jeff_999  +  137365 Wed, 14 Sep 05 05:19 PM FRANK: SECRETIVENESS:: A. honest: theft B. transparent : light C. free: autocracy D. callow: maturity E. confident : intrepidness The relationship of the given pair can be simply concluded as "antonyms", right? So why not D, but A?  jeff_999 Joined on Wed, Oct 20 2004 Xiamen Regular Member 817 Antonyms, Analogies

	Waïti  +  137393 Wed, 14 Sep 05 07:01 PM Mmmmmmmmmh... Not sure... E would be my choice... Confident as in 'self assured' = Intrepid as in 'having no fear'... So they are not antonyms but rather synonyms don't you think ? Waïti Joined on Thu, Aug 25 2005 Regular Member 568 Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies

	pieanne  +  137402 Wed, 14 Sep 05 07:30 PM Mmmm ... Yet being "frank" and being "secretive" isn't quite the same... Isn't it rather the opposite? I hesitate between A. and D. But "frank" is a positive value...   pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Analogies

	CalifJim  +  137510 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:15 AM "frank" suggests "willing to reveal" "secretive" suggests "unwilling to reveal" These two are adjectives. The corresponding nouns are "frankness" and "secretiveness", "the quality or property of being frank", "the quality or property of being secretive". (A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness'  is not simply that of opposites.) callow: maturity seems to be the only similar combination. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,380 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Nouns, Antonyms, Analogies

	jeff_999  +  137515 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:40 AM (A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness'  is not simply that of opposites.) I know, CJ.  I mean if we disregard the part of speech, they are opposite. I thought A would be closer. But I didn't choose it becuase "theft" suggests an act (of stealing) while maturity suggests a state (so does secretiveness). You know being in what kind of state. For example, maturity evinces in the state of being mature, and secretiveness in the state of being secretive. jeff_999 Regards, Nouns, Antonyms, Analogies

	CalifJim  +  137518 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:47 AM I believe that's the only logical choice. CalifJim

	jeff_999  +  137525 Thu, 15 Sep 05 05:12 AM Thanks! So do you think I argued well with this point: "I thought A would be closer. But I didn't choose it becuase "theft" suggests an act (of stealing) while maturity suggests a state (so does secretiveness). You know being in what kind of state. For example, maturity evinces in the state of being mature, and secretiveness in the state of being secretive." jeff_999 Analogies

	CalifJim  +  137748 Thu, 15 Sep 05 05:24 PM Yes.  That's a good argument.  CJ CalifJim