3 Word Analogy Practice

71. rein : horse ::
control panel : ______
a. pilot
b. bit
c. plane
d. rider
72. Argentina : Brazil ::
______ : Iran
a. Canada
b. Iraq
c. Ireland
d. Mexico
73. ______ : play :: sing : anthem
a. act
b. scene
c. theater
d. field
74. mouse : ______ ::
flash : camera
a. rat
b. computer
c. cord
d. dessert
75. cushion : sofa ::
shelf : ______
a. ledge
b. bookcase
c. storage
d. frame
76. scrub : wash :: sob : ______
a. cry
b. water
c. sad
d. tease
77. moisten : ______ ::
cool : freeze
a. water
b. soak
c. oven
d. grow
78. persimmon : ______ ::
cottontail : rabbit
a. cinnamon
b. oven
c. badger
d. berry
79. stars : astronomy ::
______ : history
a. battles
b. eclipse
c. horse
d. autumn
80. ______ : unity ::
dearth : scarcity
a. belief
b. death
c. cohesion
d. fear
81. Aesop : fable ::
Homer : ______
a. temple
b. donkey
c. epic
d. Greece
82. turncoat : traitor ::
______ : rogue
a. scamp
b. pillow
c. blush
d. tricky
83. hanker : ______ ::
ponder : think
a. junk
b. fool
c. yearn
d. bunker
84. rook : chess ::
______ : badminton
a. grass
b. tennis
c. shuttlecock
d. swing
85. bowler : ______ ::
satchel : bag
a. hat
b. lane
c. trophy
d. ottoman
86. ______ : wood :: file : nail
a. hammer
b. cabinet
c. saw
d. plane
87. volume : ______ ::
stanza : poem
a. measure
b. pint
c. encyclopedia
d. kitchen
88. ______ : dolphin ::
herd : cow
a. ocean
b. pod
c. porpoise
d. leap
89. pharaoh : dynasty ::
______ : democracy
a. government
b. election
c. president
d. Canada
90. deplete : decrease ::
______ : avoid
a. danger
b. dislike
c. miss
d. shun
91. chatter : talk ::
flutter : ______
a. dance
b. wobble
c. sing
d. flap
92. plead : ______ ::
submerge : dip
a. avoid
b. dismiss
c. ask
d. covet
93. doze : sleep :: tiptoe : ______
a. walk
b. flat
c. shelf
d. swim
94. ledger : accounts ::
______ : observations
a. pundit
b. weather
c. astrology
d. diary
95. ______ : money :: urn : ashes
a. cash
b. wealth
c. purse
d. inheritance
96. egregious : bad ::
______ : small
a. minuscule
b. tall
c. wicked
d. cheap
97. approach : ______ ::
leave : bolt
a. pounce
b. arrive
c. demand
d. airport
98. lawless : order ::
captive : ______
a. trouble
b. punishment
c. jail
d. freedom
99. quarry : marble ::
______ : honey
a. hive
b. bee
c. spread
d. reservoir
100. seemly : ______ ::
torrid : scorching
a. burnt
b. invisible
c. attractive
d. horrid
101. bivouac : ______ ::
axis : alliance
a. diplomacy
b. sergeant
c. soldier
d. camp
102. pineapple : ______ ::
orange : Florida
a. Dole
b. Hawaii
c. Canada
d. mango
103. quicksilver : mercury ::
goldbrick : ______
a. worker
b. idler
c. money
d. idol
104. ribbon : ______ ::
icing : cake
a. present
b. cut
c. bow
d. typewriter
105. search : ______ ::
defeat : vanquish
a. peer
b. ransack
c. destroy
d. find
Answers
71. c. A rider uses a rein to guide a horse; a pilot uses the control
panel to guide a plane.
72. b. The country of Argentina neighbors the country of Brazil.
Similarly, Iraq borders Iran.
73. a. One acts in a play, and one sings an anthem.
74. b. A mouse is part of a computer, and a flash is a part of a camera.
75. b. A cushion is a part of a sofa, and a shelf is part of a bookcase.
76. a. To scrub is to wash vigorously, and to sob is to cry convulsively.
77. b. To moisten is to wet less intensely than to soak, and to cool is
to reduce the temperature less intensely than to freeze.
78. d. A persimmon is a type of berry, and a cottontail is a type of
rabbit.
79. a. Stars are a component of astronomy, and battles make up
history.
80. c. Cohesion and unity are synonyms, as are dearth and scarcity.
81. c. Aesop is known for writing fables, and Homer is known for
writing epics.
82. a. Turncoat is another word for traitor, and scamp is another
word for rogue.
83. c. Hanker is another word for yearn, and ponder is another word
for think.
84. c. A rook is a piece used in the game of chess, and a shuttlecock is
used to play the game of badminton.
85. a. A bowler is a type of hat, and a satchel is a type of bag.
86. d. A plane is a tool used to smooth and shape wood, and a file is a
tool used to smooth and shape a nail.
87. c. A volume is part of an encyclopedia, and a stanza is part of a
poem.
88. b. A pod is a group of dolphins, and a herd is a group of cows.
89. c. A pharaoh is the head of a dynasty, or ruling family, and a
president is the head of a democracy.
90. d. To deplete is to decrease completely, and to shun is to avoid
completely.
91. d. To chatter is to talk rapidly, and to flutter is to flap rapidly.
92. c. To plead is to ask urgently, and to submerge is to dip
completely.
93. a. To doze is to sleep lightly, and to tiptoe is to walk lightly.
94. d. A ledger is a book that contains accounts, and a diary is a book
that contains observations.
95. c. A purse is used to hold money, and an urn is used to hold ashes.
96. a. Egregious means very bad, and minuscule means very small.
97. a. To pounce is to approach suddenly, and to bolt is to leave
suddenly.
98. d. To be lawless is to lack order, and to be captive is to lack
freedom.
99. a. A quarry yields marble, and a hive yields honey.
100. c. Seemly is a synonym for attractive, and torrid is a synonym for
scorching.
101. d. A bivouac is another word for a camp, and an axis is another
word for an alliance.
102. b. Pineapples are grown in Hawaii, and oranges are grown in
Florida.
103. b. Quicksilver is a synonym for mercury, and goldbrick is a
synonym for an idler.
104. a. A ribbon is used to decorate a present, and icing is used to
decorate a cake.
105. b. To ransack is to search thoroughly, and to vanquish is defeat
thoroughly.