Vocab 7-9 Analogies

dispassionate is to emotion as...

-dispassionate (adj): impartial, calm, free from emotion -emotion (noun): feelings -*OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE TO NOUN*

fool is to prate as...

-fool (noun) -prate (verb): talking foolishly -a *fool prates* -*NOUN TO VERB*

cadaverous is to corpse as...

-cadaverous (adj): pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse -corpse (noun) -*ADJECTIVE DESCRIBING NOUN*

dilatory is to delay as...

-dilatory (adj): slow, tardy -delay (noun)

hypothetical is to reality as...

-hypothetical (adj): based on assumption or guess, assumed, supposed, conditional -reality (noun): real -*OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE TO NOUN*

intemperate is to restraint as...

-intemperate (adj): immoderate, lacking self control -restraint (noun): self control -*OPPOSITE*

puritan is to austere as...

-puritan (noun) -austere (adj): severe, stern, strict, harsh -*ADJECTIVE DESCRIBING NOUN*

slovenly is to tidiness as...

-slovenly (adj): untidy, dirty, careless -tidiness (noun): organized, clean -*OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE TO NOUN*

squeamish is to disgust as...

-squeamish (adj): -disgust (noun) -

treacherous is to perfidy as...

-treacherous (adj): disloyal, faithless, traitorous -perfidy (noun): faithlessness, treachery -*ADJECTIVE DESCRIBING NOUN*