Tips for Doing Analogies
Try to determine the relationship between the first pair of words.
Eliminate any pairs in your answer choices that dont have the same relationship.
Try putting the first pair into a sentence: "Aspirin relieves a headache." Therefore, a nap relieves fatigue.
Sometimes paying attention to the words parts of speech helps. For example "knife" (noun) : "cut" (verb) : :
"pen" (also a noun) : "write" (also a verb).
Common Relationships Between Word Pairs
1. Sameness (synonyms) boring : monotonous
wealthy : affluent : : indigent : poverty-stricken
2. Oppositeness (antonyms) genuine : phony
zenith : nadir : : pinnacle : valley
3. Classification Order (general - specific) food : fruit : peach
orange : fruit : : beet : vegetable
4. Difference of Degree (or Connotative Values) cool : cold : frozen
slender : skinny
clever : crafty : : modest : prim
5. Person Related to Tool, Major Trait, Skill, or Interest writer : novel
entomologist : insects : : philosopher : ideas
6. Part and Whole wheels : bicycle
eraser : pencil : : tooth : comb
7. Steps in a Process birth : life : death
cooking : serving : : word processing : printing
8. Cause and Effect (or Typical Result) poison : death
fire : scorch : : blizzard : freeze
9. Thing and Its Function shovel : dig
scissors : cut : : pen : write
10. Qualities or Characteristics gold : valuable
aluminum : lightweight : : thread : fragile
11. Substance Related to End Product cow : milk
silk : scarf : : wool : sweater
12. Implied Relationships light : knowledge
clouds : sun : : hypocrisy : truth
13. Thing and What It Lacks spinster : husband
atheist : belief : : indigent : money
14. Symbol and What It Represents Uncle Sam : U. S.
dove : peace : : four-leaf clover : luck
Homework
22. ameliorate : better : : _______________
amicable : friendship
animosity : amity
worsen : annoy
arcane : mysterious
erudite : obtuse
23. skeleton : body : : ________________
base : root
superstructure: ship
wings : plane
bow : vessel
room : house
24. squash : vine : : ___________________
vegetable : plant
apple : tree
fruit : bush
shrub : berry
strawberry : bush
25. honey : hive : : ___________________
water : tub
liquid : bowl
wine : cask
batter : pan
thermos : soup
26. radiance : glimmer : : _______________
glow : shine
sparkle : glitter
dark : light
heat waves : shimmer
midday : dawn
27. cow : cheese : : ___________________
whale : perfume
steak : steer
venison : deer
bee : pollen
cream : goat
28. scrivener : scroll : : ________________
paper : parchment
artist : work
woodsman : axe
seamstress : garment
engraver : stamp
29. bellicose : sedate : : _______________
stentorian : loud
placid : pacific
wizened : fleshy
inchoate : unformed
murky : livid
30. tantamount : equivalent : : ___________
astride : horse
succinct : concise
equal : evenly
equestrian : skilled
main : ambivalent
55 Questions - 22 Minutes
1. arrival : departure : : ________ : death
life
person
birth
train
2. elbow : arm : : knee : _________
walking
finger
leg
nose
3. car : road : : train : ________
track
vehicle
fast
wheel
4. baiting hook : fishing : : ____ : hunting
loading gun
firing gun
stalking game
aiming gun
5. violence : activity : : melancholy : ____
evening
cruelty
mood
silence
6. man : trousers : : woman : __________
clothing
skirt
hat
blanket
7. university : institution : : mayor : ___
official
town
law
councilman
8. grass : soil : : seaweed : ___________
water
salty
river
fish
9. truthfulness : court : : cleanliness : __
virtue
restaurant
bath
pig
10. egg : fish : : ________ : plant
leaf
root
seed
stem
11. lion : animal : : flower : _______
plant
grass
roots
rose
12. wave : crest : : _________ : peak
water
top
moving
mountain
13. falling : gravitation : : collapse : ____
balloon
electricity
pressure
destruction
14. professor : _____ : : musician :
entertainment
