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Contents

Introduction ix
1 Word Analogy Practice 1
2 Word Analogy Practice 9
3 Word Analogy Practice 17
4 Word Analogy Practice 25
5 Word Analogy Practice 33
6 Word Analogy Practice 41
7 Word Analogy Practice 49
8 Word Analogy Practice 57
9 Word Analogy Practice 65
10 Word Analogy Practice 73
11 Word Analogy Practice 81
12 Challenging Word Analogy Practice 89
13 Targeted Word Analogy Practice for the 97
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
Introduction

Welcome to 501 Word Analogy Questions! This book is


designed to help you prepare for the verbal and reasoning sections of
many assessment and entrance exams. By completing the exercises in
this book, you will develop the skills necessary to tackle each type of
analogy question.
Many standardized testsincluding high school entrance exams,
the SATs, civil service exams, the GREs, and othersuse analogy
questions to test both logic and reasoning skills and word knowledge.
These questions ask test takers to identify relationships between pairs
of words. In order to solve analogy questions, you must rst have a
clear understanding of the words denitions and then use that
understanding to determine how the words are related.
Analogy questions are often described as blank is to blank as blank
is to blank. So for example, puppy : dog :: kitten : ______, is read
puppy is to dog as kitten is to blank. The answer is, of course, cat.
However, the blank is to blank format does not really answer the
question precisely. More accurately, you might describe the rela-
tionship between puppy and dog as a puppy is a young dog. To
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determine the missing word, you might say a kitten is a young . . .


The key to solving an analogy question is to precisely describe the
relationship between the pair of words and then apply the same rela-
tionship to determine which word completes the analogy.
Most analogy questions rely on your ability to deduce the correct
relationship between words and to draw logical conclusions about the
possible answer choices. For example in the question Sherpa : Tibet
:: Massai : ______, you can probably guess the correct answer from
the following choicesa. mountain, b. bicycle, c. Kenya, d. desert
even if you do not know the exact meaning of the words in the ques-
tion. The correct answer is KenyaSherpa are people who live in
Tibet and Massai are people who live in Kenya. Even if you were
unable to describe the relationship between the words because they
are unfamiliar, you could probably see that Kenya is the only coun-
try offered as a choice. As you know that Tibet , a country, is the sec-
ond half of the rst pair, you can deduce that a country is necessary
to complete the second pair.
The relationships that are found in analogy questions fall into sev-
eral general types.

Part to Whole. In this type of question, a pair of words


consists of a part and a whole. For example, spoke :
wheel. A spoke is part of a wheel.
Type and Category. These questions use pairs of words in
which one word is a specic type in a general category.
For example, orange : citrus. An orange is a type of citrus.
Degree of Intensity. These questions test your ability to
discern nuance of meaning among pairs of words. For
example, shower : monsoon. A shower is light rainfall and
a monsoon is heavy rainfall.
Function. These questions pair words that are related
through function. For example, hammer : build. A
hammer is used to build.
Manner. This type of analogy describes the manner, way,
or style by which an action is accomplished. For example,

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shamble : walk. Shamble means to walk in an awkward


manner.
Symbol or representation. These questions pair words in
which one word is the symbol of the other. For example,
dove : peace. A dove is a symbol of peace.
Action and signicance. In this type of analogy one word
describes an action and the other word indicates the
signicance of the action. For example, cry : sorrow. To
cry signies sorrow.

Analogy questions can also be used to test word knowledge and


factual content. Word knowledge questions are generally pairs of syn-
onyms or pairs of antonyms. For example, tardy : ______ :: liberal :
generous. Liberal and generous are synonyms, therefore you would
look for a synonym of tardy among the answer choices. Factual con-
tent questions demand a certain level of general knowledge, and can-
not be deduced from the relationship alone. For example:

iron : Fe :: silver : ______


a. Na
b. Cl
c. Ag
d. K

In this case you need to know that the chemical symbol for silver is
Ag. Even though these questions require some basic knowledge you
can still apply logic to the question. For example, if you know that the
chemical name for table salt is NaCl, you can eliminate these two
answers. This leaves you with Ag and K. If you happen to know that
the French word for silver is argent, then Ag would be an excellent
educated guess.
There is a nal type of analogy question that is purely a logic test.
These questions pair seemingly unrelated words. The relationship is
found in the arrangement of the letters. For example:

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about : bout :: ______ : mend


a. amend
b. near
c. tear
d. dismiss

In this case, the answer is amend because that is the word formed by
adding an a in front of mend. You will also nd scrambled words
and anagrams in this category of analogies.
The questions increase in difculty as you move through each set
of exercises. Because this book is designed for many levels of test tak-
ers, you may nd that some of the more advanced questions are
beyond your ability. If you are using this book to study for a high
school entrance exam, you may get a number of questions that appear
later in a section wrong. Dont worry! If you are getting the earlier
questions correct, you are probably in good shape for your test.
However, if you are studying for a graduate-level exam such as the
GRE or the MAT, the full range of questions presented is appropri-
ate for your level.
The questions in this book can help you prepare for your test in
many ways. First, completing these practice exercises will make you
familiar with the question format. They will also help you get used
to identifying the relationships between pairs of words. In the case of
solving analogies, practice really does make perfect. The more com-
fortable you are with the question format and the more familiar you
are with the range of analogy types, the easier this section on your
test will become.
Second, your performance on these questions will help you assess
your ability and vocabulary level. You may nd that you do very well
on those questions that require logical deduction to nd the correct
answer, but that you have trouble with those questions that test word
knowledge. In this case, you will know that you need to spend more
time improving your vocabulary.
Third, you will become familiar not only with word relationships
and word meanings, but you will also learn to spot and disregard

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wrong answer choices through practice. At rst, there may seem to


be many different reasons for getting various questions wrong. At
closer look, however, there may be a pattern to your wrong answers.
Test preparers often spend as much time on wrong answer choices as
they do the right answer. For instance, lets consider this analogy and
answer choices:

warm : hot :: ______ : hilarious


a. humid
b. raucous
c. summer
d. amusing

To come up with the correct answer, you must rst gure out the
relationship. This is an analogy of degrees. Warm is less intense than
hot, therefore what answer choice is something that is less intense
than hilarious? The right answer is d, based on the relationship of
amusing being less intense than hilarious. To illustrate how some test
takers get led astray by carefully crafted wrong answer choices, lets
take a closer look at choices a, b, and c. Some test takers will impul-
sively pick a because humid is related to the rst word pair, warm and
hot, but it is not part of the analogy of degree. This choice is offered
as an option for the careless reader. Other test takers will choose b
because they have misunderstood the analogy. They may think that
the word pair, warm : hot, is a synonym pair, showing faulty reason-
ing skills. Choosing c is a slightly different case. Wrong answers may
also be chosen because of the test takers predisposition. In this exam-
ple, summer is chosen because warm : hot reminds the test taker of
summer. These are all illustrations of ways in which test takers can
get thrown off or distracted by wrong answer choices. Careful, close
reading, and lots of practice will help you to avoid the wrong answer
trap. And remember, as time runs out, you are more prone to make
careless mistakes, so read carefully and stay calm. Your reasoning
skills and power of logic work better when you are not ustered, so
remain in control and stay alert.

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Finally, lets tackle the time issue. Most assessment tests are timed,
and time can be an important factor with analogy questions. Most
test takers have the necessary knowledge to answer the majority of
analogy questions, what many test takers dont have is the ability to
answer the questions quickly. As you become more familiar with anal-
ogy questions, you will nd that you can answer the questions more
quickly. You will be able to move through the basic questions with
condence and allow yourself more time with the advanced questions
without feeling the pressure of the clock.
Each chapter contains between 35 and 50 questions, and the cor-
rect answers are explained at the end of each chapter. The answer sec-
tion provides you with not only the right answer, but also the
relationship that is used to solve the analogy. Use your performance
to create a study guide. For example, examine your answers to deter-
mine if a particular type of analogy question is giving you trouble.
You may also nd that your lack of word knowledge is causing you to
answer questions incorrectly. In this case you can spend time study-
ing word lists to improve your performance. If you are simply hav-
ing trouble with the more difcult questions, then more practice is
the answer. If you are looking for more challenging analogies, Chap-
ter 12 is made up of more difcult analogy questions. In addition, if
you are studying for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT), dont miss
Chapter 13, which contains analogies that are great practice for this
unique test.
You have already taken an important step toward improving your
score. You have shown your commitment by purchasing this book.
Now all you need to do is complete each exercise, study the answers,
and watch your ability to solve analogies increase. You can even work
in pencil and do the exercises again to reinforce what you have
learned. Good luck!

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1. ______ : trail :: grain : grail 4. tureen : ______ ::


a. train goblet : wine
b. path a. napkin
c. wheat b. soup
d. holy c. spoon
d. pilsner
2. particular : fussy ::
______ : subservient 5. 4 : 6 :: ______ : 16
a. meek a. 2
b. above b. 14
c. cranky c. 8
d. uptight d. 10

3. ______ : horse :: 6. son : nuclear ::


board : train ______ : extended
a. stable a. father
b. shoe b. mother
c. ride c. cousin
d. mount d. daughters
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7. coif : hair :: ______ : musical 13. native : aboriginal ::


a. shower nave : ______
b. close a. learned
c. praise b. arid
d. score c. unsophisticated
d. tribe
8. feta : Greek ::
provolone : ______ 14. junket : ______ :: junk : trash
a. salad a. trounce
b. Swiss b. trip
c. blue c. refuse
d. Italian d. trinket

9. moccasin : snake :: 15. ______ : festive ::


______ : shoe funeral : somber
a. alligator a. tension
b. waders b. soiree
c. asp c. eulogy
d. loafer d. sari

10. ______ : zenith :: 16. fetish : xation ::


fear : composure slight : ______
a. apex a. irt
b. heaven b. sloth
c. heights c. insult
d. nadir d. confuse

11. pill : bore :: core : ______ 17. hovel : dirty :: hub : ______
a. center a. unseen
b. mug b. prideful
c. bar c. busy
d. placebo d. shovel

12. pilfer : steal :: ______ : equip 18. bog : ______ ::


a. return slumber : sleep
b. damage a. dream
c. exercise b. foray
d. furnish c. marsh
d. night

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19. ______ : segue :: 24. gerrymander : divide ::


throng : mass libuster : ______
a. subway a. bend
b. church b. punish
c. transition c. delay
d. line d. rush

20. ragtime : United States :: 25. vapid : ______ :: rapid : swift


raga : ______ a. inspired
a. cloth b. turgid
b. country c. wet
c. piano d. insipid
d. India
26. denim : cotton ::
21. miserly : cheap :: ______ : ax
homogeneous : ______ a. sheep
a. extravagant b. uniform
b. unkind c. sweater
c. alike d. linen
d. friendly
27. obscene : coarse ::
22. skew : gloomy :: obtuse : ______
slant : ______ a. subject
a. glee b. obstinate
b. foible c. obscure
c. desperate d. stupid
d. gloaming
28. diamond : baseball ::
23. eider : ______ :: cedar : tree court : ______
a. snow a. poker
b. plant b. jury
c. duck c. grass
d. pine d. squash

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29. quixotic : pragmatic :: 33. jibe : praise ::


murky : ______ ______ : enlighten
a. rapid a. jib
b. cloudy b. delude
c. clear c. worship
d. friendly d. wed

30. smear : libel :: heed : ______ 34. marshal : prisoner ::


a. represent principal : ______
b. doubt a. teacher
c. consider b. president
d. need c. doctrine
d. student
31. nymph : ______ ::
seraphim : angel 35. fecund : infertile ::
a. maiden ______ : eet
b. sinner a. rapid
c. candle b. slow
d. priest c. fertilizer
d. damp
32. poetry : rhyme ::
philosophy : ______
a. imagery
b. music
c. bi-law
d. theory

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36. mend : sewing :: 39. piercing : ______ ::


edit : ______ hushed : whisper
a. darn a. diamond
b. repair b. watch
c. manuscript c. siren
d. makeshift d. ears

