Analogies Practice Test 1

hangar is the shed in which an airplane is kept; a stable is the shed in which a horse is kept

A vane or weathercock is an instrument which shows the wind direction). A vane is used for snowing the wind direction; a sundial is used for knowing time.

An anonymous letter has no name; a shapeless object has no form.

Sympathy is an example of emotion; friendship is an example of relationship.

A habit is a customary behaviour; a reflex is an involuntary behaviour.

A threat is given because of hostility (meaning enmity); a compliment is given because of admiration.

An iron is attracted by a magnet; a plant is attracted by sunlight.

Being ardent (meaning passionate) is an intensified form of being interested; being incensed (meaning very angry) is an intensified form of being annoyed.

What is in vogue is generally accepted; what is in disrepute is generally shunned (meaning avoided).

Hyperbole means exaggeration in language; prodigality means excessive spending.

A studio is where an artist works; a laboratory is where a chemist works. (Studio not always means a place where photographs are taken; it is the general name for an artist???s workplace.)

A tidal wave is an intensified form of a ripple; a hurricane is an intensified form of a breeze.

Education dispels ignorance; medicine dispels disease.

The violinist uses a bow to produce sound from a violin; a drummer was a drumstick to produce sound from a drum. (a Drumstick are not attached as parts of a violin or a drum, but are external to them.)

One is dumbfounded in astonishment; on is exasperated (meaning greatly imitated) in frustration (meaning grave disappointment).