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CATKing 500 MICA Word Associations
CATKing 500 MICA Word Associations
Clues Answer
Party,boy,sphere Ball-Have a ball--party, Ball boy--lawn
tennis, Ball is spherical.
Goods,flea,down Market- like used goods market, flea
market and down market
Rate,bottom,location Base-Base Rate--banking, Base--
Bottom, Shift Base from one place to
another--Location
Lies,card,punch Pack- a pack of lies, a pack of cards,
to pack a punch(to hit someone hard)
Sunrise,light,goddess Aurora-Sunrise is a syn. Of aurora,
Aurora lights is a natural light display
in the sky particularly in the high
latitude regions, caused by the
collision of energetic charged
particles with atoms in the high
altitude atmosphere, Aurora , from
the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or
the Roman goddess of dawn
Country,conference,website Host- host country (Nation in which
individuals or organizations from
other countries or states are visiting
due to government invitation or
meeting.), host a conference, a host
website.
Top,confusion,head Spin-Spin like a Top, All in a spin--
Confusion, Head spin.
Spear,condition,mint Mint- spearmint, in a mint condition
(in perfect condition),mint is where
coins are made.
Discord,eye,order Apple-Apple of discord - cause of
quarrel
Apple of my eye - beloved
Apple pie order - perfect order - all
idioms
Invest,kind,fish Angel- AngelInvestment---Initial
investment in a project, U have been
an angel to me---U hav been Kind,
AngelFish a type of fish.
fixed--contract, poker--card—deal
Measure,rain,estimate Gauge-measure syn. Of gauge,rain
gauge, to gauge something-to
estimate
secret,play,place Scene-Behind the scene--secret, A
play has many scenes, Scene of
Crime—Place
Food,hold,work Serve-Serve food, Hold a Serve--
Tennis, Serve for a company—work
Fall,dance,journey Trip-Trip over something--fall, trip up
the dance step--Dance, Trip--a
journey
Disappear,exhaust,pipe Drain-Brain--drain or draining
wealth---disappear, Exhaust or drain
a resource, Drain Pipe
Light,signal,metal Beam-Beam of light, Laser
beam/Radio beam--signal, Metal
beam
Spot,score,number Point-Turn left at the point--spot,
Points--score, Decimal point—
number
Sudden,precise,brain Sharp-Sharp turn--sudden turn,
Sharp at 8--precise, Sharp brain
Crisp,instruct,time Brief-Brief--Crisp, Brief someone--tell
him the details/instruct, Brief period
of time/Brief History of Time
Time,state,significance Matter-matter of time, state of
matter, Did it matter to them—
Significance
Filling,thrust,material Stuff-Stuff in something--fill--stuffed
vegetable, Stuff something in a bag--
put thrust, what is this Stuff made
of—material
Symbol,race,country Flag-Symbol-Flag, to Flag off a race,
Country Flag.
Ban,pressure,metal Bar-ban-To Bar something, Pressure
has Bar as its unit, Metal Bar.
Mail,American,Lane Express-Express Mail, American
Express, Express Lane
file(tool)
Field,flow,chain Stream-field of subject(stream),
Chain of things is something in
continuation --- Stream of things is d
same
Force,campaign,zeal Drive- a driving force, campaign and
zeal syn. Of drive
Coffin,bite,iron Nail- Another/final nail in the coffin,
bite one’s nails, iron
nails(composition)
Tackle,care,door Handle-tackle means handle, handle
with care, and door handle
Gun,slot,time Machine-machine gun, slot machine
and time machine
Pair,common,equal Match-match-pair, matching-
common, match someone-try and be
equal
Air,schedule,lip Tight- air tight, a tight schedule,
tight-lipped
Confine,train,reaction Chain- to restrict or confine with a
chain,chain reaction, pull chain in a
train
Parliament,wise,night Owl- a group of owl = parliament,
wise as an owl, a night owl (a person
who tends to stay up until late at
night)
Create,bit,gold Coin- to coin is to create, bitcoin
(digital currency), gold coin(coin
made of gold)
Yearn,forest,apple Pine- pine syn. Of yearn(to miss or
long for), Pine forest(A forest of pine
trees), pineapple
Bone,blue,shirt Collar- collar bone, blue
collar(working class person), collar of
a shirt
Group,computer,organize System-river system-group,
Computer-system, Organize-maintain
a system/systematic
Seek,find,skin Hide-hide and seek, find something