GRE Analogies Practice Test 10

1. CACKLE :: GEESE

A. coop : poultry
B. troupe : monkeys
C. bray : donkey
D. desert : iguana
E. flipper : whale

2. PORTION :: FOOD

A. apartment : dwelling
B. meal : dessert
C. fork : utensil
D. amount : number
E. dose : drug

3. ESSAY :: THESIS

A. story : protagonist
B. novel : book
C. writer : fiction
D. article : topic
E. law : stricture

4. MUSICIAN :: VIRTUOSO

A. poet : bard
B. empress : subject
C. explorer : embarkation
D. opportunist : politician
E. controller : actor

5. FURTIVE :: BEHAVIOR

A. evanescent : actions
B. cerebral : thoughts
C. conditioned : reflex
D. awkward : speech
E. covert : action

6. RATIFY :: TREATY

A. delineate : detour
B. sanction : expenditure
C. congregate : church
D. escalate : conflict
E. decry : misdemeanor

7. GRANDIOSE :: PLAN

A. intricate : map
B. educated : guess
C. ornate : building
D. querulous : child
E. ignorant : oaf

8. BEACON :: LIGHT

A. precept : principle
B. shroud : cloud
C. contradiction : confusion
D. command : order
E. dagger : weapon

9. EXTRICATE :: ENSNARED

A. enfranchise : suffering
B. condone : sinning
C. coordinate : coherent
D. liberate : enslaved
E. donate : desperate

10. EDITORIAL : OPINION

A. magazine : doctrine
B. forum : censorship
C. headline : synopsis
D. biography : life history
E. catalog : requisition

11. FETTER : MOVEMENT

A. shoulder : support
B. bastion : strength
C. catacomb : death
D. precinct : law breaking
E. gag : speech

12. IMPASSE :: DEADLOCK

A. moratorium : instigation
B. quandary : dilemma
C. exegesis : confusion
D. paradigm : prognosis
E. quantum : limitation

13. CATHARSIS :: EMOTION

A. excoriation : malady
B. extenuation : innocence
C. absolution : guilt
D. elegy : mourning
E. contrition : sorrow

14. UNWITTING :: AWARENESS

A. alone : companionship
B. clandestine : complicity
C. egregious : oblivion
D. dormant : torpor
E. diurnal : permission

15. NASCENT :: MORIBUND

A. sophomoric : puerile
B. covetous : greedy
C. sycophantic : servile
D. shrewd : disingenuous
E. germinal : senescent