Friday, May 15, 2009

Analogy Examples

1) A gale is more powerful than a breeze.
---- ------

2) A movement is a part of a sonata.
-------- ------

3) Foreword precedes Appendix.
-------- --------

4) A silo is a place where u'd find grain.
---- -----

5) A glacier is made up of ice as a dune is made up of sand.
------- --- ---- ----

6) Grotesque - a defining characteristic of Gargoyle(Ugly figure of human or animal).
--------- --------

7) Defamatory -defining char. of what it is to Libel(false publication).
---------- -----

8) Annex-Something added to an already existing building.
----- --------

9) Book:Tome(A large book)-Saga ,a lengthy story.

10) Sociability is a defining char. of gregarious(seeking and enjoying).

11) Blame : Scapegoat.

12) Lionize(treat a person as a celebrity):Hero.

13) Laudatory: Praise

14) Epilogue(speech) comes after the original Novel.
-------- -----

15) Harbinger:beginning::Herald:Advent
To announce

16) Rampart(A means of protection or defense):Fortress(protective place).

17) Scythe:Reaping::Shears:cutting
A tool for

18) Maverick(An unbranded animal range):Stray(defining char. of maverick).

19)Hermit(A person withdrawn from socially and lives a solitary existence): recluse

20) Transient(Temporary or passing) X Eternal(Permanent)

21) Acarpous(infertile) X Fecund(Fertile)

22) Precipice(Distress situation beginning)- A sharp drop-off

23) Countenance-Approve of(facial expression)

24) Subleme-Lofty,high or noble.

25) Raffish-Low,vulgar and base.

26) Loutish(Awkward) X Sophisticated.

27) Enigmatic X Easily understood.

28) Recalcitrant(Stubborn resistance) X Yielding.

29) Trepidation X Courage.

30) Proclivity( A natural inclination) X Avoidance.

31) Tenuous(Thin) X Substantial.

32) Spurious(Reasonable but false) X Authentic.

33) Nefarious(Infamous by extremely wicked) X Virtuous (Morally excellent).

34) Indefatigable X Exhausted.

35) Plethora(extreme excess) X Paucity(An insufficient quantity or No.

36) Chauffeur - One who drives auto as a job.

37) Infirmary-A health facility where patients receive treatment.

No comments: