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Analogies Warm-up with Notes 11/13

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Types of Analogy Relationships:
- Word : Antonym Words are paired with opposites, or near opposites.
Example: GORGE : NIBBLE :: GUZZLE : SIP

- Word : Synonym Words are paired with other words having similiar meanings.
Example: AMUSING : HILARIOUS :: FRIGID : COLD

- Agent : Action A person or object is paired with its characteristic action.
Example: WITNESS : TESTIFY :: PROSECUTOR : QUESTION

-Agent : Acted Upon A person or object is paired with a person, place, or thing that he, she or it normally affects.
Example: DELIVER : SPEECH :: TEACH : LESSON

-Action : Emotion An action is paired with an emotion usually associated with it.
Example: SWELL : PRIDE :: SHRINK : EMBARASSMENT

-Part : Whole A part of something is paired with the whole to which it belongs.
Example: STUBBLE : COARSE :: SANDPAPER : ABRASIVE

-Adjective : Quality An adjective is paired with a noun that names the quality referred to by the adjective.
Example: FRUGAL : THRIFT :: EXTRAVAGANT : WASTE
Model:

DRINK : GULP ::
A. SIP : SWALLOW
B. GRAB : HOLD
C. EAT : DEVOUR
D. KNOW : THINK
E. TASTE : SMELL

The answer is C. To gulp means to drink quickly or greedily, and to devour means to eat quickly or greedily.
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thermometer : temperature :: scale :
size
age
weight
distance
speed
cat : claws ::
dog : licks
fingernails : person
barks : dog
person : fingernails
flood : rain
exalt : demean ::
modest : lowly
sorrowful : plaintive
blame : denounce
attentive: perfunctory
passive : stolid
levity : silliness ::
sorrowful: doleful
give : pilfer
thrity : sumptuous
impair : enhance
depth : superficial
vitality : healthy ::
impetus : halting
vestige : ghost
gaffe : blundered
superficiality : surface
levity : solemn