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"Perception" is to "recognition" as "execution" is to what?
I may not be using the right words for this analogy. "Perception" and "execution" are intended to have contrasting meanings.
By "perception" I mean the reception of data.
By "recognition" I mean the ...
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Local : Global :: Localite :?
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I want to indicate people who keep travelling around the world (sometimes as part of their jobs and sometimes to volunteer during a crisis) without settling down at a single country.
I came ...
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“Woman” is to “coquette” as “man” is to what?
Wiktionary reads:
coquette: a woman who flirts or plays with men’s affections.
Is there an English word which fits the following definition?
???: a man who flirts or plays with women’s ...
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supplant : replace :: snatch : take
The title is an analogy which appeared in the GRE verbal test, and I yet can't find the analogy in it.
"Snatch" means to "take" hastily or eagerly, but I don't see if "supplant" is a more hasty ...
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"True" is to "false" as "truth" is to... what?
If I were to reverse the sentence, "I care about the truth" I would want to say:
I care about the false.
Is that correct? It seems awkward at best:
He speaks the truth! / He speaks the ...
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