pupils
school
homework
instruction
15. grains : sand : : drops : __________
rain
snow
surf
flood
16. wave : tide : : moment : ________
time
ocean
tardiness
clock
17. wife : woman : : _______ : man
father
groom
boy
husband
18. book : _______ : : comb : tooth
title
library
page
knowledge
19. boy : child : : man : ________
father
uncle
adult
person
20. flower : weed : : _______ : buzzard
plant
swan
bird
vulture
21. author : novel : : _________ : song
singer
musician
composer
writer
tune
22. wind : blow : : rain : _______
flood
water
measure
fall
drops
23. profess : creed : : advocate : ____
nuance
intimations
cherub
doctrine
protagonist
24. inarticulate : verbal : : contemporary
:_____
delicate
Philistine
prehistoric
mortal
misogyny
25. ludicrous : satirical : : delicious : ___
succulent
intriguing
obscure
grasping
irrational
26. conspicuous : obscure : : eccentric :
___
picturesque
tedious
odd
foolhardy
conventional
27. subtle : nuance : : pedantic : _______
pragmatic
academic
initial
constant
latter
28. allude : refer : : proclivity : _____
tendency
illusion
gamut
scrutiny
relegate
29. despair : hope : : permanence : _____
transience
acquisition
chauvinism
recalcitrance
infinity
30. smile : happiness : : crocus :
________
flower
spring
garden
planting
sign
31. allay : _______ : : temporize : stall
manipulate
erode
calm
impede
exaggerate
32. Grim Reaper : death : : Cupid :_____
Valentine
arrow
cherub
heart
love
33. resole : shoe : : _______
refine : chemicals
rescue : emergency
repair : damage
rerun : television
restring : guitar
34. censure : reprehensible : : _________
jewelry : valuable
provide : supportive
applause : enthusiastic
inquire : informed
continue : initial
35. happiness : smile : : ______ : frown
worry
terror
mood
temper
encomium
36. water : ___________ : : food : hunger
element
drink
starvation
liquid
thirst
37. studio : art : : ____________ : music
painting
conservatory
hall
study
band room
38. plow :_______ : : scalpel : incision
soil
clearing
furrow
earth
agriculture
39. government : ______ : : media : news
rule
bureaus
people
laws
legislature
40. chapeau : head : :______ : arm
bracelet
watch
sleeve
clothing
elbow
41. light bulb : electricity : : car : ______
oil
motor
wheels
generator
gasoline
42. health : illness : : government : _____
law
anarchy
theocracy
matriarchy
trouble
43. verse : song : : ____________ : cob
kernel
part
ear
stalk
yellow
44. cows : herd : : geese : ___________
crowd
group
gaggle
pride
pack
45. lawyer : chicanery : : ______________
merchant : astute
mountebank : quack
charlatan : fraud
statistician : accuracy
surgeon : ineptitude
46. pediatrician : children : : ________
numismatist : therapy
linguist : language
podiatrist : bones
lawyer : suits
pickpocket : thief
47. peck : bushel : : _______________
quart : half gallon
cup : quart
pint : quart
ounce : cup
pint : gallon
48. denigrate : praise : : ______________
languorous : dynamic
crafty : cunning
perspicacious : shrewd
deplore : regret
facetious : humorous
49. cat : feline : : _________________
tomboy : feminine
cow : canine
masculine : man
bull : taurine
woman : virile
50. performer : play : : ______________
light : source
power : machine
horse : cart
bulb : switch
engine : motor
51. rock : permanence : : _____________
harmony : accord
sin : stigma
diamond : brilliance
gold : greedy
oak tree : strength
52. words : speech : : ________________
peeling : orange
leaves : tree
pages : book
potato : skin
seeds : apple
53. expression : face : : ____________
pleasant : smile
appearance : inside
hair : head
fade : building
features : look
54. agnostic : doubt : : _____________
architect : truth
weed : ugliness
fanatic : patience
skeptic : faith
atheist : denial
55. tiger : ferocious : : ______________
deer : timorous
cow : milk
proud : lion
dog : pet
mule : tractable
