Analogies

Analogy based questions are considered difficult in Verbal Aptitude section of all the exams. One of the reasons for this is the connection of one word with the other. We need to know the meaning of both the words as well as understand the relationship too.

In this section, we will see a few words related with a theme.

Every time we will consider a theme and the different words which may be used from the theme.

To begin with we have a theme Theater for today.

Terms Associated with Theater

Acrobat: expert performer of physical feats

Act: a major division of a play

Amphitheater: a round, outdoor space with raised steps around a stage

Apron: section of stage floor closest to audience

Aside: actor’s lines spoken to audience, not to other actors

Audition: brief trial performance held to appraise an actor’s musician’s talent or suitability

Auditorium: room, hall or building used for performances

Backdrop: curtain painted as scenery hung at the rear of the stage

Backstage: wings, dressing rooms and other areas out of the audience view

Barnstormer: traveling actor

Bill: performance or piece shown in the theater

Burlesque: satire, a variety entertainment featuring comic skits, striptease or magic

Cabaret: dancing, skits performed in a bar or a café

Cameo: small role played by a famous actor

Cast: a set of actors in a play

Chorus: a group of singers

Circuit: locations at which a touring company gives dramatically performances

Circus: traveling troupe of acrobats, clowns and trained animals

Contortionist: circus acrobat capable of assuming unnatural positions

Costume: an actor’s dress

Cue: a word or phrase or action signaling an actor’s line, entrance or exit

Debut: an actor’s first performance

Denouement: final resolution of a story’s plot

Diva: leading woman singer in a grant opera

Ensemble: a group of actors performing together

Epilogue: brief section at the conclusion of a play

Extra: an actor in a minor, non-speaking role

Farce: low comedy based on absurd situation

Finale: final scene or musical number of a performance

Harlequin: masked, comic character

Histrionic: acting in a highly theatrical and in a exaggerated style

Impresario: manage or director of a theater company

Improvisation: unrehearsed or impromptu performance

Intermission: interval between acts

Masque: elaborate costume play

Melodrama: dramatic form that exaggerate emotions

Mime: actor who uses gesture and bodily movements to silently portray a character

Monologue: speech delivered at length by one actor

Mug: to make exaggerated, often comic, facial expression while acting

Musical: light dramatic entertainment featuring musical interludes

Pantomime: performance without spoken words

Plot: arrangement of narrative events in a play

Premiere: first performance of a play

Preview: performance of a play before its official opening

Prima Donna: principal woman singer

Prompt: to supply an actor with a forgotten line

Repertoire: stock of plays performed by a company

Revue: series of comic kits, songs, dances

Scenario: outline of a play’s action

Scene: uninterrupted action within a play

Skit: short, informal comic piece

Slapstick: low comedy dependant ob physical humor

Soliloquy: monologue expressing a character’s inner thoughts addressed to the audience

Stooge: comic foil

Tableau: stage pictures created by actors posing motionless

Thespian: an actor

Troubadour: wandering medieval singer

Understudy: actor versed in another’s part, ready to step in if needed

Usher: theater attendant who guides audience members to their seats

Vaudeville: theatrical entertainment that features a variety of performance

Vaudevillian: performer of comic roles

We will be sharing words with other themes alternatively.