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Example Questions
Example Question #23 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Glorious is to glory as __________.
malpractice is to bad
acrimonious is to acrimony
exalt is to praise
fame is to celebraties
doubt is to doubtful
acrimonious is to acrimony
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-ous." This suffix takes a noun (like "glory" or "nerves") and makes an adjective meaning full of [noun]. Like "glorious" means full of glory, "acrimonious" means full of acrimony, or bitterness.
Example Question #24 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Shame is to shameful as spite is to __________.
spiteful
embarassment
mistake
spiritual
evil
spiteful
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-ful." This suffix takes a noun (like "shame" or "spite") and turns it into an adjective meaning characterized by [noun]. "Shameful" means characterized by shame and "spiteful" means characterized by spite.
Example Question #25 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Speechless is to speech as artless is to __________.
administration
art
creativity
silence
science
art
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-less." This suffix takes a noun (like "speech" or "art") and turns it into an adjective meaning without [noun]. "Speechless" means without speech or unable to speak, and "artless" means without art, or in other words, naturally and naïvely, without any pretentiousness.
Example Question #26 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Bothersome is to bother as quarrelsome is to __________.
annoy
control
quarrel
acquiesce
argument
quarrel
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-some." This suffix takes a noun (like "bother" or "quarrel") and makes it into an adjective meaning characterized by [noun]. "Bothersome" means characterized by bother, and "quarrelsome" means characterized by quarrels.
Example Question #27 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Good is to best as sleepy is to __________.
nap
tired
awake
sleepier
sleepiest
sleepiest
The relationship has to do with superlative adjectives. Normally, a superlative is formed by adding the suffix "-est" (e.g. "sleepy" and "sleepiest"). A superlative adjective means the most [adjective], so "sleepiest" means the most sleepy. "Best" is an exception; it is an irregular superlative that means the most good.
Example Question #28 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Anthropologist is to society as zoologist is to __________.
cartoons
religion
animals
music
history
animals
The suffix "-ologist" means someone who studies and the prefix "anthro-" means related to humans and human society, so an “anthropologist” is someone who studies human societies. To solve this analogy, you have to figure out what a “zoologist” studies, and since the prefix "zoo-" means related to animals, a “zoologist” is someone who studies animals and "animals" is the correct answer.
Example Question #29 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Hydrophobia is to water as heliophobia is to __________.
sunlight
sickness
collision
darkness
moonlight
sunlight
The suffix "-phobia" means fear of and the prefix "hydro-" means related to water, so "hydrophobia" is the fear of water. To solve this analogy, you need to determine of what “heliophobia” is the fear. The prefix "helio-" means related to the sun or to sunlight, so “heliophobia” is the fear of sunlight.
Example Question #30 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Orthodontist is to teeth as pediatrician is to __________.
feet
eyes
adults
legs
children
children
The English word root "dont" or "dent" means having to do with teeth. An “orthodontist” is a type of doctor that corrects problems with teeth, much like a dentist. The word fragment "ped" usually means related to feet when used as a suffix, but as a prefix it is often used to mean related to children, as in “pediatrician,” which means doctor who specializes in treating children,or “pedagogue,” which means teacher of children.
Example Question #41 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Altitude is to height as tonnage is to __________.
weight
height
length
depth
breadth
weight
"Altitude" is the height of a mountain. Just as "altitude" is a specific measure of "height," we need to pick out the quality of which "tonnage" is a specific measure. “Tonnage” refers to how much something, particularly a ship, weighs, so "weight" is the correct answer. The other four answer choices are different measurements of length.
Example Question #42 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Elongate is to lengthen as abbreviate is to __________.
remonstrate
widen
deepen
shorten
exacerbate
shorten
If you “elongate” something you make it longer, or “lengthen” it. To solve this analogy you need to determine the best available synonym for “abbreviate.” To “abbreviate” means to shorten something. To provide further help, “widen” means make wider; “deepen” means make deeper; “exacerbate” means make worse; “remonstrate” means argue with, protest.
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