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GRE - Analogies - Test 10
in Analogies
Select the word pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
1. CACKLE :: GEESE
A. coop : poultryB. troupe : monkeys
C. bray : donkey
D. desert : iguana
E. flipper : whale
2. PORTION :: FOOD
A. apartment : dwellingB. meal : dessert
C. fork : utensil
D. amount : number
E. dose : drug
3. ESSAY :: THESIS
A. story : protagonistB. novel : book
C. writer : fiction
D. article : topic
E. law : stricture
4. MUSICIAN :: VIRTUOSO
A. poet : bardB. empress : subject
C. explorer : embarkation
D. opportunist : politician
E. controller : actor
5. FURTIVE :: BEHAVIOR
A. evanescent : actionsB. cerebral : thoughts
C. conditioned : reflex
D. awkward : speech
E. covert : action
6. RATIFY :: TREATY
A. delineate : detourB. sanction : expenditure
C. congregate : church
D. escalate : conflict
E. decry : misdemeanor
7. GRANDIOSE :: PLAN
A. intricate : mapB. educated : guess
C. ornate : building
D. querulous : child
E. ignorant : oaf
8. BEACON :: LIGHT
A. precept : principleB. shroud : cloud
C. contradiction : confusion
D. command : order
E. dagger : weapon
9. EXTRICATE :: ENSNARED
A. enfranchise : sufferingB. condone : sinning
C. coordinate : coherent
D. liberate : enslaved
E. donate : desperate
10. EDITORIAL : OPINION
A. magazine : doctrineB. forum : censorship
C. headline : synopsis
D. biography : life history
E. catalog : requisition
11. FETTER : MOVEMENT
A. shoulder : supportB. bastion : strength
C. catacomb : death
D. precinct : law breaking
E. gag : speech
12. IMPASSE :: DEADLOCK
A. moratorium : instigationB. quandary : dilemma
C. exegesis : confusion
D. paradigm : prognosis
E. quantum : limitation
13. CATHARSIS :: EMOTION
A. excoriation : maladyB. extenuation : innocence
C. absolution : guilt
D. elegy : mourning
E. contrition : sorrow
14. UNWITTING :: AWARENESS
A. alone : companionshipB. clandestine : complicity
C. egregious : oblivion
D. dormant : torpor
E. diurnal : permission
15. NASCENT :: MORIBUND
A. sophomoric : puerileB. covetous : greedy
C. sycophantic : servile
D. shrewd : disingenuous
E. germinal : senescent
