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Example Question #691 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Frozen is to ice cream as porous is to __________.
rock
dance
pulley
air
net
net
Since "frozen" is an adjective that correctly describes "ice cream," we need to pick out an answer choice that is something accurately described by the adjective "porous," which means having holes in it through which things may pass. While "rock" may seem like a potentially correct answer, only certain types of rocks are porous; however, all nets are porous, so "net" is the better answer, and the correct one.
Example Question #1 : Actor And Action
Complete this analogy.
Shy is to laconic as depressed is to __________.
overwrought
joyous
thrilled
angry
lachrymose
lachrymose
Someone who is “laconic” uses few words. “Shy” is not necessarily synonymous with “laconic,” so a good way to understand this analogy is to form a sentence like, “As someone who is shy is likely to be laconic, so is someone who is depressed likely to be X.” The word “lachrymose” means tearful or likely to weep. The word is taken from the Latin for tear or to cry. The “tear ducts” that produce fluid in the eye are called the lacrimal glands. To be “depressed” is not synonymous with being “lachrymose,” but just like the case with shyness and being laconic, it is likely that someone who is depressed will be given to weeping.
Example Question #692 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Sterilized is to bacteria as disrobed is to __________.
nude
clothing
doctored
shocking
infection
clothing
When something is "sterilized," it is completely clean and thus does not have any bacteria on or in it. (Something “sterile” is likewise so completely clean.) Thus, the analogy could be written, “As something sterilized has no bacteria, something disrobed has no X.” The word “disrobed” is as obvious as it appears. It merely means having taken off one’s clothes, meaning that such a person lacks clothes.
Example Question #693 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Autocracy is to oppression as democracy is to __________.
imagination
fear
property
liberty
happiness
liberty
"Oppression" is an experience of people under an "autocracy," so to solve this analogy you must identify which answer choice is an experience of people under a "democracy." This should lead you to the correct answer, “liberty.” For clarification, "autocracy" is a government in which one person holds unlimited power.
Example Question #694 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Hair is to bald as money is to __________.
destitute
investment
lavish
economical
tightfisted
destitute
Since someone who is bald has no hair, we need to pick out an answer choice that is an adjective and describes someone who has no money. While "tightfisted" might seem like a good answer choice because it has to do with money, "tightfisted" actually means miserly. Since "tightfisted" doesn't mean having no money, it can't be the correct answer. "Destitute," on the other hand, is an adjective which can mean either extremely poor or lacking necessities. Since someone who is destitute lacks money just as someone who is bald lacks hair, "destitute" is the correct answer.
Example Question #266 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Gauche is to grace as corrupt is to __________.
immoral
illicit
imprisoned
honesty
distasteful
honesty
Someone who is “gauche” lacks social capacities and thus can be said to lack grace. Such a person is likely awkward in public, not knowing how to be subtle when he or she needs be or how to be polite in a tactful manner—though no harm is intended by their tactless actions. The bridge sentence could be constructed, “As someone who is gauche lacks grace, so does someone who is corrupt lack X.” A corrupt person is, among other things, likely to lack honesty—at least about reality itself, for he or she will try to twist and corrupt all things to his or her perverse will.
Example Question #267 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Vacuum is to matter as unintelligible is to __________.
terse
unknown
idiotic
confusing
meaning
meaning
A vacuum is a space lacking matter. Thus, the analogy could be rewritten as, “Just a vacuum lacks matter, so does something unintelligible lack X.” When something is unintelligible, it makes little or no sense and cannot be understood. It could thus be said to lack meaning for someone trying to understand it.
Example Question #695 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Neglectful is to care as adulterated is to __________.
unfaithful
negligent
purity
faith
fabricate
purity
When someone is neglectful, they do not care or provide care where it is needed. The analogy could be expressed as a lack: “As something neglectful lacks care, so does something adulterated lack X.” Although we use the term “adultery” to describe someone who has committed an act against marriage, the word “adulterate” comes from the Latin meaning to corrupt, in the sense of to ruin the purity of. We could adulterate a sample of water by adding foreign elements (and so forth). Thus, something that is adulterated lacks its appropriate purity.
Example Question #25 : Qualities, Abilities, And Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Trustworthy is to credence as malicious is to __________.
wicked
sinful
fear
evil
preponderant
fear
The word “credence” means belief in the truth of something. If someone is "trustworthy," we are likely to give credence to his or her words or claims. Something "malicious" is evil or ill-intentioned and harmful. Such a thing or person deserves to be feared, which adequately fulfills the parallel for this analogy.
Example Question #696 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Immaculate is to dirt as innocent is to __________.
guilt
unalloyed
purity
uncontaminated
fulfilled
guilt
The word “immaculate” comes from the combination of the “i-” prefix used as a privation (i.e. not) to the root which means stained, spotted, or dirty. Thus, the word means not stained, and generally is used to mean completely clean. Thus, the analogy could be rewritten, “Just as something immaculate lacks any dirt, so does something innocent have no X.” An innocent person lacks guilt, which is the best answer among those provided.
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