List of Analogies: challenge

Word	Meaning
abandon	to leave something or someone completely
ability	the skill to do something
absorb	to soak up or take in
abundant	more than enough
accept	to agree or take something offered
accurate	free from mistakes
adapt	to change to fit new conditions
admire	to respect or look up to
ambition	a strong desire to succeed
ancient	very old or from long ago
angle	the space between two lines that meet
appear	to come into view
approach	to come near
argue	to give reasons for or against something
assist	to help
astonish	to surprise greatly
attract	to pull towards
avoid	to stay away from
balance	an even distribution of weight
barrier	something that blocks movement
behavior	the way someone acts
blend	to mix together
brave	showing courage
brief	short in time or length
cancel	to stop something that was planned
capable	able to do something
capture	to catch and hold
cause	something that brings about a result
change	to make or become different
cheerful	noticeably happy
choose	to pick out or select
clever	smart or intelligent
collect	to gather together
combine	to bring together
comfort	to ease pain or trouble
compare	to see how things are alike
compete	to try to win
complete	finished
confuse	to make unclear
connect	to join together
contain	to hold inside
courage	the ability to face fear
create	to make something new
cruel	mean or unkind
damage	physical harm
danger	the possibility of harm
decide	to choose after thinking
define	to give the meaning of
delay	to make something late
demand	to ask for strongly
deny	to say something is not true
depend	to rely on
describe	to tell what something is like
destroy	to ruin completely
develop	to grow or make progress
differ	to be not the same
difficult	hard to do or understand
discover	to find something for the first time
disease	illness
dislike	to not like
divide	to separate into parts
eager	very excited or interested
easy	not hard to do
effort	physical or mental energy used
emotion	a strong feeling like joy or anger
empty	with nothing inside
energy	the power to do work
enjoy	to take pleasure in
equal	the same in number or amount
escape	to get away
examine	to look at closely
excite	to cause strong feelings
expect	to think something will happen
explain	to make clear or easy to understand
explore	to look around and learn
express	to show or communicate
famous	known by many people
fear	a feeling of being afraid
fix	to repair something
follow	to go after or obey
force	strength or power
forget	to not remember
forgive	to stop being angry at someone
frighten	to scare someone
gather	to bring together
gentle	soft or kind
giant	very big
goal	something you aim to do
group	a number of things or people together
grow	to increase in size or number
guess	to try to answer without being sure
happen	to take place
happy	feeling joy
hard	not soft; or difficult
harm	injury or damage
help	to give support
hide	to keep out of sight
hope	to want something to happen
huge	very large
hurt	to feel pain

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