Connections Answers
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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COHORT MEMBER
These words all describe a person who is part of the same group as you, often in work, school, or a profession, sharing a similar role or status.
Individual words:
•ASSOCIATE: Someone you work with in a business or professional setting. It can also mean a friend, but here it's about a work partner or business contact.
•COLLEAGUE: A person you work with, especially in a professional job. It's a very common word for someone on your team, in your department, or in your profession.
•FELLOW: Often used in academic or formal groups. For example, a 'research fellow' is a member of a research team or academic society. It means a member of a community.
•PEER: Someone who has the same rank, age, or ability as you. For example, 'peer pressure' is influence from people your own age or status.
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AESTHETIC
These words describe how something appears, its visual arrangement, or the plan behind its beautiful or pleasing appearance. They are all about the 'aesthetics' or visual character of something.
Individual words:
•DESIGN: The plan or idea for how something is made or looks. It involves artistic choices and structure to create a specific visual effect. (e.g., a car design, a website design).
•LOOK: The general appearance of a person or object. It's how something seems when you see it, often referring to its fashion, visual impression, or current trend. (e.g., a new fashion look, the look of a room).
•SCHEME: A specific plan or arrangement, especially for colors, decorations, or how parts fit together to create an overall visual effect. (e.g., a color scheme for a room, a decorative scheme).
•STYLE: A distinct way of doing or presenting something, especially related to fashion, art, architecture, or how things are decorated. It shows characteristic taste or period. (e.g., a modern style, personal style).
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KINDS OF BAR APPARATUSES
These words are names for different types of bars or sets of bars used for exercise, gymnastics, or children's play.
Individual words:
•MONKEY: Monkey bars are a common playground structure. Children swing across a series of horizontal bars, pretending to be monkeys.
•PARALLEL: Parallel bars are two horizontal bars set side-by-side. Gymnasts use them for balance, strength, and performing various stunts.
•PULL-UP: A pull-up bar is a single horizontal bar, usually found in gyms. It's used for exercises where you lift your body up ('pull-ups').
•UNEVEN: Uneven bars are a gymnastics apparatus featuring two horizontal bars at different heights. Gymnasts perform routines swinging between them.
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EYEWEAR IN THE SINGULAR
These words are all types of eyewear (things you wear on your eyes) but are used here in their singular form, even though we often use them in plural.
Individual words:
•CONTACT: A small, thin lens placed directly on your eye to correct vision, instead of wearing traditional glasses.
•GOGGLE: A piece of protective eyewear, often worn for swimming, skiing, or work, to shield your eyes from water or dust.
•SHADE: An informal word for a sunglass lens or, sometimes, an entire pair of sunglasses. You wear them to block bright sunlight.
•SPECTACLE: An older or more formal word for a single lens of eyeglasses, or sometimes a whole pair of glasses, used to help you see.