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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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analogy/tint: suffuse
TINT: SUFFUSE::
A. ponder: yearn
B. regret: undo
C. damp: quench
D. shroud: screen
E. amble: wander
(Choose a pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that of the capitalized pair.)
This one is puzzling. Tint means to give a slight color, while suffuse means to spread over with color. But I can't find anything about "slight and excessive" in the five pairs.
A. ponder: yearn
B. regret: undo
C. damp: quench
D. shroud: screen
E. amble: wander
(Choose a pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that of the capitalized pair.)
This one is puzzling. Tint means to give a slight color, while suffuse means to spread over with color. But I can't find anything about "slight and excessive" in the five pairs.
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A tiny drop of something is OK; a large amount if it will be excessive...
- A tiny drop of something is OK; a large amount if it will be excessive...
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A tiny drop of something is OK; a large amount if it will be excessive...
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yea-hu, that's exactly what the given pair means.
I was just wondering which pair among the five choices has the analogous relationship.
I was just wondering which pair among the five choices has the analogous relationship.
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So ... ? I did give you a hint
At least that's what I intended to do
At least that's what I intended to do
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PieanneI was thinking of C. damp>quench. But I may be wrong.
But damp: quench doesn't indicate anything about "slight v.s. excessive".
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Maybe "excessive" wasn't the right word. But "suffuse" and "quench" carry, I think, the same meaning of "you can't add anything more".
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To tint a color is to give the whole color a new quality (lightness). To suffuse is to totally permeate with light. Therefore, they are nearly the same in meaning. The two concepts in the list that are most near in meaning are at C: to dampen and to quench.
The next in line, for me, is D.
I agree, this one is not easy.
The next in line, for me, is D.
I agree, this one is not easy.
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To tint a color is to give the whole color a new quality (lightness).
I don't think so. Tint means a slight coloration, or a tinge when used as a noun. So to tint would mean to apply a trace of color to, while suffuse means to spread through with color.
Neither C nor D can convince me.
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