37. abet : ______ :: alone :: lone 40. segregate : unify ::


a. bet repair : ______
b. loan a. approach
c. wager b. push
d. single c. damage
d. outwit
38. 80 : 40 :: 2 : ______
a. 8 41. congeal : solidify ::
b. 4 ______ : char
c. 1 a. conceal
d. 20 b. singe
c. evaporate
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42. ______ : marsupial :: 47. conjugate : pair ::


monkey : primate partition : ______
a. opossum a. divide
b. ape b. consecrate
c. honeybee c. parade
d. moose d. squelch

43. principle : doctrine :: 48. ______ : excerpt ::


living : ______ exercise : maneuver
a. will a. exception
b. dead b. passage
c. likelihood c. routine
d. livelihood d. cause

44. ______ : climb :: 49. alphabetical : ______ ::


recession : withdrawal sequential : les
a. ascent a. sort
b. absence b. part
c. dollar c. list
d. absorption d. order

45. myopic : farsighted :: 50. tacit : implied ::


______ : obscure ______ : inferior
a. benevolent a. shoddy
b. famous b. taciturn
c. turgid c. forthright
d. wasted d. superior

46. shallot : ______ :: 51. implement : rule ::


scallop : mollusk ______ : verdict
a. shark a. propose
b. muscle b. render
c. dessert c. divide
d. onion d. teach

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52. vaunt : boast :: 58. ______ : subject :: veer : path


skewer : ______ a. object
a. aunt b. prove
b. criticize c. math
c. prepare d. digress
d. avoid
59. pan : ______ :: ban : judge
53. gambol : ______ :: a. band
gamble : bet b. critic
a. skip c. author
b. win d. lawyer
c. bat
d. worship 60. ______ : oyster :: paddy : rice
a. aphrodisiac
54. rotation : earth :: b. mollusk
______ : top c. bed
a. planet d. sandwich
b. spinning
c. sun 61. cicada : ______ ::
d. expanding collie : canine
a. fruit
55. gall : vex :: hex : ______ b. mineral
a. x c. cat
b. jinx d. insect
c. index
d. vixen 62. huckster : ______ ::
gangster : crime
56. monarch : ______ :: a. corn
king : cobra b. trucking
a. queen c. policeman
b. buttery d. advertising
c. royal
d. venom 63. ______ : bedrock ::
cement : foundation
57. iota : jot :: ______ : type a. mica
a. one b. water
b. ilk c. lava
c. tab d. sand
d. jet

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64. dolorous : ______ :: 68. nictitate : ______ ::


sonorous : loud expectorate : spit
a. woozy a. wink
b. weepy b. stomp
c. dull c. quit
d. sleepy d. smoke

65. lapidary : ______ :: 69. cytology : ______ ::


dramaturge : plays geology : rocks
a. cows a. cyclones
b. gems b. psychology
c. rabbits c. pharmacology
d. movies d. cells

66. penurious : ______ :: 70. proboscis : ______ ::


deep : signicant abdomen : gut
a. generous a. prognosis
b. stingy b. nose
c. decrepit c. ear
d. cavernous d. nausea

67. somnolent : nap ::


truculent : ______
a. sleepwalker
b. journey
c. war
d. mood

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71. rein : horse :: 74. mouse : ______ ::


control panel : ______ ash : camera
a. pilot a. rat
b. bit b. computer
c. plane c. cord
d. rider d. dessert

72. Argentina : Brazil :: 75. cushion : sofa ::


______ : Iran shelf : ______
a. Canada a. ledge
b. Iraq b. bookcase
c. Ireland c. storage
d. Mexico d. frame

73. ______ : play :: sing : anthem 76. scrub : wash :: sob : ______
a. act a. cry
b. scene b. water
c. theater c. sad
d. eld d. tease
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77. moisten : ______ :: 82. turncoat : traitor ::


cool : freeze ______ : rogue
a. water a. scamp
b. soak b. pillow
c. oven c. blush
d. grow d. tricky

78. persimmon : ______ :: 83. hanker : ______ ::


cottontail : rabbit ponder : think
a. cinnamon a. junk
b. oven b. fool
c. badger c. yearn
d. berry d. bunker

79. stars : astronomy :: 84. rook : chess ::


______ : history ______ : badminton
a. battles a. grass
b. eclipse b. tennis
c. horse c. shuttlecock
d. autumn d. swing

80. ______ : unity :: 85. bowler : ______ ::


dearth : scarcity satchel : bag
a. belief a. hat
b. death b. lane
c. cohesion c. trophy
d. fear d. ottoman

81. Aesop : fable :: 86. ______ : wood :: le : nail


Homer : ______ a. hammer
a. temple b. cabinet
b. donkey c. saw
c. epic d. plane
d. Greece

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87. volume : ______ :: 92. plead : ______ ::


stanza : poem submerge : dip
a. measure a. avoid
b. pint b. dismiss
c. encyclopedia c. ask
d. kitchen d. covet

88. ______ : dolphin :: 93. doze : sleep :: tiptoe : ______


herd : cow a. walk
a. ocean b. at
b. pod c. shelf
c. porpoise d. swim
d. leap
94. ledger : accounts ::
89. pharaoh : dynasty :: ______ : observations
______ : democracy a. pundit
a. government b. weather
b. election c. astrology
c. president d. diary
d. Canada
95. ______ : money :: urn : ashes
90. deplete : decrease :: a. cash
______ : avoid b. wealth
a. danger c. purse
b. dislike d. inheritance
c. miss
d. shun 96. egregious : bad ::
______ : small
91. chatter : talk :: a. minuscule
utter : ______ b. tall
a. dance c. wicked
b. wobble d. cheap
c. sing
d. ap

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97. approach : ______ :: 102. pineapple : ______ ::


leave : bolt orange : Florida
a. pounce a. Dole
b. arrive b. Hawaii
c. demand c. Canada
d. airport d. mango

98. lawless : order :: 103. quicksilver : mercury ::


captive : ______ goldbrick : ______
a. trouble a. worker
b. punishment b. idler
c. jail c. money
d. freedom d. idol

99. quarry : marble :: 104. ribbon : ______ ::


______ : honey icing : cake
a. hive a. present
b. bee b. cut
c. spread c. bow
d. reservoir d. typewriter

100. seemly : ______ :: 105. search : ______ ::


torrid : scorching defeat : vanquish
a. burnt a. peer
b. invisible b. ransack
c. attractive c. destroy
d. horrid d. nd

101. bivouac : ______ ::


axis : alliance
a. diplomacy
b. sergeant
c. soldier
d. camp

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Practice

106. kitten : ______ :: 109. fern : plant :: ______ : sh


soldier : army a. catch
a. cat b. minnow
b. litter c. animal
c. puppy d. sparrow
d. meow
110. ______ : wrist :: belt : waist
107. cord : telephone :: a. arm
______ : television b. hand
a. watch c. bend
b. screen d. bracelet
c. program
d. table 111. shark : ______ :: slug : land
a. seaweed
108. cub : bear :: joey : ______ b. ocean
a. cave c. sky
b. doll d. slide
c. kangaroo
d. truck
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112. hangar : airplane :: 118. jetty : ______ ::


garage : ______ bouquet : owers
a. steak a. daffodils
b. runway b. beach
c. oil c. rocks
d. automobile d. water

113. ramp : highway :: 119. spoke : ______ ::


______ : house word : sentence
a. trafc a. speaker
b. head b. paragraph
c. door c. comma
d. speed d. wheel

114. hint : ______ :: 120. secret : furtive ::


whisper : shout audible : ______
a. demand a. resonant
b. point b. nap
c. surprise c. sack
d. secret d. ring

115. dog : kennel :: bird : ______ 121. vamp : shoe :: hood : ______
a. y a. jacket
b. feather b. car
c. aerie c. clean
d. eagle d. crook

116. ______ : codes :: 122. eet : trucks ::


ornithology : birds ______ : teachers
a. cartography a. apple
b. husbandry b. student
c. species c. book
d. cryptography d. faculty

117. ______ : poem :: fable : story


a. epic
b. poet
c. haiku
d. rhyme

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123. ______ : assistant :: 129. ______ : speak :: roam : walk


administrator : teacher a. path
a. ofce b. silent
b. school c. write
c. executive d. babble
d. campus
130. epilogue : novel ::
124. algebra : calculus :: ______ : meal
______ : surgery a. dessert
a. anatomy b. repast
b. knife c. lunch
c. doctor d. appetizer
d. hospital
131. ______ : tennis :: drive : golf
125. pride : ______ :: calm : storm a. net
a. proud b. score
b. forecast c. racket
c. sunny d. serve
d. fall
132. ______ : court case ::
126. ______ : clue :: pig : trufe abstract : research paper
a. detective a. brief
b. hog b. judge
c. chocolate c. hypothesis
d. France d. lawyer

127. scientist : experiment :: 133. ______ : peace ::


______ : play lion : courage
a. beaker a. war
b. rehearsal b. brave
c. actor c. dove
d. lab d. cub

128. sloth : action :: 134. tooth : ______ :: tine : fork


______ : principles a. molar
a. unscrupulousness b. tongue
b. teachers c. comb
c. hero d. spoon
d. conscientious

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135. grove : forest :: ______ : lake 141. pummel : hit ::


a. pond ______ : recite
b. ocean a. disbelief
c. tree b. poem
d. boat c. chant
d. question
136. trot : ______ :: jog : sprint
a. drive 142. gobble : eat ::
b. canter ______ : accept
c. horse a. deny
d. speed b. embrace
c. acquiesce
137. shower : deluge :: d. infer
______ : stare
a. wet 143. company : conglomerate ::
b. window metal : ______
c. ignore a. alloy
d. glance b. aluminum
c. corporation
138. ______ : mug :: d. furnace
trowel : spade
a. coffee 144. ______ : silo :: art : museum
b. dig a. eld
c. tumbler b. fodder
d. tavern c. farm
d. windmill
139. carousel : luggage ::
escalator : ______ 145. ______ : grind :: ax : chop
a. raise a. tree
b. elevator b. coffee
c. people c. pestle
d. building d. saw

140. irrelevant : signicance ::


relaxed : ______
a. care
b. calm
c. thoughtful
d. asleep

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146. ______ : highway :: 149. churn : ______ :: press : wine


net : court a. paddle
a. road b. cream
b. radar c. butter
c. ticket d. stomach
d. median
150. collar : shirt :: ______ : hat
147. crumb : bread :: a. button
______ : molecule b. visor
a. shard c. pullover
b. atom d. hood
c. trail
d. ion 151. dough : bread ::
______ : pancake
148. ______ : launch :: a. griddle
breakfast : lunch b. cake
a. sandwich c. batter
b. dinner d. oven
c. eggs
d. countdown
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152. ______ : skid :: 157. holster : pistol ::


obstacle : swerve ______ : knife
a. bike a. weapon
b. ice b. rie
c. wheel c. sheath
d. roadway d. club

153. wheat : chaff :: 158. thicket : shrubs ::


quality : ______ ______ : stars
a. thresh a. sun
b. whole b. cluster
c. inadequacy c. orbit
d. worth d. moon

154. ______ : forgiveness :: 159. postmortem : ______ ::


bribe : inuence rainbow : downpour
a. quarrel a. address
b. lie b. forecast
c. apology c. morning
d. perjury d. death

155. follow : chase :: 160. rake : leaves ::


nudge : ______ ______ : information
a. thrust a. homeowner
b. pursue b. prole
c. catch c. census
d. precede d. lawn

156. cancel : delay :: 161. ______ : tradition ::


surrender : ______ hedonist : pleasure
a. anticipate a. purist
b. yield b. Eden
c. re c. displeasure
d. army d. agnostic

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162. swing : ax :: ______ : sword 167. tarpaulin : rain ::


a. honor ______ : stain
b. dull a. stove
c. parry b. picnic
d. knife c. puddle
d. apron
163. elevator : transport ::
rickshaw : ______ 168. sniff : inhale :: ______ : lop
a. train a. crush
b. bicycle b. snit
c. carry c. snip
d. slip-shod d. adhere

