BUILDING ANALOGY SKILLS EXERCISE A 1. MASON : WALL :: (a) artist: easel (d) congressman : senator 2. STUDENT ; KNOWLEDGE :: (a) hypocrite : truth (d) hermit: society 3. FIRE ASHES x {a) accident : delay (a) regret : melancholy 4, GOOSE : GANDER {(@) duck: drake (d) dog : kennel 5. PREDICT : FORETELL = (a) procrastinate: expedite (q) anticipate : participate 6. CARPENTER : SAW: (a) stenographer : type (d) seamstress : sci ite 7. CAPTAIN : SHOALS (a) lawyer : litigation (@) doctor w Q@ Sf {a) insect : etymology (q) butterfly : anthropology 10. HORNS : BULL :: (a) mane: (d) hoofs : horse 12. CHAIRPERSON : BOARD (a) mascot : gang (a) foe: battle (b) fisherman ; trout (e) sculptor: museum (b) prospector : gold (e) actor : rehearsal “) (b) wood : sp (eJ event: mei sergeant tsi :indolent y ist: soaked (b) sickle : grass (e) barber : hair (b) wattles : turkey (©) wings : eagle (b) tiger lily: botany. (essay : prosody (b) captain ; team (e) politician : platform Page 86 {c) author: book (©) disciple : discipline (c) wateF! waves fo ¢ © cas {c) lawyer : brief (c) soldier : ambush {c) tepid : frozen (©) carburetor : gasoline {c) antlers : stag (©) granite : biology (© wolf: pack13. FROG: AMPHIBIAN :: (a) whale : mammatian (d) dog : loyal 14, JUDGE : COURTHOUSE {(@) carpenter; bench (b) lawyer : brief (architect : blueprint (q) surgeon : hospital (e) landlord : studio 15, PAUPER : MONEY = (a) banker : debtors (b) teacher : school (c) author: publisher (a) pugilist sring (ce) moron : intelligen EXERCISE B e 1. HELMET: HEAD: ’ Q (a) pedal : fool ( “— Ist (@) pendant ; neck, 2. GULLIBLE : DUPED =: Ss ‘heated (©) Mhalléable : molded diagnosed 3. {@) insolvency; funds 100ks: x (beauty : beholder (@) piety : religion 4. MOCK: CONTEMEPT j Ng (a) falsify = mi rdval (0) imitate : respect (@) anticipate : fear Ryton 5. jiversation| (©) tenement : building schure : book 6. ) school : truant (0) asylum : refuge courthouse : remorse 7. : x& (b) saddle : racing (©) round : boxing (a) puck : hockey As (c) diamond : baseball 8 ucavarr -cnecanibys: (@) miser ; penurious (b) ascetic : hedonistic (©) coward : pusillanimous (d) scholar literate (e) crab : crustacean 9, CLANDESTINE : OVERT :: {@) thorough : complete (b) limited : unrestrained —_(c) warm: feverish (@) circular : oval (¢) vacillating : tentative 10. PINE: YEARI (a) amaze : astonish (b) whisper : shout () meander : march (d) strive : prosper (e) collect : scatter Page 8711, WINE: VINTNER =: (a) tobacco : smoker (d) beer : brewer 12, MENDACITY : HONESTY {(@) courage : cravenness (q) unsophistication : 13, PREFAGE : BOOK :: (a) prologue : play (a) appendix: text 14, LAUREL : VICTORY =: {@) black cat : defeat (qd) lantern : caution 15. EXPERIENCE : KNOWLEDGE (a) purgative : disease (a) beauty : cosmetics EXERCISE C 1, MARATHON ; STAMINA {@) relay : independence (a) jog: weariness 2. NAIVE: INGENUE :: (a) ordinary : genius (a) crafty : artis 3. psc Wi ) (@) select : collect: 6. RETOUCH ; PHOTOGRAPH (a) hang : painting (a) compose : melody. 7. HONESTY: HYPOCRISH =: (a) pacifism : belligerence (q) integrity : righteousness (b) meat : packer (e) oil: masseur (b) truth : beauty ygenuousness (e) hirsuteness : hair (b) presage : folly (e} couplet : sonnet (b) fig leaf : (@) flag: triumy sae ) vennerabl eteoriey nae art (b) ge compulsive ( rremarkable CD css (e) failure : gay (b) prociaim : confide (6) feign : dissemble (b) finger : fabric (©)refine: style (b) treachery : duplicity (e} magnanimity : greatness Page 88 RAY (c) water : plumber (©) strength : fortitude (c) preamble : poem (6) olive branch, peace & ) ic) ef & (©) sprint : celerity {c) urbane : sophisticate (©) raucous : harsh {c) catastrophe : fatal (©) garner : squander {c) retract: statement (©) pugnacity : intolerance8. INDIGENT : WEALTH : {a) contented : happiness () emaciated : nourishment 9. SHALE : GEOLOGIST =: (a) catacombs : entomologist (d) love : philologist 10. FLEETING : DURATION = (a) glancing : distance (a) grim: manner 11. DIDACTIC: TEACH i: {a) sophomoric: learn, (@) chaotic: rule 12, SOPORIFIC : SLEEP :: (a) calorific : hunger (d) worrisome: anxiety 13, HACKNEYED ; ORIGINAL i (a) mature : juvenile (d) evasive: elusive 14, AUGER : CARPENTER :: {a) studio : sculptor (@) cement: mason 15, MUSTER : CREW =: {(@) convene : committe (a) antagonistic: apathy 3. LAUDABLE : PRAISE\: (a) imperturbable : agitation (d) enamored : love 4. OPTHALMOLOGIST : EYES (a) podiatrist : feet (a) numismatist : nerves 5, MEANDERING : DIRECT (a) menacing: ambitious (d) circuitous: roundabout (b) aristocratic : stature (2) variegated : variety (b) aster : botanist (e)reef: astrologer (b) concise : length (e) fragrant: smell (b) satiric sm (©) apologeti Q ) inherit : heir patronize ; protégé (b) innovative : novelty (e} competitive : pride (b) fragile : stability (@) fastidious : taste (b) cardiologist : brain (©) pediatrician : bones (b) affable : permissive (e) aboveboard : open Page 89 {c) smug : complacency (©) obelisk ; fireman (©) rapid j leisure (€) reticent : complain J W © ong} embarasment enn sreserved tional Ss gw {c) seam : seamstress (©) dominate : opposition {c) squander : miser (©) venerable ; immaturity (©) contemptible : scorn (©) bacteriologist ; atoms (©) digressive : concise6. IRON: RUST: (a) yeast: mold (b) bronze: patina (6) cake : icing (a) stone : gravel (e} coal : dust 7. EPHEMERAL: LAST :: (a) competitive : contend (b) indispensable: suffice _(c) perishable : die (q) insignificant : matter (©) transient: travel 8. DONOR : GIFT =: {a) prophet: prediction (b) zealot : detachmer (c) advisee : counsel (a) braggart : attention (e) mourner : sympa 9. ACT: DRAMA {(@) chapter : essay (b) aria : opet (d) grade : course (e} blueprint: 110. CEMENT : TROWEL, (a) lawn : rake (@) floor : polish LL. PIGHEADED : YIELD : {a) lionhearted : retreat (d) featherbrained : giggle 12, UNCTUOUS : SINCERTI (a) fatuous : ambivales (@) frivolous : gravit (b) unclean : (c) avuncular : benevolence (hyp nen * (@) sailor: purity SNoco (©) captain : admiral mt erer 14. ALARM: @ : (jel : dig (© criminal ; corner ( yr: spring ‘ATION MARI sy sentence : period {c) aside : parentheses (2) interjection : exclamation point Page 90ANSWER EXPLANATIONS ANALOGY EXERCISE A (C) A mason (stoneworker) creates a wall. An author creates a book. (B) A student seeks knowledge. A prospector seeks gold. (E) A fire leaves behind ashes. An event leaves behind memories. (A) A gander is a male goose. A drake is a male duck. (B) Someone who can predict the future can be said to foretell, Someone who is known to lie said to prevaricate or speak falsely. (D) A carpenter uses a saw to cut things. A seamstress uses & §cisS6R& to cut things. (©) A captain must beware of shoals. Shallow areas or sandbanks in the water. A soldier must beware of an ambush. 8. (E) Warm is less extreme in heat than feverish. Moisfis less extreme in wetness than soaked. 9, (B) One uses a razor to cut a beard. One uses a sickle, afarm tool, to cut grass or gr: 10. (C) A bull has sharp horns on his head. A stag (1tfale deer) has sharp antlers on his ead 11. (B) Zoology, the study of animals, would include particular animal, the tigeh\ Botany, the study of plants, would include a particular plant, the tiger liye 12, (B) The chairperson is the head of the bafifls The eaptain is the head of the-téant 13, (A) the frog is a member of the amphibian elass, adapted toylive both on'the land and in the water, The whale is a member of the mammalian Class) adapted to Feed its young with milk from the mother. 14, (D) A judge works in a courthousé,A'Surgeon works in a hospital. 15. (E) A pauper has very little mouey. A,fioron Ras very litte intelligence. ANALOGY EXERCISE B 1. (C) Ahelmet protects offesead. A breastplate, a piece of armor, protects one’s chest. 2. (C) A person who is gullible isjeasily fooled or duped. Asperson who is malleable (impressionable) is easily influenced or molded, (A) 4 person engaged in folly. dt foolishness lacks seitsé. A person in a state of insolvency or bankruptey lacks funds. (B) A persoft who mocks shows\contempt. A petson who scolds show disapproval. (B) A condiment enhanees food. Wit enhances conversation, (C) dungeon by definition is a place of confinement. An asylum by definition is a place of refuge. (E) Beople play footballon a field called agridiron, People play baseball on a field called a diamond. (B) A hermit, who chooses to live.all alone, is by definition not gregarious (companion-able and outgoing). An ascetie, who chooses,a)life of self-denial, is by definition not hedonistic (devoted to pleasure). (B) An activity which is clandestine (secret) is not overt or unconcealed. An activity which is limited (within bourtdaties) is nojuntestrained o free of restrictions. 