Analogies 1 List 3 : 1-20

Question 1

accumulate

Answer 1

(v) to heap up; to gather or collect

Question 2

adjacent

Answer 2

(adj) nearby; next to

Question 3

aggravate

Answer 3

(v) to intensify; to make worse; to irritate

Question 4

arbitrator

Answer 4

(n) a person chosen to settle a dispute

Question 5

armistice

Answer 5

(n) a truce; a temporary declaration of peace

Question 6

autobiography

Answer 6

(n) a book written by a person about his/her life

Question 7

biography

Answer 7

(n) a book about the life of a person written by another person

Question 8

bleak

Answer 8

(adj) bare, dreary

Question 9

brandish

Answer 9

(v) to shake or wave, as with a weapon

Question 10

brevity

Answer 10

(n) the quality of being brief

Question 11

buccaneer

Answer 11

(n) a pirate

Question 12

candor

Answer 12

(n) fairness, honesty, frankness

Question 13

cataclysm

Answer 13

(n) a sudden violent change in the earth’s surface; an extensive flood

Question 14

cavalcade

Answer 14

(n) a procession or long parade, especially of the people on horseback

Question 15

clique

Answer 15

(n) a small group of people with similar interests

Question 16

colossus

Answer 16

(n) a huge statue; anything huge or gigantic

Question 17

confirm

Answer 17

(v) to make certain or verify; admit to full membership in a church

Question 18

contaminate

Answer 18

(v) to make impure by contact or mixture

Question 19

copious

Answer 19

(adj) large in quantity or number; abundant

Question 20

corporation

Answer 20

(n) an association of people organized by law to act as a business