164. lightweight : ______ :: 169. outrage : peeve ::


sedan : automobile strive : ______
a. beam a. attempt
b. boxer b. curse
c. heavyweight c. duel
d. trafc d. shun

165. knave : ______ :: 170. decrescendo : ______ ::


coward : bravery recession : economy
a. retreat a. crescendo
b. beauty b. nance
c. truth c. boom
d. stoicism d. volume

166. ______ : ship :: 171. thrifty : ______ ::


telescope : star hungry : gluttonous
a. deck a. virtue
b. water b. vice
c. periscope c. avarice
d. astronomy d. self-control

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172. privy : secret :: 177. ______ : service :: juror : jury


sympathetic : ______ a. inductee
a. spy b. judge
b. grief c. martial
c. clandestine d. sequester
d. joy
178. ratchet : ______ ::
173. pallid : color :: grow : inches
tactless : ______ a. tools
a. hue b. shrink
b. tasteless c. yards
c. verve d. stages
d. diplomatic
179. cellar : house :: ______ : ship
174. din : ______ :: odor : garbage a. land
a. crowd b. hold
b. tree c. ocean
c. dark d. wave
d. nose
180. economy : parsimony ::
175. ______ : incising :: ______ : rift
spatula : lifting a. disagreement
a. pancake b. ssure
b. bullhorn c. bounty
c. scalpel d. river
d. truck
181. admonish : ______ ::
176. break : shift :: defeat : conquer
minute : ______ a. administer
a. second b. celebrate
b. hour c. negotiate
c. spell d. berate
d. work

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182. ______ : wheat :: 184. candle : illuminate ::


lentil : legume ______ : cool
a. barley a. breeze
b. bread b. wick
c. soup c. burn
d. spelt d. refrigerator

183. mercenary : wages :: 185. fop : ______ ::


dilettante : ______ documentary : reality
a. enjoyment a. appearance
b. rie b. movie
c. strife c. punishment
d. market d. fairytale

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Practice

186. ______ : plant :: 189. ______ : house ::


stable : horse anklet : sock
a. cow a. shoe
b. unstable b. foot
c. oat c. cottage
d. nursery d. mansion

187. dictionary : denition :: 190. annex : ______ ::


______ : map insert : book
a. direction a. shelf
b. south b. building
c. atlas c. page
d. longitude d. wing

188. groom : horse :: 191. ______ : retirement ::


______ : child settlement : injury
a. track a. golf
b. nanny b. lawyer
c. gallop c. hospital
d. infantry d. pension
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192. ______ : king :: 197. ______ : game ::


bench : judge plagiarize : words
a. throne a. crossword
b. queen b. poach
c. court c. sports
d. knight d. willing

193. thumbtack : ______ :: 198. speech : ______ :: race : track


hook : coat a. lectern
a. nail b. odds
b. poster c. preamble
c. wall d. tote
d. hammer
199. ransom : captive ::
194. hostel : ______ :: ______ : service
barn : livestock a. prisoner
a. traveler b. gratuity
b. hotel c. military
c. countryside d. restaurant
d. dog
200. glade : ______ ::
195. stratus : cloud :: castle : moat
______ : sound a. woods
a. murmur b. greenish
b. lightning c. royalty
c. thunderous d. water
d. night
201. ______ : sheep ::
196. nourish : ______ :: blight : potato
coddle : comfort a. bleat
a. feed b. wool
b. sleep c. rot
c. growth d. fold
d. wheat

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202. ______ : ood :: 207. potable : ______ ::


helmet : injury seaworthy : sailing
a. drowned a. drinking
b. Coast Guard b. potting
c. river c. portable
d. levee d. navigable

203. ______ : team :: 208. ______ : course ::


freshman : congress menu : meal
a. senate a. chef
b. player b. cafeteria
c. rookie c. colleges
d. junior d. syllabus

204. ______ : bill :: 209. ______ : channel ::


reimburse : expenses are : accident
a. foot a. sinking
b. doctor b. buoy
c. charges c. television
d. bond d. river

205. ______ : blow :: stain : spill 210. indifferent : ______ ::


a. welt ardent : zealot
b. wind a. stoic
c. blotch b. altruist
d. rug c. cynic
d. zealous
206. laconic : words ::
parched : ______ 211. bulky : streamlined ::
a. heat ______ : neat
b. moisture a. blimp
c. desert b. aerodynamic
d. vapid c. cluttered
d. obese

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212. slight : hurt :: lag : ______ 218. bonsai : ______ ::


a. tardiness sequoia : forest
b. braggart a. leaf
c. heft b. sunshine
d. haste c. hibiscus
d. pot
213. scruff : neck :: stern : ______
a. lecture 219. pylon : ______ ::
b. dirty baton : orchestra
c. boat a. trafc
d. warning b. orange
c. safety
214. valise : ______ :: cask : wine d. clarinet
a. bicycle
b. glass 220. logorrhea : words ::
c. vine ______ : money
d. clothes a. cash
b. wealth
215. guileless : cunning :: c. mint
shameless : ______ d. pesos
a. modesty
b. guile 221. chagrin : criticism ::
c. winning sag : ______
d. shameful a. cringe
b. pressure
216. st : hand :: ______ : loop c. nag
a. wave d. redress
b. rings
c. circuit 222. aglet : shoelace ::
d. foot nose : ______
a. smell
217. brethren : sect :: b. eye
actors : ______ c. face
a. company d. proboscis
b. church
c. liturgy
d. stagehand

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223. heliotrope : ______ :: 225. folderol : ______ ::


turnover : pastry benevolence : charity
a. cake a. cash
b. angel b. greed
c. candle c. nonsense
d. shrub d. event

224. ______ : deciduous ::


pine : coniferous
a. tree
b. oak
c. forest
d. cone

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Practice

226. malice : charity :: 229. whole : ______ :: hole : pit


______ : gloom a. pittance
a. victim b. whale
b. lose c. donut
c. glee d. sum
d. cloud
230. ______ : courtroom ::
227. total : partial :: nurse : hospital
______ : smile a. writ
a. gums b. bailiff
b. frown c. doctor
c. expression d. law
d. speak
231. bray : ______ :: bark : dog
228. colossal : enormous :: a. braid
constant : ______ b. tree
a. huge c. donkey
b. time d. seal
c. faithful
d. lapsed
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232. armor : combat :: 237. lemon : ______ ::


______ : sewing chocolate : sweet
a. ag a. citrus
b. needle b. tart
c. dueling c. lure
d. thimble d. sauce

233. decoy : duck :: ______ : sh 238. mean : average ::


a. hook kind : ______
b. lure a. hurtful
c. pond b. meaning
d. boat c. variety
d. kindness
234. barrack : base ::
______ : desert 239. moray : eel :: morel : ______
a. storm a. reel
b. tank b. slow
c. test c. fungus
d. adobe d. aquarium

235. scythe : grass :: 240. stiff : supple :: erce : ______


______ : beard a. rigid
a. hair b. subtle
b. face c. ferocious
c. skin d. tame
d. razor
241. hilt : sword ::
236. Clementine : orange :: needle : ______
monkey : ______ a. tease
a. jungle b. compass
b. baby c. dagger
c. ape d. kilt
d. robot
242. often : seldom ::
obsolete : ______
a. antiquated
b. current
c. round
d. mixed

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243. nosegay : owers :: 248. rue : ______ ::


______ : players rule : dominate
a. tickle a. avenue
b. fruit b. domino
c. team c. regret
d. ball d. rules

244. olfactory : ______ :: 249. abandon : reclaim ::


optical : eye abate : ______
a. nose a. abolish
b. ear b. debate
c. heart c. rise
d. vision d. level

245. risible : ______ :: 250. ______ : tire ::


unseen : invisible change : switch
a. liquid a. x
b. clean b. roadside
c. funny c. spare
d. above d. weary

246. swaddle : ______ :: 251. fatuous : sensible ::


rattle : shake ______ : generic
a. delay a. fat
b. paddle b. lofty
c. snake c. specic
d. envelope d. generous

247. defer : postpone :: 252. baleful : benecent ::


proffer : ______ sparse : ______
a. cause a. woeful
b. tender b. belligerent
c. avoid c. corrupt
d. infer d. dense

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253. extend : abridge :: 257. at loggerheads : ______ ::


establish : ______ dumbstruck : amazement
a. uproot a. forest
b. bridge b. awe
c. x c. disagreement
d. make d. agreement

254. curb : spur :: revere : ______ 258. canonize : unshroud ::


a. out ignore : ______
b. pout a. gape
c. tout b. jibe
d. shout c. bunk
d. slag
255. mythical : historical ::
general : ______ 259. bona de : deceit ::
a. participatory languid : ______
b. particular a. action
c. colonel b. weakness
d. orderly c. truthful
d. bon mot
256. surfeit : excess ::
excuse : ______ 260. cordon : ______ ::
a. forfeit seam : stitches
b. disallow a. corduroy
c. explanation b. troops
d. surface c. chicken
d. thread

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Practice

261. din : racket :: quiet : ______ 264. scene : locale ::


a. harmony scent : ______
b. hush a. trees
c. discord b. noise
d. cacophony c. fragrance
d. local
262. comical : ______ ::
broad : narrow 265. ______ : bed ::
a. pathetic dome : stadium
b. new a. post
c. joke b. ottoman
d. hysterical c. sleep
d. canopy
263. halve : divide :: ______ : tear
a. pare 266. embassy : ambassador ::
b. half ______ : eagle
c. rip a. mouse
d. scour b. ag
c. hawk
d. nest
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267. ______ : bullet :: 273. cabana : pool ::


carat : diamond chalet : ______
a. silver a. billiards
b. cobalt b. Swiss
c. gun c. ocean
d. caliber d. mountain

268. unusual : novelty :: 274. mallet : ______ ::


______ : standard racket : tennis
a. odd a. bowling
b. novel b. ball
c. familiar c. croquet
d. poem d. net

269. mural : wall :: 275. ledger : accounts ::


inscription : ______ ______ : observations
a. plaque a. pundit
b. dedication b. weather
c. brush c. astrology
d. oor d. diary

270. jalopy : car :: ______ : house 276. powerless : efcacious ::


a. driveway ______ : asocial
b. dump a. corrupt
c. castle b. hidden
d. luxury c. social
d. limited
271. duvet : ______ :: beret : head
a. ceiling 277. plume : feather ::
b. legs ume : ______
c. bed a. duck
d. neck b. gorge
c. nest
272. ______ : college :: d. laughter
mechanic : garage
a. book
b. learning
c. professor
d. engine

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278. ______ : blood :: 283. impious : ______ ::


viaduct : water indignant : irked
a. stream a. furious
b. swim b. irreverent
c. artery c. irksome
d. plasma d. unfriendly

279. outlaw : ______ :: 284. rapier : ______ ::


offend : affront despot : ruler
a. chase a. respite
b. police b. sword
c. crime c. paper
d. forbid d. king

280. attic : ______ :: crown : head 285. endure : continue ::


a. king entreat : ______
b. family a. plea
c. stairs b. segue
d. house c. purchase
d. surrender
281. enfeeble : fortify ::
concede : ______ 286. forgo : ______ ::
a. dispute undo : reverse
b. close a. go
c. expect b. begin
d. surrender c. renounce
d. forget
282. slack : ______ ::
plucky : courageous 287. jest : earnest ::
a. tight esteem : ______
b. silent a. just
c. negligent b. honor
d. cowardly c. disgrace
d. mettle

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288. perennial : ______ :: 292. vestige : ______ ::


annual : yearly vestment : garb
a. continuous a. artery
b. occasional b. sacrament
c. tulip c. clergy
d. garden d. footprint

289. ______ : ignominy :: 293. supplicate : ______ ::


equity : fairness replicate : copy
a. fame a. borrow
b. shame b. beg
c. inequality c. steal
d. balance d. pinch

