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Example Question #411 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Arable is to __________ as pluvial is to rainfall.
heating
buying
farming
forbidding
cleaning
farming
"Pluvial" means related to, or characterized by, "rainfall." So, to solve this analogy you simply need to determine which of these is related to the word "arable." Well, "arable" means (of land) fit for "farming."
Example Question #412 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Gastric is to __________ as pulmonary is to lungs.
breathing
brain
digesting
thinking
stomach
stomach
"Pulmonary" means of or related to "lungs." So, to solve this analogy you simply need to determine what "gastric" is related to. The correct answer is that "gastric" means of or related to the "stomach."
Example Question #413 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Hepatic is to liver as sartorial is to _____________.
traveling
mind
clothing
housing
soul
clothing
"Hepatic" means of or related to the "liver." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is described by the word "sartorial." The correct answer is that "sartorial" means of or related to "clothing."
Example Question #414 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Argent is to __________ as quicksilver is to mercury.
coal
silver
iron
diamond
oil
silver
"Quicksilver" is another term for "mercury." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is another term for "argent." The correct answer is that "argent" means of, related to, "silver."
Example Question #415 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Nautical is to sailors as phonetic is to ______________.
bankers
sounds
soldiers
taste
nurses
sounds
The term "nautical" means related to sailing or "sailors." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words is described by the word "phonetic." The correct answer is that "phonetic" means of or related to speech and "sounds."
Example Question #416 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Sylvan is to woods as vinous is to __________.
water
tea
coffee
wine
milk
wine
"Sylvan" means of or related to the "woods," having the quaint qualities of a forest. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what the word "vinous" describes. The correct answer is that "vinous" means related to, having the taste of, "wine."
Example Question #41 : Other Specific Terminology
Complete this analogy.
Ornithology is to __________ as Sinology is to China.
farming
America
birds
grass
humans
birds
"Zoology" means the study of animals." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what "ornithology" is the study of. The correct answer is "birds." The prefix ornitho- means "bird."
Example Question #42 : Other Specific Terminology
Complete this analogy.
Visceral is ____________ as visual is to eye.
home
relationship
moon
feeling
body
body
"Visual" refers to things relating to visual perception, which is done through the "eye." "Visceral" means that something is related to viscera, which only comes from a "body."
Example Question #417 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Egalitarian is to equality as prurient is to __________.
ethnicity
faith
sexuality
healthcare
occupation
sexuality
An "egalitarian" is a person who believes that all people are "equal" and who advocates for fairness and "equality" in society. So, an "egalitarian" is concerned with "equality," what is a "prurient" concerned with? Well, the correct answer is that a "prurient" is someone who is excessively concerned with "sexual" affairs, someone who is voyeuristic. So, the correct answer is "sexuality."
Example Question #418 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Aesop is to fable as Shakespeare is to __________.
Essay
Sonnet
Concert
Movie
Tome
Sonnet
Aesop is most famous for his writing of fables, as in Aesop’s Famous Fables. A fable is a short story with a moral lesson ingrained within. To solve this analogy it is necessary to determine which answer choice is a type of work made famous by Shakespeare. The correct answer is therefore “sonnet.” A Sonnet is a fourteen-line poem with an established iambic pentameter structure. For clarification, a tome is a long and dense book.
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