GRE Verbal Analogy Practice Questions
GRE Verbal Analogy Practice Questions
Easy to Moderate
1. TROUPE : PLAYER :: 5. TOOTH : ORTHODONTIST ::
A. team : coach
2. GROWL : HOSTILITY ::
A. hot : warm
A. smell : nose
E. realism : rationalism
8. WAX : CANDLE ::
E. ride : bicycle
4. CHILD : HUMAN ::
A. bird : robin B. dog : pet C. snake : slither D. kitten : cat E. cow : milk
D. paper : pulp
9. STUDENT : DORMITORY ::
A. curtain : stage B. prisoner : jail C. alphabet : letter D. shirt : clothing E. skull : brain
A. counterinsurgent : militarize B. sentinel : watch D. thief : loot C. journalist : report E. felon : convict
14. OSSIFY : BONE ::
A. chew : pulp
D. orange : rind
E. section : orange
11. VIGILANTE : POLICE OFFICER ::
A. bolt : fabric
B. fodder : silo
C. garland : flower
D. lynching : execution
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12. PODIUM : PLATFORM ::
A. exorbitant : wasteful
A. pulpit : pew
A. crew : gathering
A. gibbon : salmon
E. oriole : groundhog
A. path : trail
A. prowl : slink
A. affliction : adversity
A. unity : knit B. strip : befit C. lacerate : incise D. savor : enjoy E. murmur : caterwaul
A. branch : tree
B. building : story
C. bishop : scepter
A. dauntless : trepidation B. mawkish : sentiment D. avuncular : kinship C. vociferous : predilection E. perfunctory : laxity
31. PERORATION : ADDRESS ::
A. tennis : soccer
B. field hockey : ice hockey C. basketball : gymnastics D. hearts : bridge E. square : diamond
28. PLAN : SCHEME ::
E. denouement : novel
32. LUGUBRIOUS : DOLEFUL ::
A. antiquity : age
C. statesman : politician
A. banal : insipid
A. nostalgia : simper
A. chicken : coop B. pen : zoo C. penitentiary : delinquent D. carrel : athenaeum E. aquarium : scale
40. WRATH : IRATE ::
E. avarice : acquisitive
B. weigh : anchor
D. divination : prognostication
37. APHORISM : PITHY ::
A. triangle : hypotenuse B. circle : arc C. cathedral : nave D. blossom : sepal E. cheese : butter
D. antagonist : affable
E. symphony : cacophonous
38. TORTUOUS : PASSAGE ::
A. labyrinthine : enigma B. excruciating : pain D. helical : viper C. serpentine : course E. taciturn : orator
46. SOMNAMBULIST :
D. negotiate : haggle
C. mime : magician
E. command : request
45. DOMINO : MASQUERADE ::
A. tango : dance
relief.
3. D. A trap is used specifically to capture. Similarly, a mill is used specifically to grind. 4. D. A child is a young human being. Similarly, a kitten is a young cat.
5. C. An orthodontist is a specialist whose field is the care of teeth. Similarly, an arborist is 6. B. To be frigid is to be extremely cold. Similarly, to be prudish is to be extremely proper.
7. A. The nouns describe meals, one of the morning, breakfast, and one of the evening, din-
8. E. By definition, a candle is an object that is usually made out of wax. Similarly, by defin9. B. A dormitory is a building that houses or contains students. Similarly, a jail is a building 10. D. A peel is the outside covering of a banana. Similarly, a rind is the outside covering of
ner. The lark is conventionally presented as a dawn singer, and the nightingale is associated with the evening and night. Although it is true that dinner can also describe a midday meal, no other answer choice provides a morning/midday option. ition, a pot is an object that is usually made out of clay.
an orange.
illegal form of execution, as vigilante (a member of an enforcement group organized without legal authority) differs from a police officer.
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14. C. To ossify is to cause a substance to harden into bone. Similarly, to fos15. B. A cistern is a container specifically for water. Similarly, a silo is a con16. C. Something that is untractable (not changeable) cannot be malleable (pli17. A. By definition, someone who is sanguine is cheerful. Similarly, by defini18. B. A cabal is a group of political plotters or conspirators. Similarly, a cabi19. E. By definition, a sage is someone who is very wise. Similarly, by defini20. D. A wake is the (aquatic) evidence for the prior passage by a boat.
Similarly, a thief is someone who loots or takes possession of material unlawfully. silize is to cause a substance to harden into stone.
able). Similarly, something that is immutable is not changeable. tion, someone who is destitute is poor.
Similarly, a track is the (terrestrial) evidence for the prior passage of a human or animal foot. sung at a funeral. Similarly, laughter is the verbal expression of merriment. fresco is painted on wet plaster.
22. C. The canvas is the surface on which the oil painting is painted. Similarly, a 23. B. The spider and the octopus are eight-legged animals of land and sea. The
24. D. The second of the two verbs adds sinister overtones to the action of the
locust and the water beetle are six-legged animals of land and sea. The leg count of the animals in the other options is not parallel. firstwait : lurk. Move and skulk (to move in a stealthy manner) are similarly related.
25. E. The two verbs, thwart and abet, are opposites, like murmur (to make a
27. D. Both checkers and chess are board games, but the moves and strategies in
28. C. A scheme is a plan with sinister connotations. Of the choices here, the
chess are more complex. Both hearts and bridge are card games, with the latter being the more complex.
29. B. An essay and a short story are both prose works, nonfiction and fiction.
Similarly, a biography and a novel are both prose works, nonfiction and fiction, but they are longer works.
30. A. Someone who is maudlin (or overly emotional) does not have dispassion
(or calmness). Similarly, someone who is dauntless (or brave) does not have trepidation (or fear).
ing. Similarly, to be banal is to be insipid; both terms refer to the commonplace or trite.
earthly. Similarly, to be obsequious is to be sycophantic; both terms refer to behavior that is excessively fawning, servile, or submissive.
35. C. Something that is infinitesimal is very small or bantam. Similarly, some36. D. In the realm of religion, a pilgrimage is a type of journey. Similarly, div37. B. An aphorism is by definition a pithy (terse and cogent) saying, like a
as, for example, a drug is used to prevent symptoms. Similarly, a stratagem is something that is used deliberately to beguile, as, for example, a deceitful plan is used to trick. The relationship is one of function. thing that is gargantuan is very large or immense.
stitch in time saves nine. Similarly, an adage is a brief saying that is by definition sagacious or wise.
39. E. An aviary is an enclosure for birds, or animals that are usually covered in
40. E. The noun wrath is the consequence of the disposition described by the ad-
feathers. Similarly, an aquarium is an enclosure for animals that are usually covered in scales. jective irate. Similarly, an acquisitive person is guilty of avarice.
41. E. To pink is to cut (in this case, cloth) with a saw-toothed edge. The analogy 42. A. A triptych is a hinged set of pictures or carvings with three panels. The 43. B. Savannah and veldt are nearly synonyms, a flat, open grassland. The 44. A. To chime is to sound harmoniously, and to jar is to cause a sound discor-
is to saw a board.
45. C. One meaning of domino is a mask or a masked costume worn to a mas46. A. A somnambulist is a sleepwalker. A somniloquist is a sleeptalker. So the
dantly. Similarly, to hug (to cling to or cherish) is the antonym of to abjure (to renounce). Both verbs might be used with a belief as object.
most similar relationship would be a dancer to a singer, because one concentrates on physical movement and the other concentrates on vocalizing. Choice B talker : walker would have been an excellent choice except that they are in the wrong order.