290. confederate : ______ :: 294. invective : abuse ::


narrator : chronicler imposture : ______
a. north a. sham
b. partner b. imposition
c. history c. injection
d. teacher d. insurrection

291. ______ : obfuscate :: 295. wattle : ______ ::


hinder : help crust : bread
a. obscure a. wafe
b. whip b. griddle
c. lie c. gait
d. explain d. neck

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Practice

296. drum : instrument :: 299. arid : desert :: ______ : space


drill : ______ a. night
a. hammer b. western
b. oven c. vast
c. tool d. star
d. crescendo
300. glasses : ______ ::
297. peak : mountain :: bicycle : unicycle
______ : house a. helmet
a. maximize b. pedal
b. roof c. speeds
c. porch d. monocle
d. bungalow
301. ______ : real ::
298. sheet : pad :: ower : ______ hostile : friendly
a. card a. very
b. gift b. lure
c. petal c. true
d. bouquet d. imaginary
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302. precinct : city :: 307. ______ : cocoa ::


chapter : ______ omelet : egg
a. policeman a. toast
b. sentence b. coffee
c. charge c. brownies
d. book d. pizza

303. pilgrim : journey :: 308. ______ : sign :: sink : dip


recluse : ______ a. drop
a. ocean b. slip
b. home c. ink
c. space d. drink
d. Thanksgiving
309. AC : alternating current ::
304. vestibule : building :: DC : ______
______ : house a. diverse current
a. foyer b. direct current
b. verranda c. diode charge
c. porch d. dived cell
d. yard
310. ______ : spiel :: snarl : mess
305. seal : wax :: ______ : cork a. spill
a. stopper b. pitch
b. bottle c. spool
c. dolphin d. sputter
d. envelope
311. epaulet : shoulder ::
306. reconcile : ght :: cravat : ______
______ : procrastinate a. head
a. hurry b. arm
b. stall c. neck
c. cover d. foot
d. shun
312. rancor : enmity ::
languor : ______
a. rank
b. language
c. sympathy
d. lethargy

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313. bula : leg :: ______ : arm 319. queue : ______ ::


a. ulna query : question
b. sternum a. quiz
c. pelvis b. spy
d. tibia c. line
d. surprise
314. babble : language ::
static : ______ 320. succor : ______ :: ire : anger
a. sock a. aid
b. truce b. offense
c. word c. avor
d. transmission d. sleep

315. ______ : epigram :: 321. mythologize : debunk ::


sweeping : epic exile : ______
a. concise a. stranger
b. massive b. welcome
c. elliptical c. push
d. wordy d. exit

316. brew : ______ :: fret : worry 322. abate : reduce ::


a. drink beat : ______
b. bar a. surpass
c. wipe b. rebate
d. contrive c. deduce
d. encompass
317. ______ : tailored ::
gallant : brave 323. ______ : ash :: shard : glass
a. logical a. furnace
b. fortuitous b. smoke
c. sartorial c. water
d. homemade d. cinder

318. ______ : soup :: latex : paint 324. mynah : bird ::


a. spoon terrapin : ______
b. spill a. hemisphere
c. heat b. beak
d. stock c. snake
d. turtle

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325. bathysphere : ______ :: 328. channel : waterway ::


telescope : astronomer ______ : fabric
a. sea a. polyester
b. tub b. zipper
c. oceanographer c. cotton
d. universe d. stone

326. spelunker : ______ :: 329. ______ : carousel ::


astronomer : space bullet : cylinder
a. spaceship a. carnival
b. light b. rie
c. cave c. slide
d. wave d. cone

327. adore : abhor :: 330. ______ : urge ::


censure : ______ enthrall : interest
a. complain a. confuse
b. count b. disagree
c. extol c. exhort
d. question d. enjoy

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Word Analogy
Practice

331. quick : slow :: 334. pitch : throw :: heat : ______


youthful : ______ a. sun
a. immature b. strike
b. aged c. warm
c. child d. hit
d. adult
335. shaft : spear :: neck : ______
332. deference : elder :: a. sleeve
indifference : ______ b. guitar
a. defendant c. sound
b. child d. blood
c. stranger
d. judge 336. ______ : future ::
historian : past
333. parsley : garnish :: a. date
salt : ______ b. seer
a. pepper c. book
b. seasoning d. general
c. grain
d. parsnip
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337. shadow : trail :: 343. prim : ______ ::


______ : disgrace grim : somber
a. litter a. timid
b. forest b. probable
c. hike c. neat
d. shame d. primary

338. protractor : angle :: 344. ______ : water :: tree : sap


ruler : ______ a. re
a. rectangle b. forest
b. length c. nourishment
c. classroom d. hydrant
d. king
345. tricycle : wheel ::
339. ______ : nine :: ______ : month
pentagon : ve a. August
a. nonagon b. day
b. hexagon c. perennial
c. septum d. trimester
d. octagon
346. limp : injury ::
340. rack : ______ :: tack : sailing ______ : conviction
a. billiards a. stumble
b. scubadiving b. inammation
c. railing c. rest
d. boating d. incarceration

341. phenomenon : phenomena :: 347. ______ : arm ::


die : ______ column : ceiling
a. heaven a. leg
b. miracle b. sling
c. dice c. oor
d. phenomenal d. wing

342. brag : garb :: drab : ______


a. mundane
b. actor
c. costume
d. bard

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348. partisan : biased :: 353. garble : distort ::


______ : limited garner : ______
a. rst a. learn
b. balanced b. warble
c. dogged c. earn
d. nite d. distress

349. deduce : infer :: 354. yeomanly : ______ ::


______ : crow perilous : safe
a. boast a. awkward
b. infuriate b. disloyal
c. soar c. true
d. reduce d. seaworthy

350. resin : ______ :: 355. parrot : mimic ::


gelatin : preserves dog : ______
a. raisin a. canine
b. cream b. talk
c. varnish c. cat
d. pudding d. hound

351. hydric : moist :: 356. breach : ______ :: y : bird


______ : burning a. seagull
a. tonic b. beach
b. sciatic c. whale
c. phlegmatic d. foam
d. pyric
357. infuse : permeate ::
352. thresher : ______ :: kindle : ______
mastiff : dog a. light
a. robin b. grow
b. master c. steep
c. shark d. pound
d. policeman

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358. reprove : ______ :: 363. ______ : heavy ::


approve : sanction ravenous : hungry
a. policy a. light
b. chide b. leaden
c. testify c. slow
d. cancel d. boss

359. defy : obey :: 364. festoon : chain ::


______ : placate creek : ______
a. please a. stream
b. aggravate b. inlay
c. submit c. crook
d. change d. island

360. baste : cooking :: 365. theology : religion ::


______ : gardening phenology : ______
a. pinch a. pheremones
b. mulch b. psychology
c. heat c. climate
d. paste d. geology

361. persist : ______ :: 366. Machiavellian : ______ ::


eject : welcome Orwellian : intrusive
a. habituate a. unscrupulous
b. quit b. disconsolate
c. torment c. sincere
d. pest d. penurious

362. fuzzy : clarity :: 367. physics : ______ ::


______ : exibility eugenics : heredity
a. exible a. earthquakes
b. rigid b. matter
c. clear c. poetry
d. forthright d. sonatas

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368. ______ : static :: 370. inchoate : ______ ::


decient : complete gainful : worthwhile
a. clinging a. incoherent
b. electric b. protable
c. alive c. unnished
d. kinetic d. choosy

369. sagacious : undiscerning ::


amusing : ______
a. clever
b. droll
c. humorless
d. confusing

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Practice

371. luge : ______ :: toe : tone 374. turban : ______ ::


a. ski turbine : engine
b. lane a. robe
c. lunge b. toga
d. feet c. headdress
d. nomad
372. pool : loop :: lap : ______
a. lifeguard 375. trellis : garden ::
b. track replace : ______
c. heat a. smoke
d. pal b. house
c. log
373. ______ : enunciate :: d. ash
praise : insult
a. upbraid 376. slither : snake ::
b. umbrage rotate : ______
c. mumble a. rock
d. broadcast b. support
c. fan
d. turn
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377. eraser : pencil :: ______ : pen 383. game : series ::


a. write ______ : word
b. delete a. winner
c. nib b. sentence
d. calligraphy c. syllable
d. event
1
378. ______ : 1.5 :: 2 : 0.5
a. 5 384. ______ : cut ::
2 owers : bloom
b. 1

c. 1 a. snip
3 b. bouquet
d. 
2 c. teeth
d. excise
379. ______ : armor ::
equipment : gear
385. ______ : land :: slice : cake
a. horse
a. earth
b. divine
b. y
c. mask
c. mud
d. shield
d. acre

380. purr : ______ ::


386. 6 : 5 :: 30 : ______
huff : indignation
a. 36
a. cat
b. 29
b. whiff
c. 35
c. contentment
d. 9
d. anger

387. brig : ______ :: sham : hoax


381. lap : pool :: ______ : space
a. limerick
a. pass
b. crate
b. gene
c. prison
c. light-year
d. trickery
d. slide

388. dolly : ______ ::


382. lithe : ______ ::
ferry : passenger
slovenly : slob
a. ticket
a. lth
b. ship
b. asleep
c. camera
c. giant
d. ocean
d. dancer

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389. prosaic : ______ :: 394. irreverent : respect ::


profuse : lush slipshod : ______
a. ordinary a. messy
b. tropical b. slippery
c. abundant c. care
d. sparse d. wit

390. ______ : zero :: 395. ______ : leave ::


ampersand : and vacillate : decide
a. goat a. linger
b. zephyr b. arrive
c. cipher c. announce
d. champion d. depart

391. scratch : race :: 396. receipt : ______ ::


______ : poker license : marriage
a. draw a. money
b. king b. store
c. card c. purchase
d. fold d. husband

392. ______ : hidden :: 397. efcient : wasteful ::


ebullient : glum ______ : deceptive
a. sudden a. sly
b. gloomy b. detective
c. overt c. honest
d. off d. cautious

393. gloaming : ______ :: 398. nesse : cunning ::


bearing : manner ______ : resentment
a. gloom a. agility
b. beaming b. vision
c. morning c. purpose
d. dusk d. jealousy

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399. battalion : ______ :: 404. scimitar : ______ ::


dollar : cent revolver : gun
a. army a. saber
b. troop b. bullet
c. ries c. vest
d. battle d. soldier

400. pilot : ______ :: 405. Rivera : murals ::


doctor : repair ______ : mobiles
a. airplane a. Degas
b. guide b. Hopper
c. driver c. Matisse
d. license d. Calder

401. cineast : lm :: 406. mandible : jaw ::


gastronome : ______ metatarsal : ______
a. gnomes a. chew
b. les b. chest
c. food c. foot
d. stars d. neck

402. ______ : spoil :: walk : path 407. ______ : bow :: stumble : fall
a. hike a. truckle
b. grass b. trickle
c. mold c. tickle
d. trail d. tuck

403. osier : ______ :: 408. manacle : hands ::


paper : origami ______ : feet
a. artisan a. shin
b. basketry b. fetter
c. ancient c. stock
d. needlepoint d. fodder

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409. ______ : fez :: 410. ip : impertinent ::


pom-pom : tam-o-shanter dice : ______
a. red a. cut
b. Morocco b. cards
c. guard c. bounce
d. tassel d. gamble

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Analogy Practice

411. cheap : peach :: 414. development : sprawl ::


______ : large famine : ______
a. king a. malnutrition
b. regal b. crawl
c. orange c. urban
d. majestic d. obesity

412. 4 : ______ :: 3 : 9 415. to : too :: loot : ______


a. 6 a. two
b. 27 b. steal
c. 16 c. toot
d. 64 d. lute

413. worth : whort :: 416. member : club ::


______ : nadir ______ : pride
a. apex a. lion
b. arc b. win
c. drain c. medal
d. sink d. accept
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417. haste : waste :: 422. cruiseliner : passengers ::


