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GRE - Analogies - Test 25

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

1. PHILANTHROPIST: GENEROUS::

A. curator : optimistic
B. exhibitionist : excessive
C. chef : hungry
D. pacifist : unwarlike
E. socialist :magnanimous

2. RUDE : MANNERS ::

A. mysterious : cabal
B. cursory : speed
C. uncouth : time
D. unbalanced : equilibrium
E. polite : tact

3. PISTOL : BULLET ::

A. rifle : trigger
B. target : range
C. gunpowder : explosion
D. crossbow : arrow
E. dagger : point

4. SUBPOENA : COURT ::

A. innocence : plea
B. trial : witness
C. invitation : party
D. reservoir : water
E. memorandum : office

5. DEARTH : GLUT ::

A. flood : deluge
B. lack : surplus
C. parcel : postage
D. width: girth
E. rise : acceleration

6. TRIGGER : PISTOL ::

A. camera : shutter
B. button : elevator
C. spoke : bicycle
D. key: chain
E. blade : knife

7. SATELLITES : EARTH ::

A. planets: sun
B. rings : Jupiter
C. milky way : galaxy
D. missile : aircraft
E. star : Venus

8. CORPSE : HUMAN ::

A. carrion : animal
B. cadaver : undertaker
C. mortician : eulogy
D. casket : body
E. tombstone : burial

9. DECIBELS : LOUDNESS ::

A. cup : teaspoon
B. ounce : weight
C. sound : volume
D. centimeter : height
E. kilogram : gram

10. COPIOUS : AMOUNT ::

A. rigorous : training
B. extensive : size
C. sensitive : performance
D. obstreperous : sight
E. invasive : procedure

11. HEW : AXE ::

A. saw : plank
B. paint : wall
C. plane : chisel
D. hoe : shovel
E. stab : weapon The correct answer choice is One hews with an axe. One planes with a chisel. illustration : portrait :: A. penmanship : page B. caricature : cartoon C. text : biography D. document : autobiography E. dedication : index

12. GAUNTLET : GLOVE ::

A. hauberk : shirt
B. squire : vest
C. helmet : headdress
D. tassel : button
E. muff : muffin

13. TURGID : SWOLLEN ::

A. peeled : ripped
B. shriveled : withered
C. dried : moisturized
D. scattered : gathered
E. disseminated : enclosed

14. AFFLUENT: RICH ::

A. laudatory : discriminatory
B. impecunious: poor
C. affiliated : irresolute
D. gregarious : obstinate
E. chromatic : colorful

15. CONTEMPORARY : ANTIQUATED ::

A. contemplative : adventitious
B. disingenuous : evasive
C. grandiloquent : halcyon
D. neoteric : fulsome
E. modern : antediluvian