SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Specific Terminology and Homonyms
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Example Question #1 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Weak is to week as meat is to __________.
meet
introduce
pork
strong
shy
meet
"Weak" and "week" are two words that sound the same, but mean something different. So, they are homonyms. Which answer choice sounds the same as meat? The correct answer is “meet.” Meet and meat are also homonyms.
Example Question #41 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Pour is to poor as weight is to __________.
heavy
wait
scale
dense
rich
wait
"Pour" is a homonym of "poor"; homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve this analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "weight." The only word that sounds like weight is “wait," so "wait" is the correct answer.
Example Question #5 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Eight is to ate as ___________.
dinner is to seven
sew is to so
song is to lyric
door is to handle
queen is to king
sew is to so
"Eight" and "ate" are homophones, or words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we are looking for an answer that has a pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer is "sew is to so"!
Example Question #6 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Hear is to here as __________.
tour is to torn
read is to reed
card is to cord
look is to book
card is to deck
read is to reed
"Hear" and "here" are homophones, or words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we are looking for an answer that has a pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer is "read is to reed"!
Example Question #41 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Son is to sun as __________.
feel is to heel
truth is to lie
card is to cash
hair is to hare
dare is to dear
hair is to hare
"Son" and "sun" are homophones—they are pronounced the same, but have different definitions. So, we should look for another pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer choice is "hair is to hare"!
Example Question #42 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Four is to for as allowed is to __________.
five
forbidden
aloud
denied
permitted
aloud
"Four" and "for" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things, so they are homonyms. To solve this analogy, you have to figure out which answer choice is the best homonym of "allowed." The correct answer is “aloud" because "allowed" and "aloud" sound the same but mean different things.
Example Question #43 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Ate is to eight as fair is to __________.
honest
equal
fare
kind
eat
fare
Ate and eight are homonyms, or words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out a word that is pronounced like "fair." The only answer choice that sounds the same as "fair" is "fare," so "fare" is the correct answer.
Example Question #44 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Bare is to bear as knew is to __________.
animal
study
learn
know
new
new
"Bare" and "bear" sound the same but have different meanings, so "bare" is a homonym of "bear." So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out a word that sounds like "knew." The only word that sounds like knew is “new,” so that is the correct answer.
Example Question #45 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Whole is to hole as made is to __________.
part
forced
cleaner
fragment
maid
maid
"Whole" and "hole" are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings; so, they are homonyms of one another. To solve this analogy, you have to determine which answer choice sounds like (is a homonym of) "made." The correct answer is “maid.”
Example Question #46 : Specific Terminology And Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Waist is to waste as __________.
pro is to professional
garbage is to trash
hips are to torso
bold is to bowl
hole is to whole
hole is to whole
"Waist" and "waste" are homophones, meaning that they are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we need to look for an answer choice that also consists of a pair of homophones. So, the best answer choice is "hole is to whole"!
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