SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Other Analogies

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Upper Level Verbal

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Example Questions

Example Question #674 : Analogies: Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship

Complete this analogy.

Aphasia is to __________ as psychosis is to reality.

Possible Answers:

taste

sensation 

speech

sight 

hearing 

Correct answer:

speech

Explanation:

"Psychosis" is an extreme mental disorder that manifests in a loss of "reality." So, if someone with "psychosis" has lost touch with "reality," what has someone with "aphasia" lost? The correct answer is the ability of "speech." 

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