>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to help my son in 5th grade and can not figure this out.
>>>>
>>>>He has the following words:
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>>>>accomplice, exultant, remorseless, sedate, apprehension, ponderous, revulsion.
>>>>
>>>>And we need to figure out this sentence:
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>>>>Sweet is to sour as ... is to light.
>>>>
>>>>We figured out all other examples, but this one I can not understand using the words I listed. I've checked each word in the dictionary as they are not easy to me as well.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Dark
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>>of these words: accomplice, exultant, remorseless, sedate, apprehension, ponderous, revulsion.
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>>Sour is the opposite of sweet therefore we are looking for the opposite meaning here. My guess would be revulsion (darkness, evil) as the opposite of Sun (light)
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>That's a valid point of view.
>One of my hobbies is oil painting.
>We think of light and dark values as opposites.

but to much for a 5th grader. I read light as sun, lamp, etc... not in terms of weight, so I will yield to John Ryan's ...