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Complete the analogies:
1. Drift is to snow as _____ is to water.
2. Smile is to sweetness as _____ is to wickedness.
3. Disease is to medicine as _____ is to education.
4. Fancy is to special as _____ is to everyday.
5. Toxic is to environment as _____ is to religion.
6. Bewilderment is to confusion as understanding is to _____.
7. Untied is to tied as loose is to _____.
8. Help is to assist as _____ is to inject.
Word List
cascade
clarity
homely
illiteracy
infuse
leer
sacrilegious
taut
Answer:
- Cascade.
- Leer.
- Illiteracy.
- homely
- sacrilegious
- clarity
- taut
- infuse
Explanation:
- Cascade. Snow drifts are large deposits of fallen snow, similar to a body of water going down into a cascade.
- Leer. As a smile refers to something sweet, to leer, meaning to stare at someone in a sexual unwanted way, refers to a wicked action.
- Illiteracy. As medicine is the cure to a disease, education is a way to avoid illiteracy.
- Homely. Fancy is something expensive and elaborated, something that could be considered as special. Similarly, homely means something is pleasant while ordinary, something that could be considered as an everyday item, in the sense that it´s ordinary or typical.
- Sacrilegious. Something toxic is in opposition to the environment, such as something sacrilegious opposes the rules of a religion.
- Clarity. Bewilderment is a synonym to confusion as both words refer to being unable to think clearly. Clarity means something is easy to understand.
- Taut. Untied is antonymous of tied, such as loose is antonymous to of taut.
- Infuse. Help means the same that to assist, such as infuse and inject mean the same.