______ : crowd ______ : books
a. fast a. agent
b. three b. author
c. group c. volume
d. makes d. library

418. whoop : exuberance :: 423. no : know :: steal : ______


keen : ______ a. rob
a. whoops b. negative
b. neat c. steel
c. mourning d. dont
d. difdence
424. ______ : navigation ::
419. purse : super :: plea : ______ abacus : calculation
a. avoid a. circumference
b. charity b. automation
c. help c. sextant
d. leap d. hydration

420. ______ : rainfall :: 425. 6 : ______ :: 8 : 18


condensation : humidity a. 2
a. erosion b. 10
b. cloud c. 12
c. ground d. 16
d. forecast
426. binge : begin :: tea : ______
421. reveille : ______ :: a. supper
taps : lights out b. coffee
a. dance c. eat
b. sunrise d. water
c. night
d. awaken 427. son : sun :: ______ : sew
a. so
b. sob
c. needle
d. daughter

90
501 Word Analogy Questions

428. ______ : draw :: list : silt 433. ______ : trumpet ::


a. drawing fret : guitar
b. ward a. song
c. sludge b. valve
d. lean c. trombone
d. band
429. cabal : ______ ::
output : yield 434. hamstring : ______ ::
a. plot stake : bet
b. plant a. ride
c. cable b. cripple
d. stop c. scratch
d. wager
430. dither : settle ::
display : ______ 435. ______ : frame ::
a. corrupt mosaic : tile
b. bother a. lm
c. hide b. engraving
d. count c. bathroom
d. decoration
431. ______ : patois ::
plot : design 436. badger : annoy ::
a. tiding ______ : dispute
b. mystery a. fox
c. patio b. quarrel
d. jargon c. point
d. reconcile
432. ______ : entertain ::
bully : browbeat 437. exasperate : irk ::
a. miser ______ : dissuade
b. raconteur a. prevent
c. harmonious b. leather
d. felon c. argue
d. dismiss

91
501 Word Analogy Questions

438. histrionic : ______ :: 443. ______ : wheat ::


didactic : teacher lentil : legume
a. history a. thyme
b. mechanic b. rice
c. actor c. tofu
d. debate d. spelt

439. lock : canal :: dock : ______ 444. hector : ______ ::


a. courtroom foil : thwart
b. locksmith a. bait
c. ear b. shun
d. duck c. embrace
d. trail
440. wildcat : ______ ::
forage : food 445. bow : obeisance ::
a. bobcat objective : ______
b. game a. salute
c. mountain b. worship
d. oil c. goal
d. subjective
441. clumsy : dexterity ::
______ : will 446. probity : ______ ::
a. passive probability : likelihood
b. oaf a. honesty
c. submit b. prohibition
d. wish c. inquisition
d. eventuality
442. drudgery : work ::
cacophony : ______ 447. mnemonics : ______ ::
a. noise phonetics : language
b. orchestra a. memory
c. telephone b. future
d. dissonance c. hieroglyphics
d. movement

92
501 Word Analogy Questions

448. cask : sack :: thin : ______ 450. ______ : plangent ::


a. re contemptible : estimable
b. satchel a. pungent
c. rope b. quiet
d. hint c. noisy
d. combustible
449. perdy : ______ ::
satire : parody
a. treachery
b. humor
c. forgiveness
d. performance

93
Targeted
13
Word Analogy Practice
for the Miller Analogies
Test (MAT)

451. 1/3 : 2/3 :: ______ : 60 454. mustang : ______ ::


a. 20 jaguar : cat
b. 30 a. dog
c. 10 b. horse
d. 120 c. sh
d. bird
452. sari : India ::
______ : Mexico 455. wed : ______ :: teem : meet
a. sarong a. engagement
b. serape b. match
c. kilt c. rain
d. kimono d. dew

453. femur : ______ :: bula : calf 456. Bath : England ::


a. foot ______ : France
b. thigh a. Lorca
c. phalange b. Lourdes
d. muscle c. Lucca
d. Lucerne
501 Word Analogy Questions

457. V : X :: ______ : C 462. ______ : 1901 ::


a. I Lincoln : 1865
b. X a. Hoover
c. L b. Taft
d. D c. McKinley
d. Ford
458. Ankara : Turkey ::
______ : Iraq 463. Bunker Hill : Revolutionary
a. Teheran War :: ______ : Civil War
b. Baghdad a. Concord
c. Istanbul b. Alamo
d. Jordan c. Boston Massacre
d. Bull Run
459. 18th Amendment :
prohibition :: 464. 20 : 240 :: ______ : 180
19th Amendment : ______ a. 18
a. speech b. 12
b. suffrage c. 15
c. slavery d. 6
d. arms
465. El Cid : Spain ::
460. Dickinson : ______ :: Alexander : ______
Dickens : novel a. Alexandria
a. novella b. Britain
b. poem c. Germany
c. song d. Macedonia
d. play
466. de Soto : Spain ::
461. felt : ______ :: smelt : sh Columbus : ______
a. cloth a. West Indies
b. nose b. Italy
c. sneeze c. Portugal
d. scale d. Santa Maria

98
501 Word Analogy Questions

467. Iran : ______ :: 472. Freud : psychoanalysis ::


Germany : Prussia ______ : genetics
a. Syria a. Mendel
b. Russia b. Pavlov
c. Iraq c. Newton
d. Persia d. Copernicus

468. Swift : satirical :: 473. Fuji : Japan ::


______ : macabre Kilimanjaro : ______
a. Hemingway a. Africa
b. Fitzgerald b. China
c. Dos Passos c. India
d. Poe d. Australia

469. Tokyo : Edo :: 474. 1 : Washington ::


______ : Ceylon ______ : Franklin
a. China a. 5
b. Sri Lanka b. 12
c. Mt. Fuji c. 50
d. Vietnam d. 100

470. ______ : Southern :: 475. Van Buren : 8th ::


Hawthorne : Northern ______ : 16th
a. Melville a. Lincoln
b. Faulkner b. Jackson
c. Kerouac c. Adams
d. Hemingway d. Pierce

471. Tuscan : Italy :: 476. ______ : Gold Coast ::


Provenal : ______ Zimbabwe : Rhodesia
a. Switzerland a. Ghana
b. Spain b. California
c. France c. Sierra Leone
d. England d. Senegal

99
501 Word Analogy Questions

477. Saluki : ______ :: 483. Grifn : lion ::


Akita : Japan Satyr : ______
a. London a. owl
b. Egypt b. goat
c. Chile c. wings
d. Spain d. horse

478. gold : Au :: silver : ______ 484. Le Corbusier : architecture ::


a. Pb Rodin : ______
b. Ag a. symphony
c. Fe b. sculpture
d. Sn c. novel
d. automobile
479. peck : quart :: ______ : pint
a. kiss 485. Cyclops : 1 :: Argus : ______
b. gallon a. 2
c. glass b. 5
d. pound c. 10
d. 100
480. Dryads : tree ::
Naiads : ______ 486. Dal : surrealism ::
a. rock Braque : ______
b. re a. realism
c. sky b. pop
d. water c. cubism
d. portraits
481. pound : United Kingdom ::
______ : Costa Rica 487. Nike : victory ::
a. franc ______ : hunt
b. coln a. Ares
c. peseta b. Artemis
d. dollar c. Hades
d. Hermes
482. Xerxes : Persia ::
Nebuchadnezzar : ______
a. Mesopotamia
b. Egypt
c. Babylon
d. Peru

100
501 Word Analogy Questions

488. Om : ______ :: 493. Mississippi : Gulf of Mexico ::


Ganges : India Nile : ______
a. Spain a. Indian Ocean
b. Sweden b. Mediterranean Sea
c. Hindu c. Atlantic Ocean
d. Russia d. Persian Gulf

489. Waterloo : Napoleon :: 494. Crazy Horse : ______ ::


Appomattox : ______ Cochise : Apache
a. Lincoln a. Sioux
b. Grant b. Inuit
c. Lee c. Navajo
d. Sherman d. Custer

490. Mohs : ______ :: 495. M : L :: C : ______


Richter : earthquake a. V
a. intensity b. X
b. damage c. M
c. mineral d. VI
d. wind
496. 2nd : ordinal ::
491. ______ : highest :: ______ : cardinal
Death Valley : lowest a. fraction
a. Mt. Rainier b. 3rd
b. Mauna Kea c. 2
c. Lake Champlain d. 1st
d. Mt. McKinley
497. Neptune : Poseidon ::
492. Samuel Clemens : Mark Jupiter : ______
Twain :: Mary Ann a. Nike
Evans : ______ b. Mars
a. Eudora Welty c. Zeus
b. George Eliot d. Hera
c. George Sand
d. Emily Bront

101
TEST 1
Choose the answer key which contains a pair of A. taiga
words with a relationship most similar to the
B. Scandinavia
relationship between the pair of words in capital
letters. C. steppe

1. (____) : PUCCINI :: SCULPTURE : OPERA D. tundra

A. Cellini 8. PENURY : MONEY :: STARVATION : (____)


B. Rembrandt A. sustenance
C. Wagner B. infirmity
D. Petrarch C. illness

2. (____) : SPEECH :: COORDINATED : MOVEMENT D. care

A. predictive 9. ARABLE : LAND :: (____) : WATERWAY


B. rapid A. impenetrable
C. prophetic B. navigable
D. articulate C. fertile

3. INCEPTION : CONCLUSION :: (____) : ARRIVAL D. shallow

A. upshot 10. ATTENUATE : SIGNAL :: (____) : ENTHUSIASM


B. culmination A. exacerbate
C. departure B. modify
D. escapade C. dampen

4. SCINTILLATING : DULLNESS :: (____) : CALM D. elongate

A. erudite 11. (____) : SLAG :: FIRE : ASHES


B. boisterous A. quarry
C. cautious B. furnace
D. exalted C. automobile

5. ELUCIDATE : CLARITY :: ILLUMINATE : (____) D. silo

A. memory 12. 17 : 19 :: (____) : 37


B. problem A. 39
C. oblivion B. 36
D. light C. 34

6. SHARD : POTTERY :: (____) : WOOD D. 31

A. acorn 13. SRI LANKA : THAILAND :: (____) : SIAM


B. smoke A. Ceylon
C. chair B. Malaysia
D. splinter C. Burma
7. CONIFER : (____) :: GRASS : PRAIRIE D. Colombo
14. (____) : -LY :: ADJECTIVE : ADVERB

A. ion

B. -ful

C. -ity

D. -ily

15. PITCH : (____) :: WAVELENGTH : AMPLITUDE

A. sound

B. timbre

C. loudness

D. color
TEST 2 Choose the answer key which contains a 7. FENESTRATION : (____) :: PORTAL : DOOR
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
A. mural
relationship between the pair of words in capital
letters. B. table

C. window
1. ELECTED : (____) :: CONDEMNED : EXECUTION
D. atrium
A. graduation
8. (____) : MARBLE :: SEDIMENTARY :
B. inauguration METAMORPHIC
C. dismissal A. granite
D. exhibition B. slate
2. DIVIDEND : STOCKHOLDER :: (____) : AUTHOR C. limestone
A. patent D. basalt
B. royalty 9. (____) : LENIENT :: MISER : CHARITABLE
C. wage A. philanthropist
D. interest B. virtuoso
3. ARCHIPELAGO : ISLAND :: CONSTELLATION : C. hedonist
(____)
D. authoritarian
A. hamlet
10. ALLAY : SUSPICION :: (____) : FEAR
B. zodiac
A. plant
C. sea
B. anger
D. star
C. generate
4. (____) : ELABORATION :: SIMPLIFICATION :
DECORATION D. calm

