SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Analogies: Determining Meaning from Type of Relationship

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Example Questions

Example Question #491 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Arable is to __________ as pluvial is to rainfall.

Possible Answers:

cleaning

farming

buying

forbidding

heating

Correct answer:

farming

Explanation:

"Pluvial" means related to, or characterized by, "rainfall." So, to solve this analogy you simply need to determine which of these is related to the word "arable." Well, "arable" means (of land) fit for "farming."

Example Question #492 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Gastric is to __________ as pulmonary is to lungs.

Possible Answers:

stomach

digesting

thinking

breathing

brain

Correct answer:

stomach

Explanation:

"Pulmonary" means of or related to "lungs." So, to solve this analogy you simply need to determine what "gastric" is related to. The correct answer is that "gastric" means of or related to the "stomach."

Example Question #493 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Hepatic is to liver as sartorial is to _____________.

Possible Answers:

soul 

mind 

housing 

clothing

traveling 

Correct answer:

clothing

Explanation:

"Hepatic" means of or related to the "liver." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is described by the word "sartorial." The correct answer is that "sartorial" means of or related to "clothing." 

Example Question #494 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Argent is to __________ as quicksilver is to mercury.

Possible Answers:

coal

oil

diamond

silver

iron

Correct answer:

silver

Explanation:

"Quicksilver" is another term for "mercury." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is another term for "argent." The correct answer is that "argent" means of, related to, "silver." 

Example Question #495 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Nautical is to sailors as phonetic is to ______________.

Possible Answers:

taste

soldiers

bankers

nurses

sounds

Correct answer:

sounds

Explanation:

The term "nautical" means related to sailing or "sailors." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words is described by the word "phonetic." The correct answer is that "phonetic" means of or related to speech and "sounds." 

Example Question #496 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Sylvan is to woods as vinous is to __________.

Possible Answers:

tea

water

coffee

milk

wine

Correct answer:

wine

Explanation:

"Sylvan" means of or related to the "woods," having the quaint qualities of a forest. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what the word "vinous" describes. The correct answer is that "vinous" means related to, having the taste of, "wine."

Example Question #497 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Ornithology is to __________ as Sinology is to China.

Possible Answers:

grass 

humans 

America 

farming 

birds

Correct answer:

birds

Explanation:

"Zoology" means the study of animals." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what "ornithology" is the study of. The correct answer is "birds." The prefix ornitho- means "bird."

Example Question #498 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Visceral is ____________ as visual is to eye.

Possible Answers:

moon 

relationship 

home 

feeling 

body

Correct answer:

body

Explanation:

"Visual" refers to things relating to visual perception, which is done through the "eye." "Visceral" means that something is related to viscera, which only comes from a "body."

Example Question #499 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Egalitarian is to equality as prurient is to __________.

Possible Answers:

faith

occupation 

sexuality

ethnicity 

healthcare 

Correct answer:

sexuality

Explanation:

An "egalitarian" is a person who believes that all people are "equal" and who advocates for fairness and "equality" in society. So, an "egalitarian" is concerned with "equality," what is a "prurient" concerned with? Well, the correct answer is that a "prurient" is someone who is excessively concerned with "sexual" affairs, someone who is voyeuristic. So, the correct answer is "sexuality."  

Example Question #500 : Analogies

Complete this analogy.

Aesop is to fable as Shakespeare is to __________.

Possible Answers:

Concert 

Sonnet 

Tome 

Essay 

Movie 

Correct answer:

Sonnet 

Explanation:

Aesop is most famous for his writing of fables, as in Aesop’s Famous Fables. A fable is a short story with a moral lesson ingrained within. To solve this analogy it is necessary to determine which answer choice is a type of work made famous by Shakespeare. The correct answer is therefore “sonnet.” A Sonnet is a fourteen-line poem with an established iambic pentameter structure. For clarification, a tome is a long and dense book.

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