Directions: analogies are equations in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words. for example, beautiful is to ugly as exciting is to boring. both pairs of words are opposites. choose the best word from the word box to complete each of the analogies below. confidential flimsy negotiating shun slew festering meddling resourceful sully paltry fake is to genuine as sturdy is to embrace is to as reward is to punish. imaginative is to as careless is to reckless. inaccuarte is to precise as public is to bargaining is to as faltering is to hesitating. peaceful is to calm as is to rankling. is to interfering as grining is to smiling. abandon is to desert as tarnish is to petty is to as skinny is to scrawny. begin is to stop as is to few.