By Antonyms, Analogies

I'm sorry, Jeff, I did not mean to worry you or offend you. Your postings do not cause me any problems. I was just trying (unsuccessfully) to be funny. I think I just have a strange reaction to analogies, because I once read a humorous parody of intelligence tests which presented meaningless...

Oh That's right. Thank you CJ. But does "to taunt" suggest "to challenge"? I never saw it this way. And does "to defy" suggest "no respect"? I see an antonym like this: VENERATION: A. derision B. defiance I chose A. But some others insisted on B.

(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...

"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...

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 ?

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?

I've always wanted to ask: What do you all think about these analogy/antonyms questions? Are they, in your mind, fair questions? Do you have such questions in, say, British exams?

Oh yes, that's an antonym question: choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the given one. Thank you, CJ. I can fairly get it.