Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Analogies
Question:
CRUMB : BREAD
A. Ounce : Unit
B. Splinter : Wood
C. Water : Bucket
D. Twine : Rope
E. Cream : Butter
Question:
BOARDS : ROWBOAT
A. Disembarks : Airplane
B. Enters : Account Book
C. Gets On : Bus
D. Refuses : Time
E. Hopes : Fear
A. Sunlight : Daylight
B. Ray : Sun
C. Night : Moon
D. Heat : Cold
E. Moon : Star
Question:
CONSTELLATION : STARS
A. Prison : Bars
B. Assembly : Speaker
C. Troupe : Actors
D. Mountain : Peak
E. Flock : Shepherds
A. Porter : Terminal
B. Writer : Plagiarism
C. Coach : Team
D. Painter : Mural
E. Doctor : Stethoscope
Question:
SUBMERGE : WATER
A. Parch : Soil
B. Bury: Earth
C. Suffocate : Air
D. Disperse : Gas
E. Extinguish : Fire
Submerge: to place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
Parch: to expose (corn, peas, etc.) to great heat so as to dry or roast slightly
Extinguish: to put out (a fire, etc.); quench; smother,to put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
Suffocate: to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs
Synonyms
Question:
ABASE
A. Tax
B. Incur
C. Estimate
D. Humiliate
Question:
ABATE
A. Give Aid
B. Lessen
C. To Degrade
D. Afford
A. Deviation
B. Anecdote
C. Absence
D. Dislike
Question:
ABET
A. Evade
B. Conceive
C. Protect
D. Encourage
A. Costly
B. Volatile
C. Bitter
D. Provocative
Question:
ACCLIMATION
A. Adaptation
B. Keen Interested
C. Storm, S End
D. Decline
A. Torpid
B. Sever Right
C. Protract
D. Dovetail
E. Limn
Question:
HAUGHTY
A. Disdainful
B. Epicurean
C. Poignant
D. Ragamuffin
E. Subservient Right
Question:
PROFLIGATE
A. Reproach
B. Slake
C. Chaste Right
D. Obfuscate
E. Gush
Question:
FERVENT
A. Phlegmatic
B. Grandiloquent
C. Ineffable
D. Mince
E. Pellucid
A. Occult
B. Mundane Right
C. Maverick
D. Inimical
E. Frantic
Question:
FOIBLE
A. Forte Right
B. Fulmination
C. Edacious
D. Covetous
E. Vigorous
A. Appreciable Right
B. Nugatory
C. Veer
D. Salutary
E. Sedulous
A. Used
B. Forwarded
C. Contributed
D. Spent
E. Channeled
A. Clarified.......Data
B. Eased.......Interpretations
C. Resolved.......Complications
D. Caused.......Hypotheses
E. Revealed........Inconsistencies
Question:
The selection committee for the exhibit was amazed to see such fine work done by a mere_______ .
A. Connoisseur
B. Artist
C. Amateur
D. Entrepreneur
E. Exhibitionist
Mere: nothing more or other than; only (as said to be) !a mere boy"
Connoisseur : a person who has expert knowledge and keen discrimination in some field, esp.
in the fine arts or in matters of taste
Amateur : a person who engages in some art, science, sport, etc. for the pleasure of it rather
than for money; a nonprofessional
Entrepreneur: a person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk
for the sake of the profit
Question:
Many hours of practice are required of a successful musician, so it is often not so much ______ as
_______ that distinguishes the professional from the amateur.
A. Genius ....... Understanding
B. Money ....... Education
C. Talent ....... Discipline
D. Fortitude ....... Mediocrity
E. Technique ....... Pomposity
Question:
In view of the extenuating circumstances and the defendants youth, the judge recommended
________.
A. Conviction
B. A Defense
C. A Mistrial
D. Leniency
E. Life Imprisonment
Extenuating : to lessen or seem to lessen the seriousness of (an offense, guilt, etc.)
Conviction : the act of convincing
Mistrial : a prejudicial error in the proceedings or lack of jurisdiction by the court
Question:
Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutional republics overnight; on the contrary, the change
was _______ .
A. Unpopular
B. Unexpected
C. Advantageous
D. Sufficient
E. Gradual
Question:
Although it was not apparent at the time, in _______ we can see how Miles Davis performances in the
1970s were ______ by what was happening then in popular music.
A. Retrospect.......Influenced
B. Effect.......Modified
C. Fact.......Unchanged
D. Foresight.......Endangered
E. Time.......Engendered