A. prcis 11. MENDEL : NEWTON :: GENETICS : (____)

B. revision A. history
C. emendation B. mechanics
D. prodigality C. linguistics

5. (____) : WALK :: SIMPER : SMILE D. astrology

A. mince 12. DIRECTORY : ADDRESS :: DICTIONARY : (____)


B. wave A. spelling
C. waltz B. solecism
D. hike C. thesaurus

6. TWAIN : CLEMENS :: ELIOT : (____) D. encyclopedia

A. George 13. FOOT : BOOT :: (____) : BOUGH


B. Mary A. cough
C. Bronte B. bout
D. Evans
C. plough

D. tree

14. (____) : EYE :: COCHLEA : EAR

A. sinus

B. mollusk

C. fovea

D. fontanel

15. (____) : PARALLELOGRAM :: 1 : 2

A. square

B. rhombus

C. trapezium

D. cube
TEST 3 Choose the answer key which contains a 7. EMIT : MITE :: EVIL : (____)
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
A. huge
relationship between the pair of words in capital
letters. B. vile

C. veil
1. BOAST : LANGUAGE :: SWAGGER : (____)
D. time
A. anger
8. HOMOGENEOUS : KIND :: (____) : TIME
B. gait
A. fast
C. sight
B. disparate
D. wealth
C. diverse
2. BELITTLE : DISPARAGE :: (____) : RIDICULE
D. contemporary
A. jeopardize
9. ANTHRACITE : (____) :: HARD : SOFT
B. efface
A. diamond
C. assuage
B. peat
D. deride
C. mica
3. (____) : INNOCUOUS :: REPREHENSIBLE :
PRAISEWORTHY D. uranium

A. pretentious 10. AUTHENTIC : APOCRYPHAL :: CONVENTIONAL :


(____)
B. virulent
A. dangerous
C. antiseptic
B. unorthodox
D. widespread
C. religious
4. (____) : MINIMALIST :: ORNATE : UNADORNED
D. chaotic
A. Rococo
11. (____) : IODINE :: YELLOW : PURPLE
B. Cubist
A. water
C. Pastoral
B. litmus
D. Pointillist
C. sulfur
5. DESECRATE : (____) :: DESPOIL : BEAUTIFUL
D. alcohol
A. holy
12. STANZA : POEM :: (____) : NOVEL
B. ugly
A. chapter
C. rich
B. preface
D. corporeal
C. sentence
6. VIRTUOSO : ACCOMPLISHED :: (____) :
GENEROUS D. language

A. aesthete 13. BAIKAL : (____) :: TANGANYIKA : TANZANIA


B. hedonist A. Canada
C. mogul B. Jutland
D. philanthropist
C. Sahara

D. Siberia

14. FRAGMENT : MERGE :: (____) : JOIN

A. engage

B. loosen

C. splinter

D. mend

15. PROLIFIC : (____) :: FERTILE : BARREN

A. withered

B. blooming

C. unfruitful

D. stale
TEST 4 Choose the answer key which contains a
A. peculiarity
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
relationship between the pair of words in capital B. balance
letters.
C. fervor

1. GLASS : (____) :: METAL : LUSTER D. vigor

A. portability 8. ERUDITE : LEARNING :: (____) : CAPRICE

B. delicacy A. whimsical

C. porosity B. elegant

D. translucence C. generous

2. (____) : PINE :: SPINE : CACTUS D. conscientious

A. crocus 9. (____) : SQUARE :: 540 : 360

B. trunk A. triangle

C. flower B. rectangle

D. needle C. pentagon

3. MACBETH : OTHELLO :: (____) : JEALOUSY D. hexagon

A. royalty 10. APOCRYPHAL : CERTAINTY :: CHAOTIC : (____)

B. solitude A. orthodoxy

C. ambition B. order

D. foresight C. incongruity

4. OHM : RESISTANCE :: (____) : POTENTIAL D. piety

A. ampere 11. INDEFATIGABLE : ENERGY :: (____) : WISDOM

B. joule A. illustrious

C. volt B. sagacious

D. watt C. enervated

5. (____) : STORY :: LIMERICK : POEM D. experienced

A. anecdote 12. MAUNA LOA : ETNA :: HAWAII : (____)

B. novel A. Sicily

C. prose B. Alps

D. overture C. Crete

6. EXPEDITE : (____) :: FACILITATE : MAKE EASIER D. Bosporus

A. conscript 13. CUBISM : PICASSO :: (____) : DALI

B. make harder A. Romanticism

C. stretch B. Classicism

D. hasten C. Realism

7. DIFFIDENT : CONFIDENCE :: UNSTABLE : (____) D. Surrealism


14. (____) : ACTOR :: SOLO : SINGER

A. monologue

B. performance

C. repertoire

D. drama

15. STOIC : (____) :: BENEFACTOR : GENEROSITY

A. faith

B. fortitude

C. ineptitude

D. charity
TEST 5 Choose the answer key which contains a 7. SPORADIC : CONTINUOUS :: (____) :
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the CACOPHONOUS
relationship between the pair of words in capital
A. tranquil
letters.
B. cathartic
1. EARTH : (____) :: MARS : PHOBOS C. perennial
A. Venus D. fitful
B. Sirius 8. HONE : SHARP :: (____) : SHINY
C. moon A. . caulk
D. sun B. . scald
2. DIPLOMAT : TACT :: (____) : SKILL C. . burnish
A. novice D. . rusticate
B. virtuoso 9. (____) : HYPOTHESIS :: DEDUCE : THEOREM
C. sybarite A. adjudge
D. dilettante B. terminate
3. OUTWIT : RUSE :: FRUSTRATE : (____) C. abrogate
A. desire D. formulate
B. fiasco 10. DEVANGIRI : CYRILLIC :: HINDI : (____)
C. irritant A. Russian
D. statute B. Swahili
4. COTTAGE : (____) :: POND : LAKE C. French
A. hamlet D. Sanskrit
B. camp 11. RACONTEUR : NARRATE :: (____) : ENTERTAIN
C. tent A. ruffian
D. mansion B. recluse
5. (____) : FAULKNER : WESSEX : C. host
YOKNAPATAWPHA
D. spendthrift
A. DICKENS
12. TAWDRY : SHOWY :: MERETRICIOUS : (____)
B. HARDY
A. attractive
C. HAWTHORNE
B. urbane
D. SAWYER
C. delicate
6. (____) : VENGEFUL :: CONCILIATE : FLEXIBLE
D. flexible
A. ameliorate
13. (____) : MAGNESIUM :: LIQUID : SOLID
B. retaliate
A. copper
C. ruminate
B. mercury
D. iterate
C. aluminum

D. sulfur

14. APPENDIX : BOOK :: (____) : PLAY

A. . overture

B. . premise

C. . glossary

D. . epilogue

15. HYPOTENUSE : PERIMETER :: ARC : (____)

A. radius

B. diameter

C. circumference

D. diagonal
TEST 6 Choose the answer key which contains a
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the A. 1/8
relationship between the pair of words in capital
B. 1/9
letters.
C. 1/16
1. (____) : DISPLEASURE :: FIDGET :
RESTLESSNESS D. 1/20

A. hunch 8. (____) : SEPARATE :: JOIN : REND


B. frown A. desecrate
C. strut B. capitulate
D. squirm C. promulgate

2. REAM : PAPER :: (____) : HAY D. amalgamate

A. hutch 9. CAROUSE : SEDATE :: ENTHUSE : (____)


B. bale A. lukewarm
C. coop B. voluble
D. quart C. hidden

3. PERFORATION : SEAL :: (____) : SKIN D. controversial

A. contraption 10. ZEALOT : PASSION :: (___) : DECEPTION


B. adhesion A. patriarch
C. scar B. quack
D. laceration C. sybarite

4. ARGON : ELEMENT :: (____) : COMPOUND D. libertarian

A. copper 11. (____) : JUNG :: ECONOMICS : PSYCHIATRY


B. water A. Freud
C. oxygen B. Pasteur
D. lead C. Keynes

5. PROBITY : GUILE :: (____) : LAZINESS D. Leavis

A. industry 12. FRANKENSTEIN : SHELLEY :: DRACULA : (____)


B. felicity A. Poe
C. ingenuity B. Collins
D. decorum C. Byron

6. TURNIP : (____) :: POTATO : STEM D. Stoker

A. flower 13. CHOLERIC : ANGER :: (____) : DOUBT


B. vegetable A. narcissistic
C. root B. gullible
D. gourd C. skeptical

7. 0.125 : (____) :: 0.75 : D. sanguine


14. (____) : TREACLE :: SATIN : SMOOTH

A. saccharine

B. volatile

C. viscous

D. brittle

15. AVARICE : (____) :: AMBITION : SUCCESS

A. money

B. success

C. respect

D. trepidation
TEST 7 Choose the answer key which contains a
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the A. second
relationship between the pair of words in capital
B. radian
letters.
C. inch

1. SNEER : CONTEMPT :: (____) : ANGER D. kilogram

A. lament 8. (____) : SURPASSED :: INDISPUTABLE :


CHALLENGED
B. glower
A. grandiose
C. confess
B. peerless
D. chide
C. opaque
2. (____) : QUARREL :: SKIRMISH : BATTLE
D. lavish
A. war
9. EMBARKATION : VOYAGE :: (____) : PROJECT
B. tiff
A. criterion
C. fiasco
B. inception
D. rendezvous
C. delineation
3. DAPPLED : SPOTS :: RIDDLED : (____)
D. diatribe
A. holes
10. ACROBAT : (____) :: SURGEON : DEXTROUS
B. lines
A. nuanced
C. squares
B. circumspect
D. stains
C. lithe
4. ARENA : CONFLICT :: (____) : DEBATE
D. bombastic
A. forum
11. STANCH : FLOW :: (____) : OSCILLATION
B. agenda
A. corroborate
C. precinct
B. whet
D. building
C. validate
5. PETRIFY: STONE :: OSSIFY : (____)
D. damp
A. disinterest
12. (____) : NUMBER :: DILATE : SIZE
B. inscription
A. disseminate
C. bone
B. promulgate
D. saint
C. atrophy
6. (____) : CAUSE :: SECTARIAN : SECT
D. proliferate
A. skeptic
13. SOMME : (____) :: 1916 : 1815
B. pariah
A. Waterloo
C. maverick
B. Hastings
D. partisan
C. Iwo Jima
7. CALORIE : JOULE :: (____) : METER
D. Pearl Harbor
14. (____) : BODY :: RATIONAL : MIND

A. sartorial

B. macroscopic

C. corporeal

D. fetal

15. VENUS : (____) :: APHRODITE : ATHENE

A. Minerva

B. Juno

C. Sappho

D. Diana
TEST 8 Choose the answer key which contains a
A. Germany
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
relationship between the pair of words in capital B. Denmark
letters.
C. New Zealand

1. SOLVE : MYSTERY :: (____) : CODE D. British Isles

A. ensure 8. (____) : LOCAL :: MERCENARY : MONEY

B. decipher A. parochial

C. encrypt B. miserly

D. conquer C. capricious

2. LIONIZE : CELEBRITY :: (____) : IDOL D. germinal

A. worship 9. INCARCERATION : PRISON :: (____) : ISOLATION

B. ostracize A. moratorium

C. swindle B. sequestration

D. decorate C. dejection

3. (____) : PUPIL :: DEPORT : ALIEN D. pedantry

A. inter 10. INGRATE : GRATITUDE :: PROFLIGATE : (____)

B. educate A. amorousness

C. test B. virtue

D. expel C. frugality

4. OBOE : (____) :: CELLO : VIOLIN D. timidity

A. double bass 11. (____) : SINCERE :: FLUSTERED : COMPOSED

B. trombone A. arrogant

C. flute B. disinterested

D. piano C. blatant

5. CONFLAGRATION : (____) :: METROPOLIS : CITY D. hypocritical

A. fire 12. MALINGER : WORK :: (____) : OBLIGATION

B. building A. shirk

C. town B. fulfill

D. brook C. fight

6. SLUGGARD : ENERGY :: SLATTERN : (____) D. invent

A. disorder 13. UBIQUITOUS : EVERYWHERE :: (____) :


FOREVER
B. expression
A. impervious
C. laziness
B. penetrable
D. tidiness
C. endemic
7. JUTLAND : (____) :: HOKKAIDO : JAPAN
D. eternal
14. pH 5 : pH 7 :: (____) : NEUTRAL

