GRE - Analogies - Test 6

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

1. FROWN :: DISPLEASURE

A. hunch : certainty
B. fidget : restlessness
C. pucker : ambivalence
D. squirm : collusion
E. strut : humility

2. REAM :: PAPER

A. hutch : wood
B. bale : hay
C. coop : chickens
D. guffaw : laughter
E. quart : glass

3. PERFORATION :: SEAL

A. consternation : worry
B. temerity : daring
C. vanity : hopes
D. laceration: skin
E. incarceration : prison

4. RAREFY :: DENSE

A. exacerbate : severe
B. negate : fruitful
C. placate : serene
D. clarify : obscure
E. petrify : hard

5. PROBITY :: GUILE

A. alacrity : speed
B. felicity : joy
C. ingenuity : skill
D. decorum : behaviour
E. industry : laziness

6. NUISANCE :: IRKSOME

A. bane : troublesome
B. delight : peaceful
C. paradox : expected
D. conglomeration : ugly
E. ramification : overt

7. COMMAND :: PEREMPTORY

A. gesticulate : magnanimous
B. retreat : cowardly
C. insist : forceful
D. proliferate : free
E. underscore : nonchalant

8. AMALGAMATE :: SEPARATE

A. desecrate : despoil
B. capitulate : surrender
C. promulgate : propagate
D. vilify : decry
E. join : splinter

9. CAROUSE :: SEDATE

A. congregate : voluble
B. castigate : angry
C. enshroud : hidden
D. abstain : abstemious
E. enthuse : lukewarm

10. ZEALOT :: PASSION

A. patriarch : tyranny
B. quack : deception
C. sybarite : austerity
D. libertarian : anarchy
E. sophomore : derision

11. REPLICATE :: RESULT

A. enervate : weakness
B. ameliorate : problem
C. embroil : argument
D. bequeath : legacy
E. repeat : feat

12. PHILANTHROPIST :: FRUGALITY

A. stoic : vulnerability
B. jingoist : clarity
C. propagandist : indoctrination
D. nomad : transcendence
E. expatriate : innovation

13. CHOLERIC :: ANGER

A. cynic : displeasure
B. gullible : trustworthiness
C. skeptical : doubt
D. sanguine : pessimism
E. narcissistic : petulance

14. VISCOUS :: TREACLE

A. saccharine : sugar
B. attractive : nectar
C. smooth : satin
D. volatile : oil
E. durable : wood

15. AVARICE :: MONEY

A. trepidation : fear
B. ambition : success
C. deference : respect
D. decadence : praise
E. clairvoyance : future