10. (A) To pine (to long for or teJanguish) means to yearn. To amaze (to astound) means to astonish. 11. (D) The vintner is thé parson who makes wine. The brewer is the person who makes beer. 12. (A) Mendacity or ungrathfulness is the opposite of honesty. Courage is the opposite of cravenness or cowardice. 13. (A) The preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book. The prologue is an introduction at the beginning of a play. 14. (C) A wreath made from the laurel tree symbolizes victory. An olive branch symbolizes peace. 15. (B) Experience leads to knowledge. Poison leads to death.ANALOGY EXERCISE C 1. 2. 9. 10. iL 12. 13 15. (©) A marathon (very long race) requires stamina or endurance, A sprint (very short race) requires celerity of speed (C) An ingénue or inexperienced young person is naive (innocent, frank). A sophisticate or worldly person is urbane (suave, elegantly polite) (C) Hulking means bulky or massive. Raucous means grating or harsh, (A) A person is Iugubrious or mournful after a disaster. A person is satisfied after the fruition {attainment or completion) of something desired (E) To assemble things is to gather them. To feign or deceive isto dissemble, (E) To retouch a photograph is to alter its appearance, to fregt From imperfection. To refine a style is to free it from imperfections as well. (A) Honesty is the opposite of hypocrisy (pretending to be what one isn’t). Pacifism, a belief in peace, is the opposite of belligerence (being warlike, eager to fight). (D) Someone who is indigent or poor lacks wealth. Someone wito is emaciated or abnormally thin lacks nourishment. (B) A geologist, who studies rocks, deals with@hale, & particular kind-Of rock. Aiotdnist, who studies plants, deals with the aster, a particular flower. (B) Something fleeting is briet in duration. Something @Bhcise is brief in length, (B) Didactic by definition means inclined teach, Satiric by definition méans inclined to mock 2. (D} Soporific means inducing or causing sleep. Wortisome means inducing oF causing anxiety, . (A) Hackneyed (worn, trite) is the opposite of 6Figinal or novel. Matures the opposite of juvenile, ua. (B) An auger or bit is a tool usediBy a carpenter. An awl(tool for piercing holes in leather) is a tool used by a cobbler or shoemaker. (A) To muster a ship's crew i§ to 4ssemble or gather them togéther. To convene a committee is to assemble or gather its members together. ANALOGY EXERGISE D, 12. 13, 15, |. (B) A denizen (resident) by definitimdwells or resides in a region. An heir by definition inherits or receives a legacy from someoui@ who has died. (B) Somethinghagardous (dangerous) is charactébjzed by peril (danger). Something innovative (new in form or design) fs characterized by novelty (newness, originality), (C) Laudable means praiseworthy or deserving praise. Contemptible means despicable or deserving scorn, (A) An ophthalmologist’specializes in the'care of the eyes. A podiatrist specializes in the care of the feet. (@ Meandering (proceeding by an indirect course) and direct are antonyms. Digressive (departing from the main stibject) and concise (keeping brief and to the point) are antonyms. (B) The coveriiig6Biron caused by oxidation is called rust. The covering of bronze is called a patina, (D) Something ephemeral by*definition does not last. Something insignificant by definition does not matter. (A) A donor or benefactor makes a gift. A prophet or seer makes a prediction. (C) A drams or play i$ divitted into acts. A military company is divided into platoons. (C) Cement is applied with a trowel, Paint is applied with a brush. . (A) Someone pigheaded or stubborn is disinclined to yield (give in). Someone lionhearted or brave is disinclined to retreat. (E) An unctuous or excessively pious manner is affected, having a false appearance of sincerity. A hypocritical or dissembling manner is feigned, having a false appearance of virtue, . (D} Pirate and buccaneer are synonyms, as are wanderer and nomad. uu. (E) To trigger an alarm is to release it or set it off. To spring a trap is to release it or set it off. (C) The beginning and end of a quotation (group of words repeated from a book or speech) are indicated by quotation marks. The beginning and end of an aside (parenthetical remarks; temporary digression from the main subject) are indicated by parentheses.