4-6 Analogies , & Identifications Flashcards

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(Syn): Maudlin is to Sentiment as

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Saccharine is to Sugar

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Touchstone is to Test as

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Criterion is to Balance

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(Ant): Ineffable is to Express as

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Incalculable is to Compute

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Prison is to Immure as

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Cemetery is to Inter

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Waggish is to Jester as

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Insouciant is to Juggler.

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(Opp): Maladroit is to Skill as

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Feckless is to Will Power

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(Syn): Bilious is to Nauseate as

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Traumatic is to Shock

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Obsequies are to Die as

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Nuptials are to Wed

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Aficionado is to Enthusiastic as

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Pundit is to Knowledgeable

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(Syn): Sacred Crow is to Sacrosanct

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Red Herring is to Misleading

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Let me look into the crystal ball for you

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Divination

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The deeds of Superman and Wonder Woman

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Derring-Do

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Cold springwater after a 6-mile summertime jog

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Elixir

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Spring, forward, fall, back

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Mnemonic

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A sudden about-face

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Volte-Face

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The ups and downs of life

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Vicissitudes

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Get as good as you give

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Quid Pro Quo

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You have to have style

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Panache

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How a bird in a gilded cage might feel

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Immured

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See-through curtains

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Diaphanous

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Where the ‘Aeneid’ starts

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In Medias Res

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How did you know that this would happen?

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Prescience

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How you might characterize a klutz

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Maladroit

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The endless bickering that is tearing apart a family

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Bruit