Degree and Intensity Analogies - SSAT Middle Level Verbal
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: happy : jubilant :: confident : ?
- cocky. Happy to jubilant elevates joy, paralleling confident to cocky in self-assurance excess.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: glance : stare :: talk : ?
- shout. Glance to stare intensifies looking duration, akin to talk to shout in vocal projection.
- Which clue most strongly signals an intensity analogy rather than a different meaning?
- Both words share a core meaning, but differ in strength or degree. Intensity analogies are distinguished by words that maintain a shared essence while differing in level of force or magnitude.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: noise : cacophony :: crowd : ?
- mob. Noise to cacophony heightens sound discord, paralleling crowd to mob in group disorder.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: cold : icy :: bright : ?
- blinding. Cold to icy increases chill severity, akin to bright to blinding in light intensity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: warm : scorching :: wet : ?
- soaked. Warm to scorching amplifies heat, akin to wet to soaked in moisture level.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: help : rescue :: criticize : ?
- condemn. Help to rescue amplifies assistance urgency, paralleling criticize to condemn in judgment severity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: small : tiny :: angry : ?
- furious. Small to tiny increases diminutiveness, similar to angry to furious in emotion severity.
- What relationship must hold between words in an intensity analogy?
- One word expresses a stronger or weaker degree of the same idea. Intensity analogies pair words conveying the same fundamental concept but varying in strength or extremity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: scared : terrified :: surprised : ?
- astonished. Scared to terrified heightens fear, paralleling surprised to astonished in reaction strength.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: pleased : ecstatic :: sad : ?
- devastated. Pleased to ecstatic boosts happiness level, matching sad to devastated in sorrow depth.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: drizzle : downpour :: smile : ?
- grin. Drizzle to downpour escalates rainfall strength, mirroring smile to grin in facial expression intensity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: damage : destroy :: bother : ?
- torment. Damage to destroy escalates harm extent, matching bother to torment in annoyance severity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: speak : proclaim :: ask : ?
- demand. Speak to proclaim boosts announcement force, similar to ask to demand in request insistence.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: annoyed : irate :: tired : ?
- exhausted. Annoyed to irate increases irritation intensity, just as tired to exhausted heightens fatigue.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: whisper : yell :: walk : ?
- sprint. Whisper to yell heightens vocal volume, corresponding to walk to sprint in movement speed.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: dislike : detest :: fear : ?
- dread. Dislike to detest heightens negativity, matching fear to dread in apprehension strength.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: mistake : blunder :: insult : ?
- humiliation. Mistake to blunder amplifies error gravity, akin to insult to humiliation in offense depth.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: like : adore :: dislike : ?
- despise. Like to adore elevates affection, just as dislike to despise intensifies aversion.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: look : gawk :: laugh : ?
- cackle. Look to gawk intensifies observation, matching laugh to cackle in vocal expression.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: chilly : frigid :: hungry : ?
- ravenous. Chilly to frigid amplifies coldness, paralleling hungry to ravenous in appetite strength.
- What is the best general test to confirm two words differ mainly by intensity?
- They fit the same context, but one sounds stronger or more extreme. Words in intensity analogies are interchangeable in sentences but convey varying levels of emphasis or severity.
- Which option best completes the intensity analogy: hint : reveal :: nibble : ?
- devour. Hint to reveal increases disclosure directness, similar to nibble to devour in consumption vigor.