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EXERCISES: MIXED RELATIONSHIPS

The analogies in this section are not arranged in any particular pattern. You must
decide what type of relationship is being used in each item.

Directions: Find a relationship between the first two words in each question. To
complete the analogy, choose the answer that shows a similar relationship.

1. Thanksgiving is to November as 6. Month is to week as week is to

Christmas is to (A) month
(A) Santa Claus (B) hour
(B) holiday (C) year
(C) snow (D) day
(D) Jingle Bells (E) calendar
(E) December
7. Flour is to wheat as gravel is to
2. Remember is to forget as find is to (A) brick
(A) locate (B) road
(B) keep (C) coal
(C) lose (D) bread
(D) return (E) rock
(E) watch
8. Attack is to protect as offense is to
3. Ship is to anchor as automobile is to (A) combat
(A) brake (B) defense
(B) wheel (C) conceal
(C) stop (D) reconcile
(D) accelerator (E) battle
(E) car
9. Divide is to multiply as subtract is to
4. End is to abolish as begin is to (A) plus
(A) establish (B) reduce
(B) finish (C) multiply
(C) tyranny (D) add
(D) crusade (E) take away
(E) monarchy
10. Mine is to my as yours is to
5. Wood is to decay as iron is to (A) you
(A) dampness (B) ours
(B) rod (C) your
(C) steel (D) you’re
(D) ore (E) us
(E) rust

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11. Glasses is to vision as 17. Forest is to tree as crowd is to

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(A) glass is to mirror (A) person
(B) light is to vision (B) alone
(C) eating is to fork (C) men
(D) hand is to object (D) many
(E) drink is to water (E) crowded

12. Flame is to burn as 18. Fiction is to novelist as fact is to

(A) insult is to anger (A) legend
(B) glass is to crack (B) story
(C) birth is to life (C) historian
(D) sun is to orbit (D) research
(E) plant is to grow (E) essay

13. Look is to see as 19. Stranger is to strange as

(A) illuminate is to light
(B) audition is to speak
(C) think is to guess
(D) follow is to lead
(E) listen is to hear
(A) oddest is to odd
(B) artist is to artistic
(C) art is to artist
(D) satirist is to artist
(E) paint is to painter

14. Wolf is to pack as 20. Librarian is to library as

(A) cow is to herd
(B) cattle is to farmer
(C) cow is to graze
(D) farmer is to farm
(E) flock is to geese
(A) school is to education
(B) office is to principal
(C) student is to school
(D) gymnasium is to workout
(E) teacher is to school

15. Leave is to stay as depart is to 21. Sickness is to health as death is to

(A) home (A) mortician
(B) disembark (B) skull
(C) run (C) old
(D) remain (D) pirate
(E) exit (E) life

16. Car is to mechanic as people is to 22. Inventor is to machine as author is to

(A) butcher (A) book
(B) lawyer (B) poet
(C) spouse (C) creator
(D) doctor (D) computer
(E) teacher (E) artist

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23. Weight is to pound as distance is to 29. Resignation is to sigh as

(A) liter (A) hope is to wish
(B) mile (B) faith is to pray
(C) ruler (C) surprise is to gasp
(D) space (D) terror is to fear
(E) race (E) startle is to surprise

24. Conceal is to reveal as ascend is to 30. Lincoln is to Nebraska as

(A) embark (A) Washington is to Oregon
(B) descend (B) New York is to Kentucky
(C) mount (C) Chicago is to New York
(D) leave (D) Trenton is to New Jersey
(E) climb (E) Oregon is to Portland

25. Cape is to continent as 31. Pencil is to sharpen as

(A) ocean is to lake (A) knife is to cut
(B) lake is to reservoir (B) carpenter is to build
(C) reservoir is to water (C) wood is to saw
(D) gulf is to ocean (D) well is to fill
(E) river is to pond (E) saw is to ax

26. Vision is to lens as 32. Finger is to hand as

(A) hospital is to doctor (A) arm is to sleeve
(B) crutch is to legs (B) shoe is to foot
(C) walking is to paralysis (C) strand is to hair
(D) doctor is to paralysis (D) blouse is to skirt
(E) mobility is to crutches (E) leg is to foot

27. Bus is to road as 33. Convex is to concave as

(A) wheel is to street (A) hill is to hole
(B) steel is to rails (B) in is to within
(C) locomotive is to track (C) round is to square
(D) locomotive is to steam (D) nose is to mouth
(E) train is to car (E) under is to beneath

28. Year is to July as 34. Cow is to milk as

(A) week is to month (A) rat is to cheese
(B) day is to week (B) bee is to honey
(C) month is to century (C) bird is to wing
(D) millimeter is to centimeter (D) cat is to dog
(E) meter is to centimeter (E) cat is to fish

