Word Pair Analogies

To be an arbitrator is to be a mediator; to referee is to umpire.

An apology is used to attain forgiveness, and a bribe is used to attain influence.

A median divides a highway, and a net divides a court, as in tennis.

An elevator is used to transport people, and a rickshaw is used to carry people.

To plead is to ask urgently, and to submerge is to dip completely.

To adore is the opposite of abhor, and to censure is the opposite of extol.

A bonsai tree is grown in a pot, and a sequoia grows in a forest.

To halve means to divide, and to rip means to tear.

Indirect and forthright are antonyms; unashamed and abashed are antonyms.

Regard and esteem are synonyms; ambivalence and uncertainty are synonyms.