2 Word Analogy Practice

36. mend : sewing ::
edit : ______
a. darn
b. repair
c. manuscript
d. makeshift
37. abet : ______ :: alone :: lone
a. bet
b. loan
c. wager
d. single
38. 80 : 40 :: 2 : ______
a. 8
b. 4
c. 1
d. 20
39. piercing : ______ ::
hushed : whisper
a. diamond
b. watch
c. siren
d. ears
40. segregate : unify ::
repair : ______
a. approach
b. push
c. damage
d. outwit
41. congeal : solidify ::
______ : char
a. conceal
b. singe
c. evaporate
d. charge
42. ______ : marsupial ::
monkey : primate
a. opossum
b. ape
c. honeybee
d. moose
43. principle : doctrine ::
living : ______
a. will
b. dead
c. likelihood
d. livelihood
44. ______ : climb ::
recession : withdrawal
a. ascent
b. absence
c. dollar
d. absorption
45. myopic : farsighted ::
______ : obscure
a. benevolent
b. famous
c. turgid
d. wasted
46. shallot : ______ ::
scallop : mollusk
a. shark
b. muscle
c. dessert
d. onion
47. conjugate : pair ::
partition : ______
a. divide
b. consecrate
c. parade
d. squelch
48. ______ : excerpt ::
exercise : maneuver
a. exception
b. passage
c. routine
d. cause
49. alphabetical : ______ ::
sequential : files
a. sort
b. part
c. list
d. order
50. tacit : implied ::
______ : inferior
a. shoddy
b. taciturn
c. forthright
d. superior
51. implement : rule ::
______ : verdict
a. propose
b. render
c. divide
d. teach
52. vaunt : boast ::
skewer : ______
a. flaunt
b. criticize
c. prepare
d. avoid
53. gambol : ______ ::
gamble : bet
a. skip
b. win
c. bat
d. worship
54. rotation : earth ::
______ : top
a. planet
b. spinning
c. sun
d. expanding
55. gall : vex :: hex : ______
a. fix
b. jinx
c. index
d. vixen
56. monarch : ______ ::
king : cobra
a. queen
b. butterfly
c. royal
d. venom
57. iota : jot :: ______ : type
a. one
b. ilk
c. tab
d. jet
58. ______ : subject :: veer : path
a. object
b. prove
c. math
d. digress
59. pan : ______ :: ban : judge
a. band
b. critic
c. author
d. lawyer
60. ______ : oyster :: paddy : rice
a. aphrodisiac
b. mollusk
c. bed
d. sandwich
61. cicada : ______ ::
collie : canine
a. fruit
b. mineral
c. cat
d. insect
62. huckster : ______ ::
gangster : crime
a. corn
b. trucking
c. policeman
d. advertising
63. ______ : bedrock ::
cement : foundation
a. mica
b. water
c. lava
d. sand
64. dolorous : ______ ::
sonorous : loud
a. woozy
b. weepy
c. dull
d. sleepy
65. lapidary : ______ ::
dramaturge : plays
a. cows
b. gems
c. rabbits
d. movies
66. penurious : ______ ::
deep : significant
a. generous
b. stingy
c. decrepit
d. cavernous
67. somnolent : nap ::
truculent : ______
a. sleepwalker
b. journey
c. war
d. mood
68. nictitate : ______ ::
expectorate : spit
a. wink
b. stomp
c. quit
d. smoke
69. cytology : ______ ::
geology : rocks
a. cyclones
b. psychology
c. pharmacology
d. cells
70. proboscis : ______ ::
abdomen : gut
a. prognosis
b. nose
c. ear
d. nausea
Answers
36. c. One fixes sewing by mending; one fixes manuscript by editing.
37. a. Abet becomes bet when the “a” is removed, and alone becomes
lone when the “a” is removed.
38. c. Half of 80 is 40, and half of 2 is 1.
39. c. A siren is described as piercing, and a whisper is described as
hushed.
40. c. To segregate is an antonym of to unify, and to repair is an
antonym of to damage.
41. b. To congeal means to solidify, and to singe means to char.
42. a. A monkey is an example of a primate, and an opossum is an
example of a marsupial.
43. d. A principle is another word for a doctrine, and a living is
another word for livelihood.
44. a. An ascent is a climb, and a recession is a withdrawal.
45. b. Myopic is an antonym for farsighted, and famous is an
antonym of obscure.
46. d. A shallot is a type of onion, and a scallop is a type of mollusk.
47. a. To conjugate means to pair, and to partition means to divide.
48. b. A passage is another word for an excerpt, and an exercise is
another word for a maneuver.
49. c. Alphabetical describes the ordering of a list, and sequential
describes the ordering of files.
50. a. Tacit is another word for implied, and shoddy is another word
for inferior.
51. b. A rule is implemented, and a verdict is rendered.
52. b. To vaunt means to boast, and to skewer means to criticize.
53. a. To gambol means to skip, and to gamble means to bet.
54. b. Rotation is the movement of the earth and spinning is the
movement of a top.
55. b. To gall is to vex, and to hex is to jinx.
56. b. A monarch is a type of butterfly and a king is a type of cobra.
57. b. Iota and jot are synonyms, as are ilk and type.
58. d. One digresses from a subject, and one veers from a path.
59. b. Pan is something a critic does, and ban is something a judge
does.
60. c. Oysters grow in a bed of the ocean, and rice grows in a paddy.
61. d. A cicada is a type of insect, and a collie is a type of canine.
62. d. A huckster is one who deals in advertising, and a gangster is
one who deals in crime.
63. a. Mica makes up bedrock—on which skyscrapers are built;
cement makes up a foundation—on which houses are built.
64. b. Dolorous is a synonym for weepy, and sonorous is a synonym
for loud.
65. b. A lapidary is one who works with gems, and a dramaturge
works with plays.
66. b. Penurious is a synonym for stingy, and deep is a synonym for
significant.
67. c. Being somnolent can lead to a nap, and being truculent can lead
to war.
68. a. To nictitate means to wink, and to expectorate means to spit.
69. d. Cytology is the study of cells, and geology is the study of rocks.
70. b. Proboscis means nose, and abdomen means gut.