Question

Complete each analogy with the appropriate word.

Wood is to fire as food is to _____.
Grinning is to cheerful as teetering is to _____.
Conniving is to scheming as terrible is to _____.
Mournful is to sad as gluttonous is to _____.

Choices: Substance, Precarious, Voracious, Abysmal

Answer 1

1. Wood is to fire as food is to substance. - Wood creates fire the same way food is substance for people (plus here you have to use a noun, and substance is the only noun here)
2. Grinning is to cheerful as teetering is to precarious - precarious is something that is not balanced, and can fall at any moment
3. Conniving is to scheming as terrible is to abysmal - abysmal is something that is extremely bad or terrible
4. Mournful is to sad as gluttonous is to voracious - voracious means insatiable, always craving more and more

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Wood is to fire as food is to substance. - Wood creates fire the same way food is substance for people (plus here you have to use a noun, and substance is the only noun here)

2. Grinning is to cheerful as teetering is to precarious - precarious is something that is not balanced, and can fall at any moment

3. Conniving is to scheming as terrible is to abysmal - abysmal is something that is extremely bad or terrible

4. Mournful is to sad as gluttonous is to voracious - voracious means insatiable, always craving more and more

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