GRE Analogies Practice Test 09

1. WOOD :: SAW

A. ice : igloo
B. metal : chisel
C. butter : knife
D. paper : clip
E. stone : wall

2. FORD :: STREAM

A. pass : mountain
B. route : avenue
C. field : pasture
D. score : music
E. alley : building

3. SUPPORT :: PATRON

A. bluster : braggart
B. inspiration : muse
C. glory : hero
D. praise : parent
E. honor : soldier

4. CURATOR :: MUSEUM

A. captain : household
B. servant : abode
C. conductor : music
D. athlete : competition
E. warden : prison

5. INCUMBENT :: OFFICE

A. employee : career
B. landlord : accommodation
C. officer : station
D. monarch : throne
E. politician : presidency

6. NEOPHYTE :: EXPERIENCE

A. traitor : trust
B. teacher : education
C. vagrant : abode
D. magnate : power
E. scholar : knowledge

7. SYMPHONY :: MUSIC

A. epic : poem
B. anecdote : story
C. opera : theater
D. verse : poem
E. anthem : novel

8. ADMONISH :: SCOLD

A. concur : disagree
B. persuade : lure
C. attack : mollify
D. arouse : stupefy
E. conceal : hide

9. SYNTHESIS :: PARTS

A. merger : laws
B. confluence : streams
C. smelting : ores
D. abnegation : vows
E. dissipation : energy

10. TORTUOUS :: DIRECT

A. angular : bent
B. curvaceous : rotund
C. enervated : weak
D. meandering : straight
E. harsh : strict

11. CRITERIA :: JUDGEMENT

A. signs : direction
B. mistakes : contrition
C. paradoxes : clarity
D. data : evaluation
E. superstitions : destiny

12. BELLICOSE :: AGGRESSION

A. unconcerned : anxiety
B. willful : compliance
C. pliant : tractability
D. somber : jollity
E. guilty : remorse

13. CHOLERIC :: ANGER

A. sanguine : optimism
B. saturnine : cheer
C. jovial : melancholy
D. jaundiced : hope
E. introverted : charity

14. AMUSE :: DIVERT

A. regale : entertain
B. scuttle : salvage
C. encapsulate : expand
D. expurgate : repeal
E. aggrandize : moderate

15. EXACERBATE :: BETTER

A. elucidate : clear
B. engender : constant
C. accredit : spurious
D. enlarge : capacious
E. ameliorate : worse