Word Pair Analogies

To exhort is to urge strongly, and to enthrall is to interest strongly.

Gluttonous and abstemious are antonyms; complimentary and disparaging are antonyms.

Mica makes up bedrock—on which skyscrapers are built; cement makes up a foundation—on which houses are built.

Revere and venerate are synonyms; esteem and respect are synonyms.

To enfeeble is an antonym of to fortify, and to concede is an antonym of to dispute.

A purist is fixated on tradition, and a hedonist is fixated on pleasure.

Cytology is the study of cells, and geology is the study of rocks.

A son is part of a nuclear family, and a cousin is part of an extended family.

A welt is the result of a blow, and a stain is the result of a spill.

A mural is a painting that appears on a wall, and an inscription appears on a plaque.