6 Word Analogy Practice

186. ______ : plant ::
stable : horse
a. cow
b. unstable
c. oat
d. nursery
187. dictionary : definition ::
______ : map
a. direction
b. south
c. atlas
d. longitude
188. groom : horse ::
______ : child
a. track
b. nanny
c. gallop
d. infantry
189. ______ : house ::
anklet : sock
a. shoe
b. foot
c. cottage
d. mansion
190. annex : ______ ::
insert : book
a. shelf
b. building
c. page
d. wing
191. ______ : retirement ::
settlement : injury
a. golf
b. lawyer
c. hospital
d. pension
192. ______ : king ::
bench : judge
a. throne
b. queen
c. court
d. knight
193. thumbtack : ______ ::
hook : coat
a. nail
b. poster
c. wall
d. hammer
194. hostel : ______ ::
barn : livestock
a. traveler
b. hotel
c. countryside
d. dog
195. stratus : cloud ::
______ : sound
a. murmur
b. lightning
c. thunderous
d. night
196. nourish : ______ ::
coddle : comfort
a. feed
b. sleep
c. growth
d. wheat
197. ______ : game ::
plagiarize : words
a. crossword
b. poach
c. sports
d. willing
198. speech : ______ :: race : track
a. lectern
b. odds
c. preamble
d. tote
199. ransom : captive ::
______ : service
a. prisoner
b. gratuity
c. military
d. restaurant
200. glade : ______ ::
castle : moat
a. woods
b. greenish
c. royalty
d. water
201. ______ : sheep ::
blight : potato
a. bleat
b. wool
c. rot
d. fold
202. ______ : flood ::
helmet : injury
a. drowned
b. Coast Guard
c. river
d. levee
203. ______ : team ::
freshman : congress
a. senate
b. player
c. rookie
d. junior
204. ______ : bill ::
reimburse : expenses
a. foot
b. doctor
c. charges
d. bond
205. ______ : blow :: stain : spill
a. welt
b. wind
c. blotch
d. rug
206. laconic : words ::
parched : ______
a. heat
b. moisture
c. desert
d. vapid
207. potable : ______ ::
seaworthy : sailing
a. drinking
b. potting
c. portable
d. navigable
208. ______ : course ::
menu : meal
a. chef
b. cafeteria
c. colleges
d. syllabus
209. ______ : channel ::
flare : accident
a. sinking
b. buoy
c. television
d. river
210. indifferent : ______ ::
ardent : zealot
a. stoic
b. altruist
c. cynic
d. zealous
211. bulky : streamlined ::
______ : neat
a. blimp
b. aerodynamic
c. cluttered
d. obese
212. slight : hurt :: lag : ______
a. tardiness
b. braggart
c. heft
d. haste
213. scruff : neck :: stern : ______
a. lecture
b. dirty
c. boat
d. warning
214. valise : ______ :: cask : wine
a. bicycle
b. glass
c. vine
d. clothes
215. guileless : cunning ::
shameless : ______
a. modesty
b. guile
c. winning
d. shameful
216. fist : hand :: ______ : loop
a. wave
b. rings
c. circuit
d. foot
217. brethren : sect ::
actors : ______
a. company
b. church
c. liturgy
d. stagehand
218. bonsai : ______ ::
sequoia : forest
a. leaf
b. sunshine
c. hibiscus
d. pot
219. pylon : ______ ::
baton : orchestra
a. traffic
b. orange
c. safety
d. clarinet
220. logorrhea : words ::
______ : money
a. cash
b. wealth
c. mint
d. pesos
221. chagrin : criticism ::
sag : ______
a. cringe
b. pressure
c. nag
d. redress
222. aglet : shoelace ::
nose : ______
a. smell
b. eye
c. face
d. proboscis
223. heliotrope : ______ ::
turnover : pastry
a. cake
b. angel
c. candle
d. shrub
224. ______ : deciduous ::
pine : coniferous
a. tree
b. oak
c. forest
d. cone
225. folderol : ______ ::
benevolence : charity
a. cash
b. greed
c. nonsense
d. event
Answers
186. d. A nursery houses plants, and a stable houses horses.
187. c. A dictionary is a book containing definitions, and an atlas
contains maps.
188. b. A groom takes care of a horse, and a nanny takes care of a child.
189. c. A cottage is a smaller version of a house, and an anklet is a
smaller version of sock.
190. b. An annex is a structure added to a building, and an insert is
something added to a book.
191. d. A pension is money awarded after retirement, and a settlement
is money awarded after an injury.
192. a. A throne is the seat of a king, and a judge sits on the bench.
193. b. A thumbtack is used to hang a poster, and a hook is used to
hang a coat.
194. a. A hostel is used as shelter for travelers, and a barn is used as
shelter for livestock.
195. a. Stratus is a type of low cloud formation, and murmur is a low
sound.
196. c. To nourish is to encourage growth, and to coddle is to
encourage comfort.
197. b. To poach means to take someone else’s property and call it your
own, and to plagiarize is to take someone else’s words and call
them your own.
198. a. A speech takes place at a lectern, and a race takes place at a
track.
199. b. Ransom is money paid for a captive, and gratuity is money paid
for a service.
200. a. A glade is surrounded by woods, and a castle is surrounded by a
moat.
201. c. Rot is a disease that strikes sheep, and blight is a disease that
strikes potatoes.
202. d. A levee prevents a flood, and a helmet prevents injury.
203. c. A rookie is a new member of a sports team; a freshman is a new
representative in Congress.
204. a. To foot means to pay a bill, and to reimburse means to pay for
expenses.
205. a. A welt is the result of a blow, and a stain is the result of a spill.
206. b. Laconic is characterized by a lack of words, and parched is
characterized by a lack of moisture.
207. a. Something potable is suitable for drinking, and something
seaworthy is suitable for sailing.
208. d. A syllabus is a description of a course, and a menu is a
description of a meal.
209. b. A buoy is used to mark a channel, and a flare is used to mark an
accident.
210. a. Indifferent describes a stoic, and ardent describes a zealot.
211. c. Bulky is an antonym of streamlined, and cluttered is an
antonym of neat.
212. a. To slight causes hurt, and to lag causes tardiness.
213. c. Scruff is the back of the neck, and stern is the back of a boat.
214. d. A valise holds clothing and a cask holds wine.
215. a. To be guileless is to lack cunning, and to be shameless is to lack
modesty.
216. c. A fist is a closed hand, and a circuit is a closed loop.
217. a. Brethren means members of an order or sect, and actors are
members of a company.
218. d. A bonsai tree is grown in a pot, and a sequoia grows in a forest.
219. a. A pylon is used to direct traffic, and a baton is used to direct an
orchestra.
220. b. Logorrhea is an excess of words, and wealth is an excess of
money.
221. b. Chagrin can be the result of criticism, and sag is the result of
pressure.
222. c. An aglet is part of a shoelace, and nose is part of the face.
223. d. A heliotrope is a type of shrub, and a turnover is a type of
pastry.
224. b. Oak is an example of a deciduous tree, and pine is an example
of a coniferous tree.
225. c. Folderol is a synonym for nonsense, and benevolence is a
synonym for charity.