Word Pair Analogies

To doze is to sleep lightly, and to tiptoe is to walk lightly.

To scratch is to withdraw from a race, and to fold is to withdraw from poker.

A nosegay is a group of flowers, and a team is a group of players.

A heliotrope is a type of shrub, and a turnover is a type of pastry.

To nourish is to encourage growth, and to coddle is to encourage comfort.

A passage is another word for an excerpt, and an exercise is another word for a maneuver.

Fuzzy means lacking in clarity, and rigid means lacking flexibility.

Outlandish and conservative are antonyms; reserved and garrulous are antonyms.

To poach means to take someone else’s property and call it your own, and to plagiarize is to take someone else’s words and call them your own.

To conjugate means to pair, and to partition means to divide.