warm-up

TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____
loose

anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."
"Only three people showed up to watch."

warm-up

ARMHOLES : SHIRT :: pages : _____
magazine


reticent
Who is likely to be described as reticent?
a man of few words

warm-up

ANALOGY
GALAXY : HUGE :: _____ : brass
trumpet

WORD QUIZ
overture
You would most likely find an overture
at the beginning of an opera.

wram-up

(What is an analogy?)
LOUISIANA : STATE :: barn : _____
building

WORD QUIZ
fusty
If you visited friends who lived in a fusty house, you might decide to
open a window.