In this exercise, think of a fifth word that is related to the preceding four words. (Compound and hyphenated words or commonly used expressions are allowed.)
Examples:
- Elephant, bleed, lie, wash
Answer:White (white elephant, bleed white, white lie,
white-wash) - Sleeping, contest, spot, shop
Answer: Beauty (sleeping beauty, beauty contest, beauty spot, beauty shop)
Now train your own associative powers with the following sets:
| 1. | bug | rest | fellow | cover |
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| 2. | cross | baby | blood | ribbon |
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| 3. | see | carpet | hot | cent |
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| 4. | touch | palate | soap | sell |
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| 5. | easy | hush | belt | order |
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| 6. | tree | cup | cake | forbidden |
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| 7. | wagon | stand | aid | dance |
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| 8. | dust | movie | gaze | sapphire |
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| 9. | tooth | talk | potato | bitter |
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| 10. | alley | date | snow | spot |
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