List of Analogies: challenge

1. Accumulate – To gather or collect over time.
2. Alleviate – To make a situation less severe or intense.
3. Antagonize – To provoke or annoy someone.
4. Arbitrary – Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
5. Beneficial – Resulting in good; advantageous.
6. Capable – Having the ability or qualities necessary for achieving something.
7. Coherent – Logical and consistent.
8. Contradict – To deny the truth of something by asserting the opposite.
9. Convene – To come together or assemble, usually for a meeting.
10. Defer – To put off to a later time.
11. Diligent – Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties.
12. Discrepancy – A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
13. Eloquent – Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
14. Empathy – The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
15. Fluctuate – To rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
16. Formulate – To create or devise methodically.
17. Hostile – Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
18. Impose – To force something to be accepted or put in place.
19. Inhibit – To hinder, restrain, or prevent.
20. Integrate – To combine one thing with another to form a whole.
21. Jubilant – Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
22. Juxtapose – To place things side by side for comparison.
23. Legitimate – Conforming to the law or to rules.
24. Meticulous – Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
25. Negligible – So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering.
26. Optimize – To make the best or most effective use of a situation.
27. Plausible – Seeming reasonable or probable.
28. Reconcile – To restore friendly relations between; resolve differences.
29. Redundant – Not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.
30. Resolve – To settle or find a solution to a problem.
31. Skeptical – Not easily convinced; having doubts.
32. Synthesize – To combine a number of things into a coherent whole.
33. Thwart – To prevent someone from accomplishing something.
34. Transcend – To go beyond the range or limits of something.
35. Validate – To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.
36. Vivid – Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.
37. Adversary – One’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.
38. Advocate – A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
39. Aesthetic – Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
40. Anticipate – To regard as probable; expect or predict.
41. Assume – To take on a particular role or responsibility.
42. Broaden – To make or become wider or more inclusive.
43. Clarify – To make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.
44. Cohesive – Characterized by or causing cohesion; sticking together.
45. Critique – To evaluate in a detailed and analytical way.
46. Delegate – To entrust a task or responsibility to another person.
47. Dissent – To hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.
48. Emphasize – To give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing.
49. Examine – To inspect or investigate thoroughly.
50. Expand – To increase in size, number, or importance.
51. Fluctuation – An irregular rising and falling in number or amount.
52. Implement – To put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect.
53. Incorporate – To take in or include something as part of a whole.
54. Intuitive – Based on what one feels to be true without conscious reasoning; instinctive.
55. Leverage – To use something to maximum advantage.
56. Manifest – To display or show by one’s acts or appearance.
57. Nuance – A subtle difference or variation in meaning, expression, tone, etc.
58. Obscure – Not discovered or known about; uncertain.
59. Optimize – To make the best or most effective use of a situation.
60. Pertinent – Relevant or applicable to a particular matter.
61. Provoke – To stimulate or incite someone to react.
62. Redefine – To define something again or differently.
63. Revise – To reconsider and alter something in the light of further evidence.
64. Scrutinize – To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
65. Substantiate – To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of something.
66. Sustain – To support or maintain something over time.
67. Unveil – To make something known or revealed.
68. Utilize – To make practical and effective use of something.
69. Venerate – To regard with great respect or reverence.
70. Verify – To make sure or demonstrate that something is true, accurate, or justified.
71. Abate – To become less intense or widespread.
72. Benevolent – Well-meaning and kindly.
73. Consolidate – To make something physically stronger or more solid.
74. Diffuse – To spread over a wide area.
75. Elicit – To draw out a response or reaction.
76. Exemplify – To illustrate or clarify by giving an example.
77. Facilitate – To make an action or process easy or easier.
78. Fortify – To strengthen or build up.
79. Inhibit – To hinder or restrain.
80. Modulate – To adjust or adapt to a particular level or proportion.
81. Negate – To nullify or make ineffective.
82. Oscillate – To move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm.
83. Perceive – To become aware of or understand something.
84. Reiterate – To say something again or a number of times for emphasis.
85. Simulate – To imitate the appearance or character of something.
86. Tolerate – To allow the existence of something without interference.
87. Validate – To confirm the validity or accuracy of something.
88. Yield – To produce or provide.
89. Acumen – The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.
90. Circumvent – To find a way around (an obstacle or restriction).
91. Decipher – To convert (a text) into normal language.
92. Efficient – Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort.
93. Feasible – Possible to do easily or conveniently.
94. Inherent – Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
95. Intermittent – Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
96. Nominal – Existing in name only; too small to be considered or taken seriously.
97. Rational – Based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
98. Resilient – Able to recover quickly from difficulties; tough.
99. Succinct – Briefly and clearly expressed.
100. Transitory – Not permanent; temporary.

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