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Complete this analogy.
Wait is to weight as wear is to __________.
"Wait" and "weight" are "homonyms." "Homonyms" are two words that have a different meaning and yet sound the same. Another example of a "homonym" is "see and sea." So, to solve this analogy you need to figure out which of these words has the same meaning, but sounds different to "wear." The correct answer is "where."
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Heard is to herd as __________.
"Heard" and "herd" are homophones, meaning that they are pronounced the same way but have different meanings. We are looking for an answer that contains a pair of homophones, making "hall is to haul" the best choice.
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Weather is to whether as __________ is to your.
"Weather" and "whether" are "homonyms," so to solve this analogy you need to figure out which of these words sounds like "your." The correct answer is "yore," which means of former times, happening a long time ago. Additionally, "yuletide" is Christmas time.
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Bare is to bear as knew is to __________.
"Bare" and "bear" sound the same but have different meanings, so "bare" is a homonym of "bear." So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out a word that sounds like "knew." The only word that sounds like knew is “new,” so that is the correct answer.
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Whole is to hole as made is to __________.
"Whole" and "hole" are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings; so, they are homonyms of one another. To solve this analogy, you have to determine which answer choice sounds like (is a homonym of) "made." The correct answer is “maid.”
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Stairs are to stares as __________.
"Stairs" and "stares" are homophones, meaning that they are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we need to look for an answer choice that also consists of a pair of homophones. So, the best answer choice is "eye is to I"!
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Sale is to sail as __________.
"Sale" and "sail" are homophones, which means that they are pronounced the same way, but have different definitions. Thus, we are looking for a pair of homophones as our answer, making "sea is to see" the best answer choice!
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Loan is to lone as __________.
"Loan" and "lone" are homophones, which means that they are pronounced the same way, but have different definitions. Thus, we are looking for a pair of homophones as our answer, making "earn is to urn" the best answer choice!
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Pause is to paws as __________.
"Pause" and "paws" are homophones, meaning that they are pronounced the same but have different definitions. We are looking for a pair of homophones, making "toad is to towed" the best answer choice.
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Right is to write as __________.
"Right" and "write" are homophones, meaning that they are pronounced the same, but have different definitions. We are looking for a pair of homophones, making "which is to witch" the best answer choice.
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Blue is to blew as . . .
Since "blue" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "blew," the two words are called homonyms. We need to find another answer choice in which the two words are also homonyms. Because "buy" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "bye," they are homonyms and the correct answer is "buy is to bye."
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Red is to read as hare is to
Red and read are homonyms just as hare and hair are homonyms.
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Bail is to bale as bawl is to __________.
Bail and bale are homonyms just as bawl and ball are homonyms.
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Bat is to batt as week is to
Both sets of words are homonyms.
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Feet is to feat as __________.
Since "feet" and "feat" sound exactly the same when pronounced, they are homonyms, and we need to pick out another pair of words that sound the same when pronounced. While "try" and "tree" might look somewhat similar, they don't sound exactly alike, so "try is to tree" cannot be the correct answer. "Knew" and "new" sound exactly alike when pronounced, however, so "knew is to new" is the correct answer.
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Some is to sum as plain is to __________.
"Some" and "sum" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. So, they are homonyms. To solve this analogy, you have to find the answer choice that sounds like "plain." "Plain" and "plane" are homonyms, so "plane" is the correct answer.
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Weak is to week as meat is to __________.
"Weak" and "week" are two words that sound the same, but mean something different. So, they are homonyms. Which answer choice sounds the same as meat? The correct answer is “meet.” Meet and meat are also homonyms.
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Pour is to poor as weight is to __________.
"Pour" is a homonym of "poor"; homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve this analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "weight." The only word that sounds like weight is “wait," so "wait" is the correct answer.
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Tail is to tale as soar is to __________.
"Tale" is a homonym of "tail"; homonoyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "soar." "Sore" sounds the same as "soar," so "sore" is the correct answer.
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Aid is to aide as site is to __________.
"Aid" and "aide" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. "Aid" means help, and an "aide" is an assistant. When two words sound the same but have different meanings, we call them homonyms. Which of these answer choices sounds most like "site"? The correct answer is “cite.” "Site," which means location, is a homonym of "cite," which means quote.
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