trowel (a small handheld tool with a flat) |
| point ; pica as pinch | dash |
| poseidon (god of the sea, water, earthquakes, and horses, ) ; neptune as zeus ( Zeus was the protector and ruler of humankind, | jupiter ( oman Mythology the chief god of the Roman state religion,) |
| pot ; throw as glass | blow |
| praiseworthy ; commendable as oppressive | burdensome |
| ptrecipitaion; snow as satellite | moon |
| predictable ; erratic ( unpredictable) as tolerant ( disproves) eg , a tolerant attitude towards other religion, open minded, unbiased , patient | bigoted ( dogmatic )( intolerance)(having or revealing an obstinate belief in the superiority of one's own opinions and a prejudiced intolerance of the opinions of other) |
| prologue introductory section) ; epilogue( section of speech at the end of the book) as morning | evening |
| prosper ; impoverish (make (a person or area) poor) as renew | languish ( be extremely distressed about something) |
| protection ; police officer as produce | grocer |
| quiz ; knowledge as ruler | length |
| raconteur ; anecdote as pundit | opinion or viewpoint |
| rang ; rung as knew | known |
| reference bibliography as passenger | manifest (clear or obvious to the eye or mind: the system's manifest failings) |
| remissionthe cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty) ; symptoms as regression | defense ( |
| reptile ; egg as plant | seed |
| salty ; ocean as water | liquidity |
| second ; nanosecond as one | billionth |
| sentence ; punctuation as algorithm | equation |
| she ; personal as employee | staffs |
| shrub; hedge as employee | staffs |
| sibling ;brother as spouse | husband |
| slate ; ticket as silk | fabric |
| snore; sleep as sneeze | allergy |
| solar system ; galaxy as atom | molecule |
| spectrum; frequency as bowling ; | lane |
| spoke ; wheel as letter | word |
| square ; polygon as compost decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.) | fertilizer |
| stingy( unwilling to give or spend) ; miser as fervent | zealot |
| stir ; arouse as laud | praise |
| successful ; accomplished as aggressive | hostile |
| sun ; fulgent (shining brightly.) as philosopher | metaphysics |
| symphony; movement as play | act |
| tactics; strategy as endeavors; | enterprise |
| tears sadness as smiles | joy |
| tension; headache as drought | famine |
| theorist ; speculative as neurotic | obsessive |
| thesaurus; dictionary as hammer | tool |
| tic ; parasite as nosegay ( a small bunch of flowers, typically one that is sweet-scented.) | flower |
| triangle ; rectangle as bicycle | tricycle |
| trilogy( group of three related novels, plays, films, operas, or albums) ; book as triptych ( a picture or relief carving on three panels, ) | panel |
| trunk( he main woody stem of a tree ) ; hose( flexible tube conveying water, used esp. for watering plants and in firefighting.)w as tail | prehensile (chiefly of an animal's limb or tail) |
| wagon ; automobile as abacus | computer |
| whale ; mammal as kangaroo | marsupial |
| whale ; dolphin as otter | salmon |
| woodpecker ; bills as anteaters | claws |
| words ; dictionary as maps | atlas |
| wyoming ; cheyenne as ontario | toronto |
| wtomong ; cheyenne as canada ; | ottawa |
| unquenchable; thirst as insatiable ( of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy) | hunger |
| view ; panorama as hole | emptiness |
| virtues; moral excellence as credulous ( having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.) | naivete (lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment: the administration's naiveté and inexperience in foreign policy.) |
| vitamin c ; scurty as niacin | heart disease or cholestrol |
| volcano ; larva as geyser ( hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.) | water |
| temprature | degree |
| carat is a unit measurement of | weight |
| knot is a unit measurement of | macrame |
| letters make up | alphabet |
| pugilist is characterized by | aggression |
| grace is characterized by | dancer |
| purpose of maze is to produce a | confusion |
| mystery , an enigma is characterized by mystery | enigma |
| downpour is an extreme form of | drizzle |
| dislike; hatred is an extreme form of dislike | hatred |
| boulder is extremely large | pebble |
| ripple a tsunami is extremely large ripple | tsunami |
| a scalpel is a working tool of | a surgeon |
| a smelting plant processes | ore |
| an actuary works with | probabilities |
| a composer creates | a score |
| anthropology is the study of | mankind |
| numismatics is the study of | coins |
| seismology is the study of | tremors |
| histology is the study of | tissue |
| foundation ; house as pedestal | statue |
| rust ; corrosion as dew | condensation |
| evaporate ; vapor as petrify | stone |
| drawl( speak slowly) ; speak as saucer ( walk slowly) | walk |
| laudable ; praise | laudable means worthy of praise |
| bed; river | a bed is the bottom of a river |
| disorder ; pandemonium | pandemonium is a great amount of disorder |
| posthumous ; death | posthumous is occurring after death |
| malinger; work | malinger means to avoid work |
| soporific; sleep | soporific means causing sleep. |
| godfather ; entertainment as pieta | art |
| sonnet ; lyric as ballad (nature of composition in rhythmic verse ) | narrative |
| drama; denouement as prose | summary |
| tooth ; comb as spoke | wheel |
| tree; trunk as house | walls |
| cog ; wheel as linchpin | shaft |
| cuticle ; nail as philtrum ( the groove of upper part of lip) | lip |
| milk ; lactose as honey | fructose ( form of sugar found in haney) |
| allergy ; reaction as lancet | instrument |
| cork; bark as delta ( formed by alluvial deposit at the north of a river sediment | Sedmen |
| anecdote ; story as skit | play |
| vodka ; optato as sake | rice |
| convict; prison as horse | stable |
