D.

FRIEND : HOME ECONOMICS

E. ALGAE : ZOOLOGY
C: The Union Jack (British flag) is part of vexillology, the study of flags;
gymnosperms are part of botany, the study of plants. Toad is not part of ornithology
(A), the study of birds. Turtle is not part of microbiology (B), the study of microscopic
organisms. Friend is not part of home economics (D), the study of cooking, sewing, and
other home skills. Algae, plants, are not part of zoology (E), the study of animals.
WORD ANALOGY
5. TOPAZ : YELLOW
A. DIAMOND : CARAT
B. JEWELER : CLARITY
1. DRIP : GUSH C. SAPPHIRE : RED
A. CRY : LAUGH D. AMETHYST : PURPLE
B. CURL : ROLL E. AMBER : BLUE
C. STREAM : TRIBUTARY D: Topazes are yellow and amethysts are purple. Carats (A) are measures of
D. DENT : DESTROY the weight of diamonds, not their color. Jewelers (B) inspect gems for clarity, a quality
E. BEND : ANGLE other than color. Sapphires (C) are blue, not red. Amber and blue (E) are two different
D: Denting is minor damage and destroying is major; dripping is minor liquid colors; neither is a gem.
flow and gushing is major. Cry and laugh (A) are antonyms. Curl and roll (B), stream
and tributary (C), and bend and angle (E) are all pairs of synonyms. 6. LUMEN : BRIGHTNESS
A. CANDLE : LIGHT
2. WALK : LEGS B. DENSITY : DARKNESS
A. GLEAM : EYES C. NICKEL : METAL
B. CHEW : MOUTH D. INCHES : LENGTH
C. DRESS : HEM E. COLOR : HUE
D. COVER : BOOK D: Lumens measure brightness and inches measure length. Candles do not
E. GRIND : NOSE measure light (A) but emit it. Density does not measure darkness (B) but may create it.
B: Walking is a movement of the legs and chewing is a movement of the Nickel does not measure metal (C) but is a type of metal. Color does not measure hue
mouth. Eyes may gleam (A), but this is not a movement. Dress (C) is a whole, of which (E); these are synonyms.
hem is part; Cover (D) is part of the whole, book. There is an expression, "Keep your
nose to the grindstone;" but grind is not a movement of/upon the nose (E). 7. MACERATION : LIQUID
A. SUBLIMATION : GAS
B. EVAPORATION : HUMIDITY
3. ENFRANCHISE : SLAVERY C. TRAIL : PATH
A. EQUATION : MATHEMATICS D. EROSION : WEATHER
B. LIBERATE : CONFINE E. DECISION : DISTRACTION
C. BONDAGE : SUBJUGATION D: Liquid causes maceration as weather causes erosion: both break things
D. APPEASEMENT : UNREASONABLE down. Gas does not cause sublimation (A) but is subject to it, as humidity is subject to
E. ANATOMY : PHYSIOLOGY evaporation (B). Trail and path (C) are synonyms. Distraction interferes with a decision
B: Enfranchise is to set free/liberate, and slavery is the opposite-i.e. to (E), rather than causing it.
enslave/confine. Both sets are antonyms. Equation is part of mathematics (A). Bondage
and subjugation (C) are synonyms (for each other and slavery). Appeasement and 8. CLUMSY : BOTCH
unreasonable (D) are unrelated. Anatomy and physiology (E) are related subjects. A. WICKED : INSINUATE
B. STRICT : PAMPER
4. UNION JACK : VEXILLOLOGY C. WILLFUL : HEED
A. TOAD : ORNITHOLOGY D. CLEVER : ERADICATE
B. TURTLE : MICROBIOLOGY E. LAZY : SHIRK
C. GYMNOSPERMS : BOTANY
 E: One who is clumsy may botch a job; one who is lazy may shirk work. One A: Morbid and unfavorable are "bad" synonyms, as reputable and favorable are
who is wicked may or may not necessarily insinuate (A); a better adjective for "good" synonyms. Maternal refers to motherhood and is not unfavorable (B).
insinuating something might be sly or subtle. One who is strict does not pamper (B), but Disputatious means argumentative and is not favorable (C). Vigilant means watchful and
the opposite. One who is willful does not heed (C) warnings/directions. Clever, i.e. is not unfavorable. Lax means slack or remiss and is not favorable (E).
ingenious or smart, is unrelated to eradicate (D), to eliminate.
13. SULLEN : BROOD
9. FUGITIVE : FLEE A. LETHARGIC : CAVORT
A. PARASITE : FOSTER B. REGAL : CRINGE
B. BRAGGART : BOAST C. DOCILE : OBEY
C. SAGE : STIFLE D. POISED : BLUNDER
D. BYSTANDER : PROCURE E. DESPONDENT : LAUGH
E. FIREBRAND : QUIBBLE C: One who is sullen (morose) will brood (mope), as one who is docile (compliant) will
B: A fugitive flees; a braggart boasts/brags. A parasite does not foster (A) or obey. One who is lethargic (A) lacks energy/motivation and will not cavort (frolic). One
promote anything, but lives off another. A sage is one who is wise, not one who stifles who is regal (royal/noble) is proud and will not cringe (B), i.e. cower/recoil. One who is
(C), i.e. suppresses, anything. A bystander does not procure (D) or obtain anything, but poised is self-assured and socially adroit, hence unlikely to blunder (D), i.e. commit a
stands by and may observe an event. A firebrand incites others to action but does not social error/faux pas. One who is despondent is depressed/despairing and unlikely to
quibble (E), i.e. dispute, anything. laugh (E).

14. AUTHOR : LITERATE

10. CHRONOLOGICAL : TIME A. CYNIC : GULLIBLE
A. VIRTUAL : TRUTH B. HOTHEAD : PRUDENT
B. ABNORMAL : VALUE C. SAINT : NOTORIOUS
C. MARGINAL : KNOWLEDGE D. JUDGE : IMPARTIAL
D. ORDINAL : PLACE E. DOCTOR : FALLIBLE
E. COINCIDENTAL : HEALTH D: An author is expected to be literate, i.e. well-read, as a judge is expected to
D: Chronological means in order of time, as ordinal means in order in place. be impartial, i.e. objective. A cynic is NOT expected to be gullible (A), i.e. easily fooled.
Virtual means essential, implicit, practical, or almost; not in order of truth (A). Abnormal A hothead acts rashly, not prudently (B) or judiciously. A saint is highly reputable, not
means not normal and not in order of value (B). Marginal means minimal or peripheral, notorious (C), i.e. disreputable. A doctor is not expected to be especially fallible (E), i.e.
not in order of knowledge (C). Coincidental means by chance/occurring together, not in prone to error.
order of health (E).
15. MASSIVE : BULK
11. SOOT : GRIMY A. ULTIMATE : MAGNITUDE
A. FROST : TRANSPARENT B. TRIVIAL : IMPORTANCE
B. SUNSHINE : FRUITLESS C. ANONYMOUS : LUSTER
C. RAIN : SODDEN D. INTERMINABLE : LEGACY
D. PALL : GAUDY E. GIGANTIC : SIZE
E. DUST : RADIANT E: As something massive has great bulk, something gigantic has great size.
C: Soot (ash/carbon) makes things grimy (dirty) as rain makes things sodden Ultimate means final or extreme; magnitude means large amount or importance. Trivial
(soaked). Frost does not make things transparent (A) or clear. Sunshine does not make means unimportant/having the opposite of importance (B). Anonymous means
things fruitless (B) or useless/unproductive. A pall or cloud of gloom does not make unknown, while luster means shine or brilliance. Interminable means unending; legacy
things gaudy (D) or bright. Dust does not make things radiant (E) or glowing. means inheritance or heritage (D).

12. MORBID : UNFAVORABLE 16. ENTICE : REPEL

A. REPUTABLE : FAVORABLE A. GERMINATE : SPROUT
B. MATERNAL : UNFAVORABLE B. FLOURISH : FADE
C. DISPUTATIOUS : FAVORABLE C. OFFICIATE : PRESIDE
D. VIGILANT : UNFAVORABLE D. LUBRICATE : GREASE
E. LAX : FAVORABLE E. IMPLORE : ENTREAT
 B: Entice, meaning attract or allure, is an antonym of repel, meaning reject or D. INVALID : MALADY
repulse; flourish, meaning thrive or be plentiful, is an antonym of fade, meaning E. CANDIDATE : AMBITITON
deteriorate or diminish. Germinate and sprout (A), officiate and preside (C), lubricate A: A braggart lacks modesty; a fledgling (neophyte or inexperienced individual)
and grease (D), and implore and entreat (E) are all pairs of synonyms. lacks experience. An embezzler, who steals money from an employer or client, does not
lack greed (B). A wallflower or shy person does not lack timidity (fearfulness or
17. HUMDRUM : BORE shyness). An invalid or ill person does not lack a malady, i.e. illness. A candidate or
A. GRIM : AMUSE competitor does not lack ambition (E).
B. NUTRITIOUS : SICKEN
C. STODGY : EXCITE II. Analogy Words with Detailed Explanations
D. HEARTRENDING : MOVE
1. HAVOC : DEVASTATION
E. PENDING : WORRY
A. CLARIFICATION : MYSTIFICATION
D: Humdrum means boring, from the verb to bore; heartrending means
B. SURPLUS : SHORTAGE
(emotionally) moving, from the verb to move. Both adjectives come from synonymous
C. FARCE : SHAM
verbs. Grim, meaning gloomy or terrible, would not amuse (A). Nutritious or wholesome
D. TURMOIL : ORDER
foods/things would not sicken (B). Someone/something stodgy, i.e. dull, would not
E. TIMIDITY : AUDACITY
excite (C). Something pending is upcoming; it might worry or gladden one, or do
C: Havoc and devastation are synonyms meaning chaos or destruction. Farce
neither, but would not necessarily worry one (E).
and sham likewise are synonyms, meaning travesty, fake, or trick. Clarification (making
clear) and mystification (making mysterious or unclear) are antonyms (A). Surplus is too
18. HOSPITABLE : COURTESY
much; shortage is too little; so these are antonyms (B). Turmoil is disturbance or
A. MORBID : CHEERFULNESS
turbulence, the opposite/antonym of order (D). Timidity, or fearfulness; and audacity, or
B. VINDICTIVE : SPITE
boldness, are antonyms (E).
C. LEISURELY : HASTE
D. INFAMOUS : HONOR
2. INFAMOUS : UNFAVORABLE
E. DESPONDENT : GLEE
A. MELLOW : FAVORABLE
B: Hospitable is a synonym of courteous (noun = courtesy); morbid, i.e.
B. HOSPITABLE : UNFAVORABLE
unhealthy, disease-related, gloomy, or gruesome, is an antonym of cheerful (noun =
C. VINDICTIVE : FAVORABLE
cheerfulness) (A). A vindictive act is motivated by spite (synonymous). Leisurely means
D. GIGANTIC : UNFAVORABLE
not done in haste (C) (antonymous). Someone/something infamous is notorious, the
E. LAX : FAVORABLE
opposite/antonym of [receiving] honor (D). One who is despondent is experiencing
A: Infamous means notorious or disreputable, which is unfavorable; mellow
depression or despair, not its opposite/antonym glee, i.e. joy or delight.
means serene or calm, which is favorable. Hospitable means courteous and is not
unfavorable (B). Vindictive means spiteful or vengeful and is not favorable (C). Gigantic
19. REINFORCE : STRONGER
means huge or enormous and is not unfavorable (D). Lax means slack or remiss and is
A. ABOUND : LESSER
not favorable (E).
B. DISMANTLE : LONGER
C. WILT : HIGHER
3. LETHARGIC : ENERGY
D. SHIRK : GREATER
A. DESPONDENT : MELANCHOLY
E. ERODE : WEAKER
B. LEISURELY : RELAXATION
E: To reinforce is to make stronger; to erode is to make weaker. To abound is
C. NOTORIOUS : INFAMY
to be plentiful, while lesser means a smaller amount or number (A). To dismantle means
D. MELLOW : WRATH
to take apart; longer means a larger distance or time (B). To wilt means to droop, fade,
E. LAVISH : EXTRAVAGANCE
or wither; higher means at a greater physical elevation or figurative level (C). To shirk is
D: Lethargic means without energy: these are antonyms. Likewise, mellow
to evade; greater means more or larger (D).
means good-humored; wrath means anger/ire, an opposite. One who is despondent is
depressed and feels melancholy (A); these are synonyms. Relaxation is a leisurely state
20. BRAGGART : MODESTY
(B); these are synonyms. Someone/something notorious has infamy, i.e. ill repute;
A. FLEDGLING : EXPERIENCE
these are synonyms. Someone/something doing something lavish, i.e. abundant or
B. EMBEZZLER : GREED
excessive, displays extravagance (E), i.e. indulgent and/or excessive/wasteful expense.
C. WALLFLOWER : TIMIDITY
4. BELLOW : FURY
A. SNICKER : HATRED 8. MEDLEY : MISCELLANEOUS
B. HISS : JOY A. TRUCE : HOSTILE
C. GIGGLE : DREAD B. LUSTER : DULL
D. YAWN : EXCITEMENT C. FLEDGLING : EXPERIENCED
E. GASP : SURPRISE D. REMNANT : COMPLETE
E: One may bellow, i.e. roar or yell, with fury (rage), as one may gasp with E. MALADY : FATAL
surprise. One would snicker (chuckle) mockingly, but not with hatred (A). One might E: A medley is a combination of things, which may be miscellaneous
smile, laugh, or jump, but not hiss, with joy (B). One would giggle with amusement, but (various/assorted), as a malady, or illness, may be fatal (deadly). A truce is an
not with dread (fear) (C). One would yawn with boredom or fatigue, but not with agreement to stop war or hostilities and hence is not hostile (A). Luster is shine and
excitement (D). hence not dull (B). A fledgling is a beginner who is not experienced (C). A remnant is a
5. DISMANTLE : ASSEMBLE small remaining part of something and hence is not complete (D).
A. SHIRK : MALINGER
B. PAMPER : MISTREAT 9. BASKETBALL : HOOP
C. MAR : DISFIGURE A. POOL : CUE
D. RANT : RAVE B. CROQUET : WICKET
E. ABOUND : TEEM C. HOCKEY : PUCK
B: Dismantle (take apart) and assemble (put together) are antonyms, as are D. TENNIS : NET
pamper (indulge or spoil) and mistreat (abuse or harm). Shirk and malinger (A) are E. BASEBALL : BAT
synonyms meaning to evade work. Mar and disfigure (C) are synonyms meaning to B: In basketball, one throws a ball through a hoop; in croquet, one hits a ball
deface or damage. Rant and rave (D) are synonyms meaning to yell or talk on wildly. through a wicket. In pool, one knocks balls into pockets-not into the cue, but using the
Abound and teem (E) are synonyms, meaning to be abundant or plentiful. cue (stick) (A). In hockey, one hits a puck into a goal, not into a puck (C). In tennis,
one hits a ball over, not into (one hopes!) a net (D). In baseball, the ball is hit with the
6. DIALOGUE : PLAYWRIGHT bat, not into it (E).
A. FARCE : BUFFOON
B. NARRATIVE : CHARACTER 10. PLAGUE : MALADY
C. OVERTURE : COMPOSER A. BYSTANDER : PARTICIPANT
D. PACT : HUMORIST B. TIMIDITY : COWARD
E. CLARIFICATION : BENEFICIARY C. ANECDOTE : NARRATIVE
C: Dialogue is written by playwrights, overtures by composers. A farce D. EMBLEM : DIALOGUE
(humorous/ nonsensical play/skit) is not written by a buffoon but contains one (A). A E. PERJURY : HOMICIDE
narrative is not written by a character but contains one (B). A pact is an agreement or C: Plague (epidemic) is a type of malady (illness), as anecdote (C) is a type of
alliance, written by a diplomat, politician, etc., not a humorist (D) or comedian. A narrative (story). Bystander and participant (A) are opposites. Timidity (fearfulness) is a
clarification is written by an author or editor, not a beneficiary (E) or recipient of characteristic of cowards (B), not a type of coward. An emblem is a symbol or insignia,
benefits, as from a will or insurance policy. unrelated to dialogue (conversation or dramatic lines). Perjury is lying/falsifying
courtroom testimony; homicide is murder.
7. FLU : MALADY
A. FINALE : OVERTURE 11. SHERIFF : POSSE
B. FELONY : MISDEMEANOR A. PAINTER : EASEL
C. FUN : FARCE B. STUDENT : TEACHER
D. FLEA : PARASITE C. MASCOT : TEAM
E. FIRE : HEARTH D. SERGEANT : REGIMEN
D: Flu is a type of malady (illness) as flea is a type of parasite (opportunistic E. FOREMAN : JURY
organism). Finale and overture (A) are respectively the last/ending and first/opening E: A sheriff leads a posse; a foreman leads a jury. Painters do not lead easels
movements of a musical composition. Felony and misdemeanor (B) are crimes of (A), which hold the canvases whereon they paint. Students do not lead teachers (B) but
respectively greater and lesser severity. Fun is something one might have attending a are instructed and/or led by teachers. Mascots do not lead teams (C) but represent
humorous play/skit or farce (C). A fire burns in a fireplace; a hearth is in front of a them. A sergeant may lead a regiment (military unit), but not a regimen (D), a
fireplace (E). All incorrect choices are not TYPE: CATEGORY. regulated course of action as with medication/treatment, exercise, diet, or lifestyle.
12. GIGANTIC : SIZE 16. TARANTULA : SPIDER
A. SUBSTANTIAL : MASS A. MARE : STALLION
B. MARGINAL : VOLUME B. MILK : COW
C. BANKRUPT : MONEY C. FLY : PARASITE
D. DESPONDENT : CHEERFULNESS D. SHEEP : GRASS
E. HEARTRENDING : HUMOR E. DRONE : BEE
A: Gigantic is great in size; substantial is great in mass. Marginal means E: A tarantula is a type of spider, a drone a type of bee. A mare is a female, a
minimal or peripheral, not great in volume (amount) (B). Bankrupt means having little stallion a male, horse-two types of one animal, not types of two different animals. Milk
or no money, not great amounts (C). Despondent means depressed, not great in is not a type of cow (B) but (noun) the cow's product, or (verb) an action performed on
cheerfulness (D). Heartrending means emotionally moving or upsetting, not great in cows. A fly is a type of insect, not a type of parasite (C). A sheep eats grass, but is not a
humor (E). type of grass (D).

13. DRUGGIST : PHARMACY 17. RATIFY : YES

A. BALLERINA : TUTU A. LOOM : NO
B. HAND : GLOVE B. ERADICATE : YES
C. WAITER : RESTAURANT C. VETO : NO
D. COACH : TEAM D. STIFLE : YES
E. CHILD : FATHER E. GOAD : NO
C: A druggist works in a pharmacy, a waiter in a restaurant-both business C: To ratify is to say yes; to veto, to say no (typically to legislation). To loom is
places or buildings. A ballerina works in a dance studio and/or theater (business to appear/arise largely, like thunderclouds; to be impending, as an event; or to weave,
place/building) but wears a tutu (dance garment) (A); as a ballerina is clothed in a tutu, as fabric (A). Eradicate means to eliminate/remove/erase (B). Stifle means to suppress,
a hand is clothed in a glove (B); a coach teaches and guides a team (D); and a child is smother, or forcibly end (D). Goad means to urge or prod (E). None of the incorrect
the offspring of a father (E). None of the incorrect answers represents WORKER: choices means to say yes, or no, to anything.
BUSINESS PLACE/BUILDING.
18. GAUDY : TASTEFUL
14. SKI : SNOW A. MASSIVE : VOLUME
A. DRIVE : CAR B. MEAGER : ABUNDANCE
B. GOLF : PUTT C. IMPARTIAL : OBJECTIVITY
C. DANCE : STEP D. CHRONOLOGICAL : TIME
D. SKATE : ICE E. NUTRITIOUS : HEALTH
E. RIDE : HORSE B: Gaudy means tasteless/flashy; tasteful is an antonym. Meager means
D: We ski on snow and skate on ice. We drive with/in a car (A), not on it. A sparse; abundance means plenty. Impartiality, the noun corresponding to the adjective
putt is one action in golf (B), not a surface/green for playing golf. A step is one piece of impartial, means objective (C); these are synonymous. Chronological means related to
a dance (C), not a dance floor. People do ride on horses (E), but the horse, like the car time (D); these are related but not opposites. Nutritious means promoting health (E);
(A) is the means of conveyance, not the surface we travel over as snow and ice are these are related but not antonyms.
skiing and skating surfaces.
19. RITE : CEREMONY
15. VERIFY : TRUE A. MAGNITUDE : SIZE
A. SIGNIFY : CHEAP B. AFFLICTION : BLESSING
B. PURIFY : CLEAN C. CLAMOR : SILENCE
C. TERRIFY : CONFIDENT D. PALL : CLARITY
D. RATIFY : ANGRY E. AGITATION : CALM
E. MORTIFY : RELAXED A: Rite and ceremony are synonyms, as are magnitude and size. Affliction-
B: To verify is to prove true; to purify is to make clean. To signify is to distress or misery-is an antonym of blessing (B). Clamor, or noise, and silence (C) are
represent or show, not make cheap (A). To terrify is to frighten, not make confident or antonyms. Pall, a shroud of darkness or gloom, is an antonym of clarity or clearness.
assured/certain (C). To ratify is to confirm or approve, not make angry (D). To mortify is Agitation, i.e. restlessness or (unpleasant) excitation, is an antonym of calm (E).
to shame, not make relaxed (E).
20. INFLATE : BIGGER E: To inflate means to make bigger; to diminish means to make smaller. Each
A. REVERE : LOWER is a pair of synonyms. To revere is to exalt or raise up, not lower (A). To elongate
B. ELONGATE : SHORTER means to make longer, not shorter (B). To fluctuate means to vary, not make longer
C. FLUCTUATE : LONGER (C). To meditate means to think, contemplate, reflect, or engage in a spiritual/religious
D. MEDITATE : HIGHER practice of relaxation/focus, not make higher (D).
E. DIMINISH : SMALLER