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Day:Night::Diurnal : (nocturnal, eternal, vernal, external)
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Diurnal refers to daytime, nocturnal refers to nighttime
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Comparative: (good, better, best, great) :: Superlative:Best
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Better is the comparative form and best is the superlative form of the adjective 'good'
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Othello: Jealous:: Hamlet: (greedy, reflective, unintelligent, joyous)
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Othello was a jealous character while Hamlet was reflective
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Phenomenologist: Husserl :: Existentialist: (Camus, Russell, Ryle, Quine)
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In philosophy, Husserl is identified with the phenomenologist movement, Camus with the existentialists.
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Achilles: Trojans:: Samson: (Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Moabites)
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Achilles fought against the Trojans, Samson against the Philistines
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Hyperbole: (geometric object, exaggeration, understatement, metaphysical object)::Hypocrite: Pretender
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a hyperbole is an exaggeration
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Ethyl:Methyl :: Grain: (petrol, alcohol, sulfer, wood)
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Ethyl alcohol is grain alcohol; methyl alcohol is wood alcohol
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Apex: Summit :: Zenith: (nadir, end, top, beginning)
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Apex, Summit, Zenith and Top are all synonyms
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Ochlocracy: Mob :: Autocracy: (intellectual elite, rich, dictator, senate)
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Ochlocracy is rule by a mob; autocracy is rule by a single dictator
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(metabolism, anabolism, menabolism, atabolism): Construction:: Catabolism: Destruction
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Anabolism is constructive metabolism, while catabolism is destructive metabolism
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Induction: Deduction :: (synthetic, inferential, priori, a fortiori) :Analytic
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Induction is a synthetic form of thinking, while deduction is an analytic form of thinking. Induction is putting together, analytic involves taking apart
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Floozy : Disreputable :: Flibbertigibbet: (immoral, unintelligent, mentally unbalanced, flighty)
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a floozy is disreputable, while a flibbertigibbet is flighty
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f" : f' :: (speed, distance, time, acceleration) : Velocity
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the second derivative of a function, f", can be used to determine acceleration. The first derivative, f', can be used to determine velocity
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Journeyman: Apprentice :: Associate Professor: (professor, research associate, assistant professor, teacher)
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a journeyman is one step above an apprentice; an associate professor is one step above an assistant professor
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Impecunious: (generous, poor, wealthy, greedy) ::Obese: Corpulent
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Impecunious and poor are synonyms, as are obese and corpulent
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