| curator ; exihibits as janitor | premises |
| arboreal( related to trees) ; trees as sidereal( related to stars) | stars |
| admonitory ; reproachful as faltering | unsteady |
| quandary; solution as maze | exit |
| bristle ; anger as cower | fear |
| portfolio ; papers as quiver | arrows |
| petroleum; gasolin as rubber | latex |
| picture ; frame as diamond | setting |
| alleviate; cure as retard | stop |
| light ;lumens as sound | decibels |
| bullet ; ricochet as ball | bounce |
| plumage; feathers as foliage | leaves |
| applaud ; approbation as jeer | derision |
| buoy; ship as runway light | plane |
| translate; interpreter as expurgate | censor |
| excavate; tunnel as burrow | hole |
| chortle; glee as smirk | smugness |
| interrogate ; inquiry as confront | encounter |
| roar; cannon as peal | bells |
| arguments; debater as blows | pugilist |
| pirate; booty as angler | catch |
| mendacity; honest as avarice | generosity |
| hilt ; dagger as handle | trowel |
| quarry ; limestone as well | oil |
| allay ;fear as slake | thirst |
| impecunious ; prosperous as hovel | mansion |
| surreptitious ; stealth as obsequious | servility |
| craven ; courage as impotent | power |
| sketch; revue as essay | anthology |
| rigorous | harsh |
| deleterious | Having a harmful effect; injurious: |
| whale ; dolphin as otter | salmon |
| reference ; bibliography as passenger | manifest |
| protection ; police officer as produce | grocer |
| epicurean; ancient as relativist | pragmatist |
| heir ; estate as progeny | genes |
| succesful; accomplished as aggresive | hostile |
| wood pecker ; bill as anteater | claws |
| point ; pica as pinch | dash |
| fiber ; carpet as note | sonata |
| semantics | Of, relating to, or according to the science of semantics |
| castigate | To inflict severe punishment on. |
| anomaly | Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule. |
| whale ; mammal as kangaroo | marsupial |
| impassive; stolid as minute | tiny |
| field ; fallow as volcano | dormancy |
| robin ; nest as rabbit | burrow |
| silo ; storage as sanctuary | refuge |
| food ; pantry as birds | aerie |
| soldier ; regiment as singer | chorus |
| lariat ; cowboy as snare | trapper |
| ruse ; deceive as argument | persuade |
| stubborn ; mulish as coy | kittenish |
| anathema; curse as admonition | reproach |
| team ; attest as alliance | nation |
| plumber ; wrench as bricklayer | trowel |
| collanades; supportive as windowpanes | reflective |
| impeccable; flaws as impecunious | money |
| fish ; school as lion | pride |
| intrepid; valor as clever | ingenuity |
| canoe; sailboat as iron | copper |
| convivial ; reclusive as stormy | placid |
| calculus ; trigonometry as painting | palette |
| prosper ; impoverish as renew | languish |
| kidney ; nephron as jellyfish | stinger |
| ant; insect as barracuda | fish |
| drama; ballad as editorial | article |
| quiz; knowledge as ruler | length |
| clandestin | Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose |
| ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) |
| pariah | |
| rebels( happies ) | a person who rises i n opposition or armed resistance against an established |
| placate | make (someone) less angry or hostile |
| gibe's free energy ( G) | the total energy parameter , determines whether or not spontaneos change in G== change in H --T. change in S |
| breeze: gale disagreement | altercation |
| perturbed: agitated barren | fruitless |
| digestion : chewing fertilization | ovulation |
| zoolongy: ecology as psychology | sociology |
| praiseworthy: commendable as opperasive | burdonesome |
| carouse : marry as contemplate | penssive |
| graduate ; diploma owner | deed |
| engraving : printing as caliography | penmanship |
| unicorn: Horn hydra | head |
| spoke: wheel as a letter ( alphabet ) | word |
| ecosystem: soil as infrastructure | highways |
| neophyte( beginner lack of experience ) : bungler ( | adeptness( lacks performing some task) |
| calculus : trigonometry as painting | sculpture |
| pempernickel :rye as apple | pear |
| nickel: quarter score | century |
| banana : peel as buguette | crust |
| claustrophobia: spelunker as acrophobia | mountain |
| butter milk as bottle | glass |
| writer : prolific as solid | fertile |
| icecap : aride as rain forest | humind |
| trowel : mason as lathe | metalworker |
| receipt: purchase as trip; | itinerary |
| akin; scab as tree | burl |
| church ;spire as mosque | tower |
| essay ; introduction as hotel | lobby |
| fleet ; admiral as ship | captain |
| diamond gemstone as crab | crustacean |
| pyramids ; egypt as stonehenge | England |
| unicorn ; horn as hydra | head |
| pumpernickel ; rye as apple | pear |
| conservative ; traditional as liberal | radical |
| church ; steeple as mosque | tower |
| theatre ; musical as television | broadcast |
| flour ; breed as lumbar | deck |
| labor ; accomplishment as studying | learning |
| weather ; barometer as achievement | test |
| conduit ; cable as trottle | valve |
| microphone ; bullhorn as microscope | lens |
| nonconformist ; mutiny as devotee | fidelity |
| trainl track as automobile | highway |
| vernacular; informal as surrealism | unconvetnional |
| strong acids and bases | results weak conjugate base and acids |
| non ideal gas behavior m gander waals constant tend to deviate from ideal behavior at | very law temperature( to condensation py) & very high pressure |
| introduction ; treatise as prologue | play |
| levee ; flood as tenure | dismissal |
| cavern; depth as gem | luster |
| second ;nanosecond billionth | one |
| galvanize metal as glaze | ceramic |
| game ; tournament as song | medley |
| conductor ;lead as chorus | support |
| remission; symptoms as regression | defense |
| micrphone ; bullhorn as lens | cornea |
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