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GRE Interview Questions - Part 8

Verbal Section: Analogy
Directions:
Each of the GRE sample analogy questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered pair of words.

Following are some GRE sample analogy questions.

1. FOOTBALL : GRIDIRON
A. wrestling : mat
B. court : tennis
C. bowling : floor
D. rugby : arena
E. baseball : diamond
Ans :E

2. EXPURGATE : PASSAGE
A. abridge : text
B. filter : water
C. irritate : wound
D. burn : book
E. cancel : plan
Ans :B

3. IMPECUNIOUS : HOVEL
A. progress : prosper
B. mendicant : evasion
C. prosperity : poverty
D. mendacious : cringe
E. affluent : mansion
Ans :E

4. APIARY : BEE
A. museum : painting
B. dam : water
C. arboretum : tree
D. forum : speech
E. planetarium : star
Ans :C

5. SAND PAPER : ABRASIVE
A. gasoline : refined
B. grativity : irritant
C. polish : floors
D. acrylic : emulsion
E. oil : lubricant.
Ans :E

6. DIAPHANOUS : CACOPHONOUS
A. translucent : transparent
B. transparent : noisy
C. sheer : opaque
D. harmonious : discordant
E. twofold : multiple.
Ans :B

7. INFANCY : SENILITY
A. january : October
B. incipient : critical
C. day : night
D. conclusion : climax
E. dawn : dusk.
Ans :E

8. RIG : CONTEST
A. solve : conundrum
B. predict : race
C. repudiate : thesis
D. gerrymander : district
E. incriminate : evidence
Ans :D

9. ARBORETUM : TREES
A. aviary : birds
B. greenhouse : garden
C. museum : painters
D. grove : forest
E. zoo : range
Ans :D

10. BULLET : BARREL
A. fame : films
B. train : track
C. idea : brain
D. plane : clouds
E. water : boat
Ans :B

11. PARENTHESIS : EXPLANATION
A. ellipsis : omission
B. asterisk : exaggeration
C. synopsis : affectation
D. apostrophe : annotation
E. synthesis : interpolation
Ans : A

12. CENSUS : POPULATION
A. manifest : debts
B. roster : audience
C. itinerary : journeys
D. inventory : merchandise
E. state : incumbents
Ans : D

13. STANZA : POEM
A. mimicry : pantomime
B. duet : chorus
C. act : opera
D. rhyme : verse
E. pirouette : ballet
Ans : C

14. EXHORT : SUGGEST
A. conspire : plan
B. tamper : adjust
C. crave : accept
D. goad : direct
E. instruct : teach
Ans : D

15. ALACRITY : APATHETIC
A. compliance : deft
B. temerity : timid
C. despotism : arrogant
D. candor : bungling
E. tenacity : eager
Ans :B

16. FIRE : STORM
A. whale : minnow
B. speech : shout
C. plant : flower
D. wind : temperature
E. tornado : hurricane
Ans :E
17. COLLUSION : CONSPIRATORS
A. identification : arbitrators
B. co-operation : partners
C. conclusion : messengers
D. revision : corespondents
E. attribution : interpreters
Ans :B

18. CYNOSURE : BRILLIANT
A. word : common
B. student : attentive
C. rock : large
D. magnet : attractive
E. map : legible
Ans :D

19. PLEBISCITE : UKASE
A. lack : abundance
B. vote : musical instrument
C. cancel : construct
D. public : ruler
E. written : oral
Ans :D

20. MENDICANT : IMPECUNIOUS
A. hat : askew
B. liar : poor
C. complainer : petulant
D. critic : quizzical
E. philanthrophist : prodigal.
Ans :C

21. RELAPSE : CONVALESCENCE
A. dissonance : harmony
B. feudalism : industrialization
C. repetition : monotony
D. impasse : debate
E. recidivism : rehavbilitation.
Ans :E

22. AMBULATORY : BEDRIDDEN
A. strong : weak
B. wheelchair : bed
C. free : confined
D. healthy : sick
E. broken : arm
Ans :C

23. SUBPOENA : WITNESS
A. hire : laborer
B. tax : worker
C. elect : officer
D. suborn : judge
E. conscript : soldier
Ans :E

24. INVINCIBLE : SUBDUED
A. expensive : bought
B. inconsistent : expressed
C. bolted : separated
D. impervious : damaged
E. imprudent : enacted
Ans :D

25. BURLESQUE : PLAY
A. operetta : symphony
B. limerick : sonnet
C. doggerel : verse
D. table : narration
E. sketch : drawing
Ans :C

26. GROW : BURGEON
A. flourish : thrive
B. transport : enrapture
C. beat : palpitate
D. evolve : multiply
E. wrot : decay
Ans :C

27. EXTROVERT : RETICENT
A. reprobate : humility
B. strategist : decisiveness
C. zealot : loyalty
D. maverick : conformity
E. renegade : ambition.
Ans :D

28. HYGROMETER : BAROMETER
A. snow : rain
B. humidity : pressure
C. water : mercury
D. temperature : weather
E. forecast : rain.
Ans :B

29. EXEMPTION : EXCLUSIONS
A. discharge : elimination
B. debarment : prevention
C. immunity : isolation
D. forgive : condone
E. enclosure : open.
Ans :C

30. FEBRILE : ILLNESS
A. classic : cultivation
B. delusional : insanity
C. eccentric : discrimination
D. tenacious : astonishment
E. juvenile : maturity.

31. CONDUIT : WATER
A. behaviour : liquid
B. electricity : television
C. artery : blood
D. wire : sound
E. pump : oil.
Ans :C

32. BIZARRE : EXOTIC
A. wild : tame
B. lively : livid
C. stage : dancer
D. commonplace : routine
E. ordinary : exceptional.
Ans :D

33. ENTREPRENEUR : LABORER
A. mediator : conflict
B. capitalism : communism
C. profits : wages
D. arbitrator : capitalist
E. moonlighting : worker.
Ans :C

34. ANTIMACASSAR : SOFA
A. picture : frame
B. rug : floor
C. pillow : bed
D. door : window
E. table : chair.
Ans :B

35. NOTABLE : NOTORIOUS
A. heinous : atrocious
B. philandering : pleasant
C. philanthropic : miserly
D. nefarious : secret
E. philanthropic : benevolent.
Ans :E
36. ANGLE : DEGREE
A. area : square inch
B. milk : quart
C. society : classes
D. letter : alphabet
E. time : minutes
Ans : A

37. CONFIRMED : INVETERATE
A. knowledge : supposed
B. financial : bankrupt
C. immature : callow
D. credible : incredible
E. careful: punishing
Ans :B

38. LULLABY : BARCAROLE
A. birth : marriage
B. night : morning
C. cradle : gondola
D. song : poem
E. carol : sonneteer
Ans :C

39. ZOOLOGY : ANIMALS
A. