GRE Analogies Practice Test 03

1. BOAST :: LANGUAGE

A. glare : anger
B. swagger : gait
C. stare : sight
D. grow : height
E. enrage : anger

2. BELITTLE :: DISPARAGE

A. jeopardize : protect
B. efface : inscribe
C. assuage : increase
D. deride : ridicule
E. decrease : augment

3. VIRULENT :: INNOCUOUS

A. pretentious : harmful
B. reprehensible : praiseworthy
C. strong : delicate
D. epidemic : widespread
E. antiseptic : medical

4. INCOHERENT :: CLARITY

A. quiet : volume
B. normal : austerity
C. stagnant : light
D. scribbled : writing
E. tidy : mind

5. DESECRATE :: HOLY

A. despoil : beautiful
B. beautify : ugly
C. glamorize : rich
D. damage : corporeal
E. improve : dull

6. VIRTUOSO :: ACCOMPLISHED

A. aesthete : austere
B. servant : servile
C. hedonist : pretentious
D. priest : orthodox
E. philanthropist : generous

7. AUTHORITARIAN :: STRICT

A. fallacious : fraught
B. fastidious : particular
C. exemplary : arrogant
D. apprehensive : eager
E. neutral : objective

8. HOMOGENEOUS :: KIND

A. fast : speed
B. suspicious : origin
C. diverse : route
D. contemporary : time
E. disparate : place

9. CONSPICUOUS :: VISIBLE

A. sensual : audible
B. irrevocable : changed
C. elastic : stretched
D. ignominious : denounced
E. sensitive : felt

10. AUTHENTIC :: APOCRYPHAL

A. immune : dangerous
B. conventional : unorthodox
C. pious : religious
D. eccentric : strange
E. reticent : chaotic

11. TEMPER :: HARD

A. mitigate : severe
B. provoke : angry
C. endorse : tough
D. infer : certain
E. scrutinize : clear

12. STANZA :: POEM

A. chapter : novel
B. prose : verse
C. stave : music
D. song : chorus
E. overture : opera

13. ABSTEMIOUS :: INDULGE

A. subversive : undermine
B. diffident : confide
C. profligate : spend
D. gregarious : participate
E. submissive : assert

14. FRAGMENT :: MERGE

A. engage : marry
B. loose : tighten
C. splinter : join
D. mend : rend
E. diverge : convex

15. PROLIFIC :: UNFRUITFUL

A. new : old
B. blooming : withered
C. fertile : barren
D. fresh : stale
E. fecund : fervid