Analogies (Synonyms)
Up is to high as back is to ?
A. Side
B. Behind
B. Behind
Up is to down as back is to ?
A. Side
B. Front
B. Front
The baked goods in the pastry shop beckoned to me like forbidden fruit.
The forbidden fruit of Eden--something tempting.
Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel.
Achilles, (he was invulnerable everywhere except his ankle), --a person's weakness.
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone, I keep waiting for you but you never come, is this in my head? Don't know what to think. He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said "Marry me Juliet, you'll never have to be alone"
Romeo and Juliet, (due to their familial feud, they weren't allowed to be together, and their short-lived relationship caused no less than 5 deaths), --forbidden love.
Glue is to adhere as crayon is to ?
A. Color
B. Wax
A. Color
Poodle is to cat as book is to ?
A. Movie
B. Fanfiction
A. Movie
This jeopardy is my Goliath.
The battle of David, (who was very small and weak), and Goliath, (who was large and battle tested)--a difficult task or challenge.
He flew too close to the sun trying to score that goal.
Icarus, (his father made him wings held together by wax, he flew too close to the sun, the wings melted, and he plummeted to his death in the ocean),--getting overconfident and it backfiring.
You wear your heart on your sleeve.
Othello, (A man named Iago is insanely jealous of Othello, and convinces him that his wife Desdemona is being unfaithful to him, and many people die due to Othello's inability to have a single conversation with him wife), --someone very obvious with your emotions.
Poetry is to rhyme as music is to ?
A. Melody
B. Medley
A. Melody
Excessive is to moderation as humble is to ?
A. Haughty
B. Unassuming
A. Haughty
"A land of milk and honey"
The description of the promised land--a paradise.
This road trip is a real Odyssey.
Odysseus, (due to a series of misfortunes and mistakes, it took Odysseus 10 years to return home to Ithaca after triumphing in the Trojan War)--a long, arduous journey.
"It's Greek to me"
Julius Ceasar, (Julius's rise to power in Rome and his inevitable betrayal and murder),--something that cannot be understood, it's as if someone is speaking to you in another language.
Complex is to complicated as intricate is to ?
A. Uncomplicated
B. Labyrinthine
B. Labyrinthine
Cleanliness is to begrimed as shallow is to ?
A. Fathomable
B. Chasmic
B. Chasmic
Judas betrays Jesus by embracing him to mark him out to the Roman soldiers--betrayal disguised as love.
"So they killed Cassandra first 'cuz she feared the worse, and tried to tell the town"
Cassandra, (she rejected Apollo and he cursed her with the gift of prophecy, but that no one would believe her prophecies)--someone whose warnings are never believed.
"You saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia"
Hamlet, (Ophelia's father was killed by her lover, Hamlet, and she drowns and dies),--heartbreak, betrayal
Caravan is to procession as alluring is to ?
A. Aesthetic
B. Ravishing
B. Ravishing
Veritable is to dubious as candor is to ?
A. Secretive
B. Straightforwardness
A. Secretive
And so the prodigal son returns.
A story of a son who wasted his inheritance, but then returned home repentant--someone who strays from the right path but eventually returns.
His creations were Promethean.
Prometheus, (a titan who stole fire from the gods to gift to humanity, was doomed to be chained to a mountaintop where an eagle would eat his liver everyday and every night his liver would grow again),--someone who is bold, defiant and original.
"Something wicked this way comes"
Macbeth, (Macbeth finds out he's eventually going to be king, he and his wife devise a string of murders in order to get him to the throne more quickly, they both die), --a person who is so evil that they aren't even human.