12 Challenging Word Analogy Practice

411. cheap : peach ::
______ : large
a. king
b. regal
c. orange
d. majestic
412. 4 : ______ :: 3 : 9
a. 6
b. 27
c. 16
d. 64
413. worth : whort ::
______ : nadir
a. apex
b. arc
c. drain
d. sink
414. development : sprawl ::
famine : ______
a. malnutrition
b. crawl
c. urban
d. obesity
415. to : too :: loot : ______
a. two
b. steal
c. toot
d. lute
416. member : club ::
______ : pride
a. lion
b. win
c. medal
d. accept
417. haste : waste ::
______ : crowd
a. fast
b. three
c. group
d. makes
418. whoop : exuberance ::
keen : ______
a. whoops
b. neat
c. mourning
d. diffidence
419. purse : super :: plea : ______
a. avoid
b. charity
c. help
d. leap
420. ______ : rainfall ::
condensation : humidity
a. erosion
b. cloud
c. ground
d. forecast
421. reveille : ______ ::
taps : lights out
a. dance
b. sunrise
c. night
d. awaken
422. cruiseliner : passengers ::
______ : books
a. agent
b. author
c. volume
d. library
423. no : know :: steal : ______
a. rob
b. negative
c. steel
d. don’t
424. ______ : navigation ::
abacus : calculation
a. circumference
b. automation
c. sextant
d. hydration
425. 6 : ______ :: 8 : 18
a. 2
b. 10
c. 12
d. 16
426. binge : begin :: tea : ______
a. supper
b. coffee
c. eat
d. water
427. son : sun :: ______ : sew
a. so
b. sob
c. needle
d. daughter
428. ______ : draw :: list : silt
a. drawing
b. ward
c. sludge
d. lean
429. cabal : ______ ::
output : yield
a. plot
b. plant
c. cable
d. stop
430. dither : settle ::
display : ______
a. corrupt
b. bother
c. hide
d. count
431. ______ : patois ::
plot : design
a. tiding
b. mystery
c. patio
d. jargon
432. ______ : entertain ::
bully : browbeat
a. miser
b. raconteur
c. harmonious
d. felon
433. ______ : trumpet ::
fret : guitar
a. song
b. valve
c. trombone
d. band
434. hamstring : ______ ::
stake : bet
a. ride
b. cripple
c. scratch
d. wager
435. ______ : frame ::
mosaic : tile
a. film
b. engraving
c. bathroom
d. decoration
436. badger : annoy ::
______ : dispute
a. fox
b. quarrel
c. point
d. reconcile
437. exasperate : irk ::
______ : dissuade
a. prevent
b. leather
c. argue
d. dismiss
438. histrionic : ______ ::
didactic : teacher
a. history
b. mechanic
c. actor
d. debate
439. lock : canal :: dock : ______
a. courtroom
b. locksmith
c. ear
d. duck
440. wildcat : ______ ::
forage : food
a. bobcat
b. game
c. mountain
d. oil
441. clumsy : dexterity ::
______ : will
a. passive
b. oaf
c. submit
d. wish
442. drudgery : work ::
cacophony : ______
a. noise
b. orchestra
c. telephone
d. dissonance
443. ______ : wheat ::
lentil : legume
a. thyme
b. rice
c. tofu
d. spelt
444. hector : ______ ::
foil : thwart
a. bait
b. shun
c. embrace
d. trail
445. bow : obeisance ::
objective : ______
a. salute
b. worship
c. goal
d. subjective
446. probity : ______ ::
probability : likelihood
a. honesty
b. prohibition
c. inquisition
d. eventuality
447. mnemonics : ______ ::
phonetics : language
a. memory
b. future
c. hieroglyphics
d. movement
448. cask : sack :: thin : ______
a. fire
b. satchel
c. rope
d. hint
449. perfidy : ______ ::
satire : parody
a. treachery
b. humor
c. forgiveness
d. performance
450. ______ : plangent ::
contemptible : estimable
a. pungent
b. quiet
c. noisy
d. combustible
Answers
411. b. Cheap is an anagram for peach, and regal is an anagram for
large.
412. c. 4 squared is 16, and 3 squared is 9.
413. c. Worth is an anagram for whort, and drain is an anagram for
nadir.
414. a. Development is a cause of sprawl, and famine is a cause of
malnutrition.
415. d. Too is a homophone for to, and loot is a homophone for lute.
416. a. A member is part of a club, and a lion is part of a pride.
417. b. According to well-known proverbs, haste makes waste, and
three is a crowd.
418. c. A whoop is a sound of exuberance; a keen is a sound of
mourning.
419. d. Purse is an anagram for super, and plea is an anagram for leap.
420. a. Erosion is a result of rainfall, and condensation is a result of
humidity.
421. d. Reveille is a musical signal to awaken, and taps is a musical
signal for lights out.
422. d. A cruiseliner houses passengers, and a library houses books.
423. c. No is a homophone for know, and steal is a homophone for
steel.
424. c. A sextant is a tool used in navigation, and an abacus is a tool
used in calculation.
425. d. 6 plus 10 is 16, and 8 plus 10 is 18.
426. c. Binge is an anagram for begin, and tea is an anagram for eat.
427. a. Son is a homophone for sun, and so is a homophone for sew.
428. b. Ward is an anagram for draw, and list is an anagram for silt.
429. a. Cabal is a synonym for plot, and output is a synonym for yield.
430. c. Dither is an antonym for settle, and display is an antonym for
hide.
431. d. Jargon is a synonym for patois, and plot is a synonym for
design.
432. b. A raconteur is someone who entertains, and a bully is someone
who browbeats.
433. b. A valve is part of a trumpet, and a fret is part of a guitar.
434. b. To hamstring means to cripple, and to stake means to bet.
435. a. A film is composed of individual frames, and a mosaic is
composed of individual tiles.
436. b. To badger is to annoy persistently, and to quarrel is to dispute
actively.
437. a. To exasperate is to irk entirely, and to prevent is to dissuade
entirely.
438. c. Histrionic describes the behavior of an actor, and didactic
describes a teacher.
439. a. A lock is found in a canal, and a dock is found in a courtroom.
440. d. To wildcat means to look for oil, and to forage means to look
for food.
441. a. Clumsy means lacking dexterity, and passive means lacking in
will.
442. a. Drudgery is unpleasant work, and cacophony is unpleasant
noise.
443. d. Spelt is a wheat, and a lentil is a legume.
444. a. Hector is a synonym of bait, and foil is a synonym for thwart.
445. c. A bow is a synonym for an obeisance, and an objective is a
synonym for a goal.
446. a. Probity means honesty, and probability means likelihood.
447. a. Mnemonics deals with memory, and phonetics deals with
language.
448. d. Cask is an anagram for sack, and thin is an anagram for hint.
449. a. Perfidy is a synonym for treachery, and satire is a synonym for
parody.
450. b. Quiet is an antonym for plangent, and contemptible is an
antonym for estimable.