Word Pair Analogies

To ratchet means to increase by stages, and to grow is to increase by inches.

Superlative and abysmal are antonyms; atrocious and noble are antonyms.

Garble means distort, and garner means earn.

Arid describes a desert, and vast describes space.

Stock is the base of soup, and latex is the base of paint.

Hydric is associated with something moist, and pyric is associated with something burning.

Pallid means lacking in color, and tactless means lacking diplomacy.

You enter and exit a highway by a ramp and you enter and exit a house by a door.

Gratuitous and expensive are antonyms; sedentary and active are antonyms.

To vaunt means to boast, and to skewer means to criticize.