A. alkaline

B. acid

C. basic

D. caustic

15. (____) : EMPHASIS :: ADORN : DECORATION

A. confound

B. underplay

C. underscore

D. undermine
TEST 9 Choose the answer key which contains a 7. SYMPHONY : MUSIC :: (____) : POEM
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
A. epic
relationship between the pair of words in capital
letters. B. anecdote

C. opera

D. anthem
1. WOOD : (____) :: BUTTER : KNIFE
8. (____) : PALINDROME :: REARRANGED :
A. string REVERSED

B. paper A. epithet

C. saw B. metaphor

D. drill C. acronym

D. anagram
2. FORD : (____) :: STREAM : MOUNTAIN

A. pass 9. SYNTHESIS : PARTS :: CONFLUENCE : (____)

B. route A. mergers

C. field B. streams

D. scale C. ores

D. parallels
3. SUPPORT : PATRON :: (____) : INSPIRATION

A. braggart 10. SALK : PASTEUR :: POLIO : (____)

B. muse A. rabies

C. parent B. liquids

D. soldier C. smallpox

D. antibodies
4. (____) : WARDEN :: MUSEUM : PRISON

A. archaeologist 11. CRITERIA : DATA :: CRITERION : (____)

B. servant A. information

C. conductor B. datum

D. curator C. item

D. date
5. INCUMBENT : OFFICE :: MONARCH : (____)

A. presidency 12. BELLICOSE : (____) :: PLIANT : TRACTABILITY

B. accommodation A. compliance

C. station B. aggression

D. throne C. vacillation

D. sobriety
6. (____) : EXPERIENCE :: VAGRANT : ABODE

A. protestor 13. CHOLERIC : ANGER :: (____) : OPTIMISM

B. magnate A. sanguine

C. neophyte B. saturnine

D. scholar
C. introverted

D. jaundiced

14. TORTUOUS : (____) :: VENAL : VENIAL

A. trivial

B. arduous

C. torturous

D. corrupt

15. (____) : AMELIORATE :: WORSE : BETTER

A. elucidate

B. engender

C. accredit

D. exacerbate
TEST 10 Choose the answer key which contains a
A. amino acid
pair of words with a relationship most similar to the
relationship between the pair of words in capital B. ribosome
letters.
C. fatty acid
1. TARSAL : (____) :: CARPAL : WRIST
D. carbohydrate
A. heel
8. BEACON : (____) :: PRECEPT : PRINCIPLE
B. toe
A. shroud
C. tunnel
B. light
D. hinge
C. confusion
2. PORTION : DOSE :: FOOD : (____)
D. call
A. rain
9. EXTRICATE : ENSNARED :: (____) : ENSLAVED
B. drug
A. entice
C. dessert
B. condone
D. amount
C. coordinate
3. ESSAY : THESIS :: ARTICLE : (____)
D. liberate
A. protagonist
10. EDITORIAL : (____) :: BIOGRAPHY : LIFE
B. book HISTORY
C. fiction A. doctrine
D. topic B. censorship

4. MUSICIAN : VIRTUOSO :: BARD : (___) C. synopsis

A. journalist D. opinion

B. poet 11. FETTER : (____) :: GAG : SPEECH


C. politician A. leg
D. sophomore B. movement

5. FURTIVE : BEHAVIOR :: (_____) : ACTION C. catacomb

A. evanescent D. law breaking

B. cerebral 12. (____) : DEADLOCK :: QUANDARY : DILEMMA


C. conditioned A. moratorium
D. covert B. impasse

6. BOVINE : OVINE :: COW : (____) C. exegesis

A. sheep D. paradigm

B. chickens 13. CATHARSIS : EMOTION :: ABSOLUTION : (____)


C. calf A. malady
D. lowing B. innocence

7. DNA : NUCLEOTIDE :: PROTEIN : (____) C. guilt

D. mourning
14. LYELL : DALTON :: GEOLOGY : (_____)

A. biology

B. chemistry

C. sociology

D. music

15. NASCENT : (____) :: GERMINAL : SENESCENT

A. sophomoric

B. covetous

C. moribund

D. shrewd
TEST I

1. A Cellini is an artist best known for his works of sculpture as Puccini is a composer best known for opera.

2. D Articulate speech flows well (is well-expressed); coordinated movement flows well

3.C Inception means 'beginning'. Therefore, inception is the beginning of a process and conclusion is the end;

departure is the beginning of a journey and arrival is the end.

(culmination = end; upshot = outcome; escapade = adventure)

4.B Scintillating means 'sparkling'. Therefore we can say, someone scintillating is not noted for dullness;

someone boisterous is not noted for calm. (boisterous = noisy, lively; erudite = scholarly; exalted = elevated)

5. D Elucidate means 'make clear'.

Therefore, to elucidate increases clarity;

to illuminate increases light.

6. D A shard is a fragment of pottery; a splinter is a fragment of wood.

7. A Conifers are the dominant vegetation in the taiga biome;

grass is the dominant vegetation in the prairie biome.

8. A Penury is a result of having no money;

starvation is a result of having no sustenance.

(Penury = poverty; sustenance = food, support; infirmity = weakness, illness)

9. B Arable land is land suitable for cultivation; a navigable waterway is suitable for sailing.

10. C To attenuate a signal is to make the signal grow weaker; to dampen enthusiasm is to make the enthusiasm weaker
(less). (exacerbate = make worse)

11. B Slag is the waste produced in a furnace; ashes are the waste produced by a fire. (Silo = large structure to store
grain)

12. D The numbers 17 and 19 are consecutive prime numbers; 31 and 37 are also consecutive primes.

13. A Sri Lanka was formerly known as Ceylon; Thailand was formerly known as Siam.

14. B The suffix -ful is a common ending for an adjective (e.g. beautiful, hopeful). The ending -ly is associated with
adverbs (e.g. beautifully, hopefully).

15. C The pitch of a sound is determined by the wavelength of the sound wave; the loudness of a sound is determined by
the amplitude of the sound wave.

TEST 2

1. B Inauguration can only take place after the person is elected; execution can only take place after the person is
condemned.

2.B A dividend is money paid to a stockholder according to how well the stocks have performed; a royalty is money paid
to an author according to how many books have been sold
3.D An archipelago is a chain (group) of islands; a constellation is a group of stars. (hamlet = village)

4.A A prcis shortens and simplifies, whereas an elaboration makes more complex. A simplification makes simpler,
whereas decoration adds complexity.
(expurgation = censorship)

5.A To mince is to walk taking tiny steps (it makes the person look a little foolish). To simper is to smile in a foolish way.

6. D Mark Twain was the pseudonym of the writer Samuel Clemens; George Eliot was the pseudonym of Mary Ann
Evans.

7 C Fenestration is an elaborate word for a window, and portal is a more elaborate word for a door.

8. C Limestone is a sedimentary rock, whereas marble is a metamorphic rock.

9. D An authoritarian is not noted for being lenient; a miser is not noted for being charitable.
(authoritarian = strict person; virtuoso = expert; hedonist = pleasure seeker)

10. D To allay suspicion is to make suspicion less; to calm fear is to make fear less.
(allay = make less; impede = hinder; fell = cut down; exacerbate = make worse)

11 B Mendels laws concern the science of genetics; Newtons laws concern the science of mechanics

12. A You can use a directory to look up an address; you can use a dictionary to look up a spelling.
(solecism = error)

13. A Foot and boot contain the same vowel pair (oo) but the vowels are pronounced differently in each word.
Similarly, cough and bough contain the same vowels (ou) which are pronounced differently in each case.

14. C The fovea is part of the mammalian eye; the cochlea is part of the ear.

15. C The fovea is part of the mammalian eye; the cochlea is part of the ear.

TEST 3

1. B To boast is to talk using arrogant language; to swagger is to walk with an arrogant gait.
(swagger = behave arrogantly; gait = style of walking)

2. D To belittle is to disparage; to deride is to ridicule.


(belittle = disparage = criticize; jeopardize = put in danger; efface = wipe out; assuage = reduce, satisfy; deride = ridicule =
mock)

3. B Something virulent is not innocuous; something reprehensible is not praiseworthy.


(virulent = dangerous, poisonous; innocuous = harmless; reprehensible = very bad)

4. A Rococo is a style known to be ornate; Minimalist is a style known to be plain and unadorned.

5. A o desecrate something holy spoils it and takes away its holiness; to despoil something beautiful spoils it and takes
away its beauty.
(desecrate = contaminate; corporeal = concerned with the body)

6. D A virtuoso is an accomplished person; a philanthropist is a generous person.


(virtuoso = expert; aesthete = someone who appreciates art and beauty; hedonist = pleasure seeker; philanthropist =
generous person)

7. B Emit and mite are anagrams (contain the same letters in different order). Evil and vile and veil are also anagrams.
The further connection is that to convert emit to mite you need to move the first letter of emit and put it at the
end. To convert evil to vile you also move the first letter to the end.
8. D Homogeneous things are all of the same kind; contemporary things are of the same time.
(homogenous = same, even; contemporary = occurring at the same time; disparate = different)

9. B Coal is formed by the compression of organic remains. As the compression progresses, the product becomes
progressively harder. Peat is an early and soft stage in this process; anthracite is a very hard form of coal formed at the
end of the process.

10. B Something authentic is not apocryphal; something conventional is not unorthodox.


(authentic = genuine; apocryphal = of doubtful origin)

11. C Sulfur vapor is yellow; iodine vapor is purple.

12. A A stanza is a section of a poem; a chapter is a section of a novel.

13. D Lake Baikal is located in Siberia: Lake Tanganyika is located in Tanzania.

14. C To fragment is to break up and to merge is to put together; to splinter is to break up and to join is to put together.

15. C Something prolific is not unfruitful; something fertile is not barren.

TEST 4

1. D Glass is a material noted for its translucence; metal is noted for its luster.
(translucence = ability to let light through; luster = shine)

2. D A needle is the leaf of a pine tree; a spine is the leaf of a cactus.

3. C In Shakespeares plays, Macbeth is noted for his ambition which leads to his downfall, whereas Othello is noted for
jealousy

4. C The ohm is a unit of electrical resistance; the volt is a unit of electrical potential.

5. A An anecdote is a short, amusing story; a limerick is a short, amusing poem.


(overture = introduction to an opera)

6. D To expedite something is to hasten it; to facilitate something is to make easier.


(expedite = speed up; hasten = hurry; conscript = force to join the military services)

7. B Someone diffident is lacking in confidence; someone unstable is lacking in balance.


(diffident = shy, hesitant; fervor = passion)

8. A Someone erudite is noted for learning; someone whimsical is noted for caprice.
(erudite = learned, scholarly; whimsical = fickle; caprice = whims)

9. C The sum of the degree measures of the internal angles of a pentagon is 540; the sum of the degree measures of the
internal angles of a square is 360.

10. B Something apocryphal has no certainty; something chaotic has no order.


(apocryphal = of doubtful origin)

11. B Someone indefatigable has a lot of energy; someone sagacious has a lot of wisdom.
(indefatigable = cannot be tired out; sagacious = wise; illustrious = famous; enervated = weakened)

12. A Mauna Loa is a volcano in Hawaii; Etna is a volcano in Sicily.

13. D Cubism is a movement in Art with which Picasso is associated; Surrealism is an Art movement with which Dali is
associated.
14. A A monologue is a speech by an actor performing alone; a solo is a song performed by a single singer.
(repertoire = set of skills)

15. B A stoic is note for his fortitude; a benefactor is noted for his generosity.
(stoic = person who can tolerate hardship; fortitude = courage to face hardship; ineptitude = incompetence)

TEST 5

1. C The moon is a satellite of the earth. Phobos is a satellite of Mars.

2. B A diplomat is noted for tact; a virtuoso is noted for skill.


(novice = beginner; virtuoso = accomplished person; sybarite = lover of luxury; dilettante = someone who dabbles in the
arts)

3. A To outwit a ruse is to prevent the ruse from having any effect; to frustrate a desire is to prevent the desire from
having an effect.
(ruse = trick, plot; fiasco = disaster; statute = law)

4. D A cottage is a small dwelling, and a mansion is a big one; a pond is a small body of water, and a lake is a big one.
(hamlet = village)

5. B Hardy wrote about an area of Britain to which he gave the fictional name Wessex; Faulkner wrote about an area
of America to which he gave the fictional name Yoknapatawpha.

