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Example Question #624 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Deaf is to hear as __________ is to see.
ears
glasses
touch
blind
eyes
blind
If someone is "dear" it means they cannot "hear." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words is used to describe someone who cannot "see." The correct answer is "blind."
Example Question #625 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Fiction is to fake as biography is to __________.
long
depressing
true
spoken
uninteresting
true
"Fiction" refers to stories that are made up, stories that are not real. So, a quality of "fiction" is to be "fake." To solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is a quality of a "biography." A "biography" tells the story of someone's life. So, a quality of a "biography" is to be "true." Additionally, "uninteresting" means boring and "depressing" means makes you sad.
Example Question #626 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Jock is to __________ as genius is to smart.
study
old
athletic
school
sports
athletic
A "genius" is someone who is very intelligent. So, a quality of a "genius" is to be "smart." Which of these is a quality often associated with a "jock?" The correct answer is to be "athletic" or good at sports.
Example Question #627 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Employee is to inferior as __________ is to superior.
better
convict
career
medicine
boss
boss
To begin with it is necessary to define "inferior" and "superior." "Inferior" means worse than, in a lower position than and "superior" means better than, in a higher position than. Also, an "employee" is a worker, someone who works for someone else. If an "employee" is "inferior," which of these could be described as "superior?" The correct answer is "boss." Additionally, a "convict" is a prisoner; "medicine" is something given to cure a sick person; a "career" is a job someone does for a large period of their lives, like teaching or nursing or accounting.
Example Question #628 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Antler is to deer as __________ is to elephant.
feathers
mammoth
tusk
hand
fin
tusk
An "antler" is a feature of a "deer." It is the name given to the branched horns on a deer's head. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is a feature of an "elephant." The correct answer is "tusk."
Example Question #629 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Sugar is to sweet as __________.
bitter is to lemon
lime is to sour
soft is to hard
apple is to red
green is to blue
lime is to sour
Sugar has the characteristic of being sweet. The only option here that has this same relationship is "lime is to sour," as a lime has the characteristic of being sour.
A tempting wrong answer is "bitter is to lemon." However, it is incorrect because bitter does not have the characteristic of being a lemon.
Example Question #630 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Thief is to steal as __________.
hawk is to talon
charity is to donate
room is to house
chef is to cook
musician is to instrument
chef is to cook
A thief is someone who steals, so to solve this analogy, we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word is a verb that the first word, a noun, does. While "donate is to charity" and "chef is to cook" may both look like correct answer choices, a "charity" does not "donate"—people donate to charities. While "chef" and "cook" can be seen as synonyms, "cook" can also be used as a verb meaning to prepare food. So, because chefs cook just as thieves steal, "chef is to cook" is the correct answer.
Example Question #631 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Play is to game as eat is to __________.
meal
hungry
drink
nap
lose
meal
A “game” is something that you “play,” so to solve this analogy, you need to determine which of these answer choices is something that you “eat.” The correct answer is a “meal.”
Example Question #632 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Boxer is to fighting as vocalist is to __________.
singing
speaking
defending
laughing
dancing
singing
“Fighting” is an action associated with “boxers,” so to solve this analogy, you need to determine which answer choice is associated with a “vocalist.” Well, a “vocalist” is someone who sings, so the correct answer is “singing.”
Example Question #633 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Butterfly is to flutter as spider is to __________.
swim
spin
crawl
fly
scary
crawl
"Flutter" means flap your wings and hover in the air or fly around. Fluttering is something that butterflies do to move around, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of these words is something that spiders do to move around. The correct answer is therefore "crawl." While spiders do "spin" webs, they do not "spin" to move around—"crawl" better describes how they move around.
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