7 Word Analogy Practice

226. malice : charity ::
______ : gloom
a. victim
b. lose
c. glee
d. cloud
227. total : partial ::
______ : smile
a. gums
b. frown
c. expression
d. speak
228. colossal : enormous ::
constant : ______
a. huge
b. time
c. faithful
d. lapsed
229. whole : ______ :: hole : pit
a. pittance
b. whale
c. donut
d. sum
230. ______ : courtroom ::
nurse : hospital
a. writ
b. bailiff
c. doctor
d. law
231. bray : ______ :: bark : dog
a. braid
b. tree
c. donkey
d. seal
232. armor : combat ::
______ : sewing
a. flag
b. needle
c. dueling
d. thimble
233. decoy : duck :: ______ : fish
a. hook
b. lure
c. pond
d. boat
234. barrack : base ::
______ : desert
a. storm
b. tank
c. test
d. adobe
235. scythe : grass ::
______ : beard
a. hair
b. face
c. skin
d. razor
236. Clementine : orange ::
monkey : ______
a. jungle
b. baby
c. ape
d. robot
237. lemon : ______ ::
chocolate : sweet
a. citrus
b. tart
c. lure
d. sauce
238. mean : average ::
kind : ______
a. hurtful
b. meaning
c. variety
d. kindness
239. moray : eel :: morel : ______
a. reel
b. slow
c. fungus
d. aquarium
240. stiff : supple :: fierce : ______
a. rigid
b. subtle
c. ferocious
d. tame
241. hilt : sword ::
needle : ______
a. tease
b. compass
c. dagger
d. kilt
242. often : seldom ::
obsolete : ______
a. antiquated
b. current
c. round
d. mixed
243. nosegay : flowers ::
______ : players
a. tickle
b. fruit
c. team
d. ball
244. olfactory : ______ ::
optical : eye
a. nose
b. ear
c. heart
d. vision
245. risible : ______ ::
unseen : invisible
a. liquid
b. clean
c. funny
d. above
246. swaddle : ______ ::
rattle : shake
a. delay
b. paddle
c. snake
d. envelope
247. defer : postpone ::
proffer : ______
a. cause
b. tender
c. avoid
d. infer
248. rue : ______ ::
rule : dominate
a. avenue
b. domino
c. regret
d. rules
249. abandon : reclaim ::
abate : ______
a. abolish
b. debate
c. rise
d. level
250. ______ : tire ::
change : switch
a. fix
b. roadside
c. spare
d. weary
251. fatuous : sensible ::
______ : generic
a. fat
b. lofty
c. specific
d. generous
252. baleful : beneficent ::
sparse : ______
a. woeful
b. belligerent
c. corrupt
d. dense
253. extend : abridge ::
establish : ______
a. uproot
b. bridge
c. fix
d. make
254. curb : spur :: revere : ______
a. flout
b. pout
c. tout
d. shout
255. mythical : historical ::
general : ______
a. participatory
b. particular
c. colonel
d. orderly
256. surfeit : excess ::
excuse : ______
a. forfeit
b. disallow
c. explanation
d. surface
257. at loggerheads : ______ ::
dumbstruck : amazement
a. forest
b. awe
c. disagreement
d. agreement
258. canonize : unshroud ::
ignore : ______
a. gape
b. jibe
c. bunk
d. slag
259. bona fide : deceit ::
languid : ______
a. action
b. weakness
c. truthful
d. bon mot
260. cordon : ______ ::
seam : stitches
a. corduroy
b. troops
c. chicken
d. thread
Answers
226. c. Malice is an antonym for charity, and glee is an antonym for
gloom.
227. b. Total is an antonym for partial, and frown is an antonym for
smile.
228. c. Colossal is a synonym for enormous, and constant is a synonym
for faithful.
229. d. Whole is another word for sum, and hole is another word for
pit.
230. b. A bailiff works in a courtroom, and a nurse works in a hospital.
231. c. Bray is associated with a donkey’s cry, and bark is associated
with a dog’s cry.
232. d. Armor is worn for protection is combat, and a thimble is worn
for protection in sewing.
233. b. A decoy is used to attract a duck, and a lure is used to attract
fish.
234. d. A barrack is a structure found on a base, and an adobe is a
structure found in the desert.
235. d. A scythe is used to cut grass, and a razor cuts a beard.
236. c. An orange is a larger citrus fruit than a clementine; an ape is a
larger primate than a monkey.
237. b. A lemon is tart in taste; chocolate is sweet in taste.
Note: lemon is also a citrus fruit, but the relationship between
chocolate and sweet makes the parallel choice tart, not citrus.
238. c. Mean is a synonym for average, and kind is a synonym for
variety.
239. c. Moray is a type of eel, and morel is a type of fungus.
240. d. Stiff is an antonym for supple, and fierce is an antonym for
tame.
241. b. A hilt is part of a sword, and a needle is part of the compass.
242. b. Often is an antonym for seldom, and obsolete is an antonym for
current.
243. c. A nosegay is a group of flowers, and a team is a group of
players.
244. a. Olfactory relates to the sense of smell, or a nose, and optical
relates to vision, or an eye.
245. c. Risible is a synonym for funny, and unseen is a synonym for
invisible.
246. d. To swaddle means to envelop, and to rattle means to shake.
247. b. To defer is a synonym of to postpone, and to proffer is a
synonym of to tender.
248. c. To rue means to regret, and to rule means to dominate.
249. c. To abandon is an antonym of to reclaim, and to abate is an
antonym of to rise.
250. d. To weary means to tire, and to change means to switch.
251. c. Fatuous is an antonym for sensible, and specific is an antonym
for generic.
252. d. Baleful is an antonym for beneficent, and sparse is an antonym
for dense.
253. a. To extend is an antonym of to abridge, and to establish is an
antonym of to uproot.
254. a. To curb is an antonym of to spur, and to revere is an antonym of
to flout.
255. b. Mythical is an antonym for historical, and general is an
antonym for particular.
256. c. Surfeit is another word for excess, and excuse is another word
for explanation.
257. c. At loggerheads means to be in disagreement, and dumbstruck
means to be in amazement.
258. a. Canonize is an antonym for unshroud, and ignore is an
antonym for gape.
259. a. Bona fide is characterized by a lack of deceit, and languid is
characterized by a lack of action.
260. b. A cordon is a line of troops; a seam is a line of stitches.