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GRE - Analogies - Test 4

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Select the word pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

1. GLASS :: TRANSLUSCENCE

A. cup : portability
B. mammal : perfection
C. light : opacity
D. metal : luster
E. cotton : weight

2. NEEDLE :: PINE

A. pin : cloth
B. trunk : tree
C. flower : leaf
D. spine : cactus
E. stalk : root

3. DERIDE :: RIDICULE

A. jeopardize : protect
B. assuage : increase
C. efface : inscribe
D. decrease : augment
E. belittle : disparage

4. REPREHENSIBLE :: PRAISEWORTHY

A. pretentious : harmful
B. virulent : innocuous
C. epidemic : widespread
D. antiseptic : medicinal
E. admirable : laudable

5. ANECDOTE :: STORY

A. ballad : song
B. novel : chapter
C. limerick : poem
D. prose : poetry
E. overture : opera

6. EXPEDITE :: HASTEN

A. conscript : write down
B. divert : make harder
C. facilitate : make easier
D. satirize : praise
E. stretch : shrink

7. DIFFIDENT :: CONFIDENCE

A. obscure : peculiarity
B. faithful : security
C. submissive : equanimity
D. fervid : vigor
E. unstable : balance

8. ERUDITE :: LEARNING

A. whimsical : caprice
B. elegant : diplomacy
C. generous : stinginess
D. conscientious : objection
E. orthodox : opinion

9. GRANDILOQUENT :: SIMPLE

A. palatial : sybaritic
B. salacious : rumored
C. soporific : sporadic
D. circumlocutory : straightforward
E. magnificent : peaceful

10. APOCRYPHAL :: CERTAINTY

A. conventional : orthodoxy
B. religious : piety
C. strange : incongruity
D. chaotic : order
E. reticent : restraint

11. INDEFATIGABLE :: ENERGY

A. illustrious : infamy
B. sagacious : wisdom
C. enervated : vitality
D. experienced : excellence
E. surreal : imagination

12. BEGUILE :: WILES

A. encourage : exhortations
B. enlighten : ruses
C. ennoble : tirade
D. deride : incantations
E. delude : elegies

13. TACITURN :: VOLUBLE

A. stealthy : covert
B. convivial : hospitable
C. gregarious : affable
D. ingenuous : cunning
E. succinct : concise

14. MONOLOGUE :: ACTOR

A. solo : singer
B. performance : orchestra
C. prologue : book
D. repertoire : choir
E. drama : author

15. STOIC :: FORTITUDE

A. benefactor : generosity
B. heretic : faith
C. eccentric : ineptitude
D. miser : charity
E. soldier : bravery