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35. Exercise is to reduce as
(A) grumble is to resign
(B) snow is to freeze
(C) spending is to save
(D) luck is to win
(E) run is to race
36. Mountain is to peak as
(A) hole is to hill
(B) storm is to ocean
(C) tide is to ocean
(D) storm is to hurricane
(E) wave is to crest
37. Food is to body as
(A) fuel is to engine
(B) bat is to ball
(C) kite is to tail
(D) mechanic is to engine
(E) gasoline is to oil
38. Pressure is to barometer as
(A) centimeter is to meter
(B) speedometer is to distance
(C) meter is to perimeter
(D) comptometer is to comptroller
(E) temperature is to thermometer
39. Famine is to abundance as
(A) hunger is to starvation
(B) squalor is to starvation
(C) poverty is to wealth
(D) famine is to hunger
(E) wealth is to riches
40. Study is to studiously as
(A) work is to learning
(B) play is to playfully
(C) book is to bookish
(D) habit is to habitual
(E) teach is to teacher
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41. Discard is to delete as
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(A) attach is to detach
(B) contagious is to spread
(C) farther is to far
(D) alter is to revise
(E) tear is to mend
42. Reject is to aversion as
(A) think is to consider
(B) ponder is to desire
(C) impose is to act
(D) content is to change
(E) choose is to preference
43. Measles is to disease as
(A) felony is to crime
(B) measles is to mumps
(C) felony is to misdemeanor
(D) crime is to law
(E) law is to judge
44. Occasional is to constant as
(A) intermittent is to incessant
(B) intramural is to inconsistent
(C) frequent is to incessant
(D) inadvertent is to accidental
(E) infrequent is to irregular
45. Active is to mobile as
(A) mobile is to immobile
(B) inflammable is to extinguished
(C) sedentary is to immobile
(D) sensational is to movement
(E) immobile is to movement
46. Eliminate is to optional as
(A) maintain is to option
(B) retain is to essential
(C) option is to opportunity
(D) sequential is to order
(E) delete is to amend
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47. Allude is to refer as
(A) illusion is to reality
(B) similar is to disparate
(C) imply is to state
(D) conclude is to infer
(E) guess is to know
48. Plane is to charter as
(A) worker is to use
(B) assistant is to appoint
(C) person is to hire
(D) manager is to salary
(E) lawyer is to judge
49. Superscript is to subscript as
(A) export is to expert
(B) introvert is to convert
(C) impede is to intercede
(D) subscription is to prescription
(E) introvert is to extrovert
50. Complement is to compliment as
(A) wonder is to wander
(B) surfeit is to surface
(C) interface is to surface
(D) style is to stile
(E) effect is to affect
51. Premonition is to prophesy as
(A) preface is to prologue
(B) predict is to relate
(C) prologue is to epilogue
(D) history is to archives
(E) preamble is to conclusion
52. Collaboration is to cooperation as
(A) collation is to correction
(B) concentration is to quiet
(C) coercion is to submission
(D) compromise is to promise
(E) computation is to add
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53. Revert is to reversion as
(A) interest is to intercession
(B) invert is to overt
(C) sympathize is to sympathy
(D) sympathy is to sympathetic
(E) introvert is to extrovert
54. Salesperson is to commission as
(A) author is to royalty
(B) agent is to actor
(C) tip is to waiter
(D) fee is to charge
(E) royalty is to fee
55. Harassment is to anger as
(A) disappointment is to sorrow
(B) height is to weight
(C) laughter is to tears
(D) marriage is to love
(E) engagement is to marry
56. Divulge is to disclose as
(A) revise is to create
(B) advise is to edit
(C) dispel is to collect
(D) bulge is to close
(E) appraise is to estimate
57. Sodium is to salt as
(A) torch is to acetylene
(B) ammonia is to pneumonia
(C) oxygen is to water
(D) balloon is to helium
(E) air is to carbon
58. Cautious is to impulsive as
(A) furious is to anger
(B) caustic is to biting
(C) creative is to work
(D) punish is to behavior
(E) secretive is to candid
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59. Hidden is to obvious as 65. Ceiling is to chandelier as puppeteer

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(A) reserved is to rambunctious is to
(B) emphatic is to vehement (A) puppet
(C) embezzle is to steal (B) puppet show
(D) open is to door (C) stage
(E) encounter is to meet (D) ventriloquist
(E) hand
60. Sword is to dueling as pen is to
(A) writer 66. Accident is to carelessness as
response is to
(B) inkwell
(A) answer
(C) ink
(B) correct
(D) writing
(C) stimulus
(E) manuscript
(D) effect
61. Reprimand is to disapproval as (E) respond
compliment is to
(A) flatter 67. Correction is to erroneous as
clarification is to
(B) approval
(A) criticism
(C) affirmation
(B) failure
(D) improvement
(C) amend
(E) insult
(D) ambiguous
62. Gold is to yellow as blood is to (E) mistake
(A) black
68. Automobile is to horse as telephone
(B) purple is to
(C) blue (A) wagon
(D) white (B) telegraph
(E) red (C) communication
63. Recurrence is to periodic as (D) transportation
determination is to (E) wireless
(A) cowardly
69. Intimidate is to daunt as dismay
(B) hopeless is to
(C) literary (A) horrify
(D) persevering (B) destroy
(E) lazy (C) dismantle
64. Anarchy is to law as discord is to (D) forego
(A) difference (E) delight
(B) amendment
(C) adaptation
(D) confusion
(E) agreement

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70. Spontaneous is to calculated as 73. Referee is to rules as conscience is to

impromptu is to (A) citizen
(A) ad lib (B) thoughts
(B) scheduled (C) regulations
(C) verbose (D) behavior
(D) prolific (E) morality
(E) taciturn
74. Money is to steal as idea is to
71. Critic is to play as reviewer is to (A) lose
(A) job (B) manuscript
(B) work (C) plagiarize
(C) newspaper (D) thief
(D) book (E) elaborate
(E) essay
75. Book is to paper as scroll is to
72. Lion is to pride as (A) cloth
(A) bird is to vanity (B) binding
(B) cow is to pasture (C) roll
(C) pack is to dog (D) parchment
(D) fish is to school (E) cover
(E) cow is to calf

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