6. B Someone vengeful is likely to retaliate; somebody flexible is likely to conciliate.


(retaliate = act in revenge; conciliate = bring sides together in a dispute; ameliorate = make better; iterate = repeat;
ruminate = think deeply)

7. A Something sporadic is not continuous; something tranquil is not cacophonous.


(sporadic = not continuous; tranquil = peaceful; cacophonous = very noisy; cathartic = purging; perennial = lasting through
the years; fitful = not continuous)

8. C To hone is to make something sharp; to burnish is to make something shiny.


(caulk = make waterproof; burnish = polish)

9. D To formulate a hypothesis is to construct/produce a hypothesis; to deduce a theorem is to construct/work out a


theorem.
(hypothesis = scientific suggestion; abrogate = cancel)

10. A Devangiri is the script in which the language Hindi is written. Cyrillic is the script in which Russian is written.

11. C A raconteur narrates; a host entertains.


(raconteur = person who tells a story; ruffian = rascal; spendthrift = someone who spends too much; recluse = person who
avoids others)

12. A Something tawdry is showy but not really valuable; something meretricious is attractive but has no real value.
(tawdry = poor quality, little value; meretricious = falsely attractive; urbane = sophisticated.)

13. B Mercury is a metal which is liquid at room temperature; magnesium is a metal which is solid at room temperature.

14. D An appendix comes at the end of a book; an epilogue comes at the end of a play.
(overture = introductory piece of music; glossary = list of definitions)

15. C The hypotenuse is a section of the perimeter of a right-angled triangle: an arc is a section of the circumference of a
circle.

TEST 6

1. B To frown is a sign of displeasure; to fidget is a sign of restlessness.


2. B A ream is an amount of paper; a bale is an amount of hay.
(hutch = cage for rabbits; coop = enclosure for chickens; guffaw = sudden loud laughter)

3. D A perforation is a break in a seal; a laceration is a break (cut) in the skin.

4. B Argon is a chemical element; water is a compound

5. A Someone noted for probity is not noted for guile; someone noted for industry is not noted for laziness.
(probity = honesty; guile = cunning; felicity = happiness; ingenuity = inventiveness; decorum = good behavior; industry =
capacity for hard work)

6. D A turnip is a vegetable that is formed from the root of the plant; a potato is a vegetable that is formed from the stem of
the plant

7. A The fraction 1/8 expressed as a decimal is 0.125; the fraction expressed as a decimal is 0.75

8. D To amalgamate is to join, and is the opposite of to separate; to join is the opposite of to rend (tear apart).
(desecrate = spoil something that was holy; capitulate = give in to, surrender; promulgate = spread = propagate)

9.A People who carouse are not sedate; people who enthuse are not lukewarm.
(carouse = to party noisily; sedate = refined, calm; voluble = talkative; enthuse = to be very enthusiastic; lukewarm =
unenthusiastic)

10. B A zealot is noted for passion; a quack is noted for deception.


(zealot = someone devote to a cause; patriarch = male head of tribe; quack = trickster; sybarite = lover of luxury;
libertarian = believer in liberty)

11. C Keynes was an expert in the field of economics; Jung was an expert in psychiatry.

12. D The character Dr. Frankenstein was created by Mary Shelley, and the character Count Dracula was created by
Bram Stoker.

13. C Someone choleric is prone to anger; someone skeptical is prone to doubt.


(choleric = easily angered; gullible = easily fooled; sanguine = optimistic; narcissistic = vain about appearance)

14. C Treacle is a viscous (sticky) substance; satin is a smooth material.


(saccharine = falsely sweet; volatile = vaporizes easily)

15. A Avarice is a desire for money; ambition is a desire for success.


(avarice = greed for money; trepidation = fear)

TEST 7

1. B o sneer is a sign of contempt; to glower is a sign of anger.


(sneer = mock; lament = express regret; glower= scowl angrily; chide = scold

2. B A tiff is a minor quarrel; a skirmish is a minor battle.


(Fiasco = total disaster; rendezvous = meeting)

3. A Something dappled is covered in spots; something riddled is filled with holes.

4. A Something dappled is covered in spots; something riddled is filled with holes.

5. C To petrify is to turn to stone; to ossify is to turn to bone.

6. D A partisan supports a particular cause; a sectarian supports a particular sect.


(partisan = favoring a particular cause; skeptic = someone who doubts; pariah = outcast; sect = group with common
ideals; maverick = loner)
7. C The calorie and the joule are both units of energy; the inch and the meter are both units of length.

8. B Something peerless cannot be surpassed; something indisputable cannot be challenged.


(peerless = without equal; grandiose = on a large scale; lavish = generous)

9. B Embarkation is the beginning of a voyage; inception is the beginning of a project.


(embarkation = boarding a boat etc.; inception = starting point; delineation = outlining; diatribe = strong verbal attack)

10. C An acrobat must be lithe; a surgeon must be dexterous.


(lithe = flexible; circumspect = cautious; dexterous = skilled with the hands; bombastic = arrogant)

11. D To stanch a flow is to reduce a flow; to damp an oscillation is to reduce an oscillation.


(stanch = reduce, stop; damp = reduce the extent of a vibration, suppress; oscillation = vibration; corroborate = give
supporting evidence; whet = sharpen)

12. D To proliferate is to increase in number; to dilate is to increase in size.


(proliferate = grow and spread; disseminate = spread; promulgate = spread; atrophy = wither)

13. A The Battle of the Somme took place in 1916; the Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815

14. B Something corporeal is concerned with the body; something rational is concerned with the mind.
(macroscopic = large scale; sartorial = concerned with clothing)

15. C In Roman mythology, Venus is the goddess of love and in Greek mythology Aphrodite is her counterpart; Minerva is
the Roman goddess of wisdom, and Athene is her Greek counterpart.

TEST 8

1. B To solve a mystery is to work it out; to decipher a code is to work it out.


(decipher = decode; encrypt = put in code)

2. A A celebrity is lionized; an idol is worshipped.


(lionize = treat as a celebrity; celebrity = famous person; ostracize = isolate, shun; recount = narrate)

3. D A celebrity is lionized; an idol is worshipped.


(lionize = treat as a celebrity; celebrity = famous person; ostracize = isolate, shun; recount = narrate)

4. C The oboe and the flute are wind instruments, and the oboe is the larger of the two; the cello and the violin are both
stringed instruments, and the cello is the larger of the two.

5. A A conflagration is a big fire; a metropolis is a big city.

6. D A sluggard is not noted for energy; a slattern is not noted for tidiness.
(sluggard = lazy person; slattern = dirty, untidy person)

7. B Jutland is part of Denmark; Hokkaido is part of Japan.

8. A Someone parochial is concerned with local matters; someone mercenary is concerned with money.
(parochial = narrow minded and concerned only with local matters; capricious = whimsical; germinal = growing)

9. B Incarceration is putting in prison; sequestration is putting in isolation.


(incarcerate = imprison; moratorium = temporary stoppage; sequestration = isolation; pedantry = insistence on narrow
points of learning; dejection = great sorrow)

10. C An ingrate shows no gratitude; a profligate shows no frugality.


(ingrate = ungrateful person; amorousness = expressing love; profligate = wasteful person; frugality = being economical)
11. D Someone hypocritical is not sincere; someone flustered is not composed.
(hypocritical = insincere; disinterested = unbiased = impartial; flustered = not calm; composed = calm and controlled)

12. A To malinger is to avoid work; to shirk is to avoid an obligation.

13. D Something ubiquitous is found everywhere; something eternal lasts forever.


(ubiquitous = widespread; endemic = native to an area)

14. B A solution of pH 5 is acid; a solution of pH 7 is neutral.

15. C To underscore is to add emphasis; to adorn is to add decoration.


(underscore = emphasize; confound = confuse; adorn = decorate; undermine = to attempt to overthrow)

TEST 9

1. C Wood is cut with a saw; butter is cut with a knife.

2. A A ford is a place to cross a stream; a pass is a place to cross a mountain.


(score is the written form of music)

3. B A patron provides support; a muse provides inspiration.


(braggart = boastful person; muse = source of inspiration)

4. D A curator works in a museum; a warden works in a prison.

5. D An incumbent occupies an office; a monarch occupies a throne.


(incumbent = office bearer; monarch = king or queen)

6. C A neophyte lacks experience; a vagrant lacks an abode.


(neophyte = beginner; vagrant = wanderer with no place to live; abode = home; magnate = powerful person)

7. A A symphony is a long form of music; an epic is a long poem.


(anecdote = short, amusing story)

8. D If the letters of a word can be rearranged to make another word the two words are anagrams; if the letters of a word
are read in reverse order and still form the same word, the word is a palindrome.

9. B Synthesis is a coming together of parts; a confluence is a coming together of streams

10. A Salk developed a vaccine against polio; Pasteur developed a vaccine against rabies.

11. B Criteria is the plural of criterion; data is the plural of datum.

12. B Someone bellicose is noted for aggression; someone pliant is noted for tractability.
(bellicose = aggressive, warlike; compliance = readiness to obey or follow; pliant = flexible, not stubborn; tractability =
flexibility, readiness to obey; sobriety = being sober

13. A Someone choleric is noted for anger; someone sanguine is noted for optimism.
(choleric = easily angered; sanguine = optimistic; saturnine = gloomy; jaundiced = pessimistic outlook; introverted =
inward looking)

14. C The addition of a single letter to the word tortuous changes its meaning. Similarly, the addition of a single letter
to venal also changes its meaning.

15. D To exacerbate means to make something worse; to ameliorate means to make something better.
(exacerbate = make worse; elucidate = make clear; engender = cause; ameliorate = make better)
TEST 10

1. A A tarsal is a bone in the heel; a carpal is a bone in the wrist

2. B A portion is a measure of food; a dose is a measure of a drug.

3. D The thesis of an essay is the main point it is making; the topic of an article is the main subject it is about.
(protagonist = main character of book, film or play

4.B A virtuoso is an expert musician; a bard is an expert poet.

5. D Furtive behavior is secret and stealthy; covert action is secret and stealthy.
(furtive = stealthy = covert; evanescent = short-lived; cerebral = concerned with thinking)

6. A Bovine is an adjective that pertains to cows: ovine is an adjective that pertains to sheep

7. A DNA is a polymer made of nucleotide subunits; proteins are polymers made of amino acid subunits

8. B A beacon is a guiding light; a precept is a guiding principle.


(shroud = cover)

9. D To extricate is to set free something ensnared; to liberate is to set free something enslaved.
(extricate = get out of something; ensnared = trapped; entice = attract or tempt; condone = give silent approval )

10. D An editorial is written to provide opinion; a biography is written to provide life history.
(doctrine = orthodox theory; synopsis = summary)

11. B A fetter prevents (restricts) movement; a gag prevents speech.


(fetter = iron ring and chain to restrict movement, or metaphorically something that restrains)

12. B An impasse is a deadlock; a quandary is a dilemma.


(moratorium = temporary stoppage of activity; quandary = puzzling situation = dilemma; exegesis = scholarly explanation;
paradigm = model or view)

13. C An impasse is a deadlock; a quandary is a dilemma.


(moratorium = temporary stoppage of activity; quandary = puzzling situation = dilemma; exegesis = scholarly explanation;
paradigm = model or view)

14. B Lyell was a major figure in the development of the science of geology. Dalton was an important figure in the
development of Chemistry.

15. CNascent is just born and moribund is on the point of death; germinal is just growing and senescent is ageing and
decaying. (Both are opposites)
(sophomoric = immature =puerile; covetous = greedy)

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