5 Word Analogy Practice

146. ______ : highway ::
net : court
a. road
b. radar
c. ticket
d. median
147. crumb : bread ::
______ : molecule
a. shard
b. atom
c. trail
d. ion
148. ______ : launch ::
breakfast : lunch
a. sandwich
b. dinner
c. eggs
d. countdown
149. churn : ______ :: press : wine
a. paddle
b. cream
c. butter
d. stomach
150. collar : shirt :: ______ : hat
a. button
b. visor
c. pullover
d. hood
151. dough : bread ::
______ : pancake
a. griddle
b. cake
c. batter
d. oven
152. ______ : skid ::
obstacle : swerve
a. bike
b. ice
c. wheel
d. roadway
153. wheat : chaff ::
quality : ______
a. thresh
b. whole
c. inadequacy
d. worth
154. ______ : forgiveness ::
bribe : influence
a. quarrel
b. lie
c. apology
d. perjury
155. follow : chase ::
nudge : ______
a. thrust
b. pursue
c. catch
d. precede
156. cancel : delay ::
surrender : ______
a. anticipate
b. yield
c. fire
d. army
157. holster : pistol ::
______ : knife
a. weapon
b. rifle
c. sheath
d. club
158. thicket : shrubs ::
______ : stars
a. sun
b. cluster
c. orbit
d. moon
159. postmortem : ______ ::
rainbow : downpour
a. address
b. forecast
c. morning
d. death
160. rake : leaves ::
______ : information
a. homeowner
b. profile
c. census
d. lawn
161. ______ : tradition ::
hedonist : pleasure
a. purist
b. Eden
c. displeasure
d. agnostic
162. swing : ax :: ______ : sword
a. honor
b. dull
c. parry
d. knife
163. elevator : transport ::
rickshaw : ______
a. train
b. bicycle
c. carry
d. slip-shod
164. lightweight : ______ ::
sedan : automobile
a. beam
b. boxer
c. heavyweight
d. traffic
165. knave : ______ ::
coward : bravery
a. retreat
b. beauty
c. truth
d. stoicism
166. ______ : ship ::
telescope : star
a. deck
b. water
c. periscope
d. astronomy
167. tarpaulin : rain ::
______ : stain
a. stove
b. picnic
c. puddle
d. apron
168. sniff : inhale :: ______ : lop
a. crush
b. snit
c. snip
d. adhere
169. outrage : peeve ::
strive : ______
a. attempt
b. curse
c. duel
d. shun
170. decrescendo : ______ ::
recession : economy
a. crescendo
b. finance
c. boom
d. volume
171. thrifty : ______ ::
hungry : gluttonous
a. virtue
b. vice
c. avarice
d. self-control
172. privy : secret ::
sympathetic : ______
a. spy
b. grief
c. clandestine
d. joy
173. pallid : color ::
tactless : ______
a. hue
b. tasteless
c. verve
d. diplomatic
174. din : ______ :: odor : garbage
a. crowd
b. tree
c. dark
d. nose
175. ______ : incising ::
spatula : lifting
a. pancake
b. bullhorn
c. scalpel
d. truck
176. break : shift ::
minute : ______
a. second
b. hour
c. spell
d. work
177. ______ : service :: juror : jury
a. inductee
b. judge
c. martial
d. sequester
178. ratchet : ______ ::
grow : inches
a. tools
b. shrink
c. yards
d. stages
179. cellar : house :: ______ : ship
a. land
b. hold
c. ocean
d. wave
180. economy : parsimony ::
______ : rift
a. disagreement
b. fissure
c. bounty
d. river
181. admonish : ______ ::
defeat : conquer
a. administer
b. celebrate
c. negotiate
d. berate
182. ______ : wheat ::
lentil : legume
a. barley
b. bread
c. soup
d. spelt
183. mercenary : wages ::
dilettante : ______
a. enjoyment
b. rifle
c. strife
d. market
184. candle : illuminate ::
______ : cool
a. breeze
b. wick
c. burn
d. refrigerator
185. fop : ______ ::
documentary : reality
a. appearance
b. movie
c. punishment
d. fairytale
Answers
146. d. A median divides a highway, and a net divides a court, as in
tennis.
147. b. A crumb is a particle of bread, and an atom is a particle of a
molecule.
148. d. A countdown precedes a launch, and breakfast precedes lunch.
149. c. A churn is used to make butter, and a press is used to make
wine.
150. b. A collar is part of a shirt, and a visor is part of a hat.
151. c. Dough becomes bread in the cooking process, and batter
becomes a pancake.
152. b. Ice can cause something to skid, and an obstacle can cause
something to swerve.
153. c. Wheat is an antonym of chaff, and quality is an antonym of
inadequacy.
154. c. An apology is used to attain forgiveness, and a bribe is used to
attain influence.
155. a. To follow is less intense than to chase, and to nudge is less
intense than to thrust.
156. b. To cancel is more intense than to delay, and to surrender is
more intense than to yield.
157. c. A holster holds a pistol, and a sheath holds a knife.
158. b. A thicket is a group of shrubs, and a cluster is a group of stars.
159. d. A postmortem follows a death, and a rainbow occurs after a
downpour.
160. c. A rake is used to gather grass, and a census is used to gather
information.
161. a. A purist is fixated on tradition, and a hedonist is fixated on
pleasure.
162. c. Swing is an action taken with an ax, and parry is an action taken
with a sword.
163. c. An elevator is used to transport people, and a rickshaw is used
to carry people.
164. b. Lightweight is a classification for a boxer, and sedan is a
classification for an automobile.
165. c. A knave is one who does not exhibit the truth, and a coward
does not exhibit bravery.
166. c. A periscope is used to look for ships, and a telescope is used to
look for stars.
167. d. A tarpaulin is used to protect from rain, and an apron is used to
protect from stains.
168. c. To sniff is less intense than to inhale, and to snip is less intense
than to lop.
169. a. To outrage is more intense than to peeve, and to strive is more
intense than to attempt.
170. d. A decrescendo is a reduction in volume, and a recession is a
reduction in the economy.
171. c. Thrifty describes avarice, and hungry describes gluttonous.
172. b. Privy is sharing in a secret, and sympathetic is sharing in grief.
173. d. Pallid means lacking in color, and tactless means lacking
diplomacy.
174. a. Din, or noise, is a word associated with a crowd, and odor is a
word associated with garbage.
175. c. A scalpel is used to make an incision, and a spatula is used for
lifting.
176. b. A break is part of a shift, and a minute is part of an hour.
177. a. An inductee is a person in military service, and a juror is a
member of a jury.
178. d. To ratchet means to increase by stages, and to grow is to
increase by inches.
179. b. A cellar is a lower storage area in a house, and a hold is a lower
storage area on a ship.
180. b. Economy is a synonym of parsimony, and fissure is a synonym
of rift.
181. d. To admonish is less intense than to berate, and to defeat is less
intense than to conquer.
182. d. Spelt is a type of wheat, and lentil is a type of legume.
183. a. A mercenary performs a task for wages, and a dilettante does
something for enjoyment.
184. d. A candle illuminates when in use; a refrigerator cools when in
use.
185. a. A fop is concerned with appearance, and a documentary is
concerned with reality.