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DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH APT SENTENCES


POOR: MONEY

“To be ... is not to have ...”


FRUIT: ORANGE

A type of ... is ...


DRUG: CURE

... is the cause of..


BRAIN: THINKING

The function of ... is ...


ZEALOT: FERVOR

A ... is characterized by ...


STETHOSCOPE: DOCTOR

... is a tool of a ...


ADMIRE: IDOLIZE

A higher degree of ... is to ...


Exercise: Match the First Set with

the Second set


MORALISTIC: PRINCIPLED EAST : WEST

EYE : SEEMAMMAL : WHALE

BRAIN : THINKING FRUIT : ORANGE

ZEALOT : FERVOR POOR : RICH


The answers ...


MORALISTIC: PRINCIPLED EAST : WEST

EYE : SEEMAMMAL : WHALE

ZEALOT : FERVOR POOR : RICH

BRAIN : THINKING FRUIT : ORANGE


Exercise: Only 2 of the options have correct

matches. Identify the two.


SCHOOL : LEARNINGLESION : SCRATCH

DANSEUSE : BALLET PRINTER : ROTOTYPE

DRUG: CURE CHAPTER: BOOK

STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR ADMIRE : IDOLIZE


The answers ...


SCHOOL : LEARNING* LESION : SCRATCH

DANSEUSE : BALLET**PRINTER : ROTOTYPE

DRUG: CURE*ADMIRE : IDOLIZE

CHAPTER: BOOK** STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR


What was the problem with the other two?


• PRINTER : ROTOTYPE • A Printer uses a Rototype (a type of printing press)

• STETHOSCOPE : DOCTOR• Does a Stethoscope use a Doctor?


• ADMIRE : IDOLIZE• Admire is of lower degree than Idolize

• LESION : SCRATCH • Is a Lesion of lower degree than Scratch?


LessonThe order is important


Some More Relationships


DOE: DEER

Gender


CALF: WHALE

... is a young one of...


PHILATELIST: STAMPS

... is a collector of ...


WOOL: SHEEP

... is a product that you get from ...


CROSS: CHRIST

... is a symbol of ...


Some Interesting Analogies


CONTRACT: IMPLODE

Contract is a slow, gradual process, while implosion is associated with release of

energy


MILL: GRAIN

Milling is the process of removing the husk from the

grain


HAMMER: ANVIL

Anvil is the platform on which a blacksmith uses Hammer.


GLAZE: WINDOW

Glaze means to fit glass into.


Lesson:BEWARE OF THE

SECONDARY MEANINGS


Exercise: Make meaningful sentences linking the head pair


NEEDLE: THREAD

… guides ...


DOOR: WALL

… is a part (not necessarily “essential”) of ...


METAL: FILINGS

A by-product of finishing … is/are ...


BREACH: DAM

… is a break in ...


GAGGLE: GEESE

… is a collection of ...


FUEL: LOG

A type of … is ...


VOTER: ELECTION

… participates in ...


ILLICIT: LEGALITY

… does not have ...


SANCTUARY: PROTECTION

The purpose of … is to offer ...


STEALTH: DETECTION

… is to avoid ...


OBSCURITY: LIGHT

… is due to lack of ...


ARSENAL: WEAPON

… is a store of ...


Try guessing the meanings of words and

form relationships.


VERNACULAR: LANGUAGE

… is native (or local) ...


LAYER: STRATIFICATION

… results from a process of ...


VINDICTIVE: REVENGE

A characteristic of … person is to seek ...


LETHARGIC: STIMULATION

To be ... is due to lack of ...


SCINTILLA: MINUSCULE

… is ...


VACILLATE: STEADFAST

To ... is not to be ...


FLUSTERED: COMPOSURE

To be ... is to lose ...


FERVOR: EMOTION

… is higher degree of ...


STULTIFY: STUPID

* Stultify - bore or tire

… is normally what happens when you are with ...


MENDACITY: TRUTH

… is the opposite of ...


Exercise: Try Guessing the Meanings of unknown

words and form relationships.


VENAL: MONEY

… accepts … (for doing something dishonest)


VERNAL: SPRING

… is appropriate to the season of ...


TORTUOUS: CURVES

… has a lot of ...


RUMINATE: MEDITATE

To ... is to ...


HISTRIONIC: DRAMATIC

To be ... is to be very ...


MALINGER: WORK

To ... is to avoid ...


MANACLE: FREEDOM

... takes away ...


WITTY: MORDANT

Positive connotation versus negative connotation

humorous --- sarcastic


CALUMINATE: REPUTATION

To ... is to harm ...


APPOSITE: IMPERTINENT

To be ... is not to be ...


TIMOROUS: INTREPID

To be ... is not to be … ( coward --- fearless)


SNOBBISH: SYCOPHANT

To be … is the opposite of being a …


SEDULOUS: PIQUANT

... is usually not ... ( hard, steady work --- pleasantly stimulating)


CARAPACE: TURTLE

… is the cover of ...


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