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GRE - Analogies - Test 7

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Select the word pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

1. SNEER :: CONTEMPT

A. lament : mockery
B. glower : anger
C. confess : sorrow
D. chide : repentence
E. rejoice : mirth

2. TIFF :: QUARREL

A. skirmish : battle
B. fight : debate
C. fiasco : disgrace
D. joy : exercise
E. peccadillo : improvement

3. DAPPLED :: SPOTS

A. riddled : holes
B. checked : lines
C. serrated : squares
D. blanched : stains
E. rotund : circles

4. ARENA :: CONFLICT

A. forum : discussion
B. agenda : meeting
C. theater : direction
D. building : construction
E. precinct : police

5. PETRIFY:: STONE

A. electrify : interest
B. engrave : inscription
C. ossify : bone
D. glorify : saint
E. mould: coin

6. PARTISAN :: CAUSE

A. skeptic : doubt
B. pariah : orthodoxy
C. insurgent : clique
D. sectarian : sect
E. guerrilla : tactic

7. FLEDGLING :: INEXPERIENCED

A. novice : unseasoned
B. mentor : sanguine
C. facilitator : harsh
D. tyrant : vulnerable
E. lobbyist : verbose

8. PEERLESS :: SURPASSED

A. grandiose : ignored
B. indisputable : challenged
C. opaque : seen
D. perplexed : confounded
E. lavish : bettered

9. EMBARKATION :: VOYAGE

A. criterion : judgement
B. inception : project
C. delineation : argument
D. diatribe : attack
E. conservation : region

10. ACROBAT :: LITHE

A. sycophant : altruistic
B. cartographer : circumspect
C. surgeon : dextrous
D. pariah : bombastic
E. raconteur : taciturn

11. STANCH :: FLOW

A. corroborate : claim
B. scrutinize : document
C. validate : law
D. whet : appetite
E. damp : oscillation

12. PROLIFERATE :: NUMBER

A. disseminate : information
B. promulgate : area
C. atrophy : strength
D. malinger : capacity
E. dilate : size

13. EDIFICE :: BUILDING

A. fence : gate
B. shed : cottage
C. wood : orchard
D. portal : door
E. tower : belfry

14. CORPOREAL :: BODY

A. existential : spirit
B. macroscopic : microscope
C. rational : mind
D. fetal : child
E. sartorial : satire

15. PROLIFIC :: FRUITFUL

A. blooming : sprouted
B. technical : innovative
C. fertile : productive
D. parental : filial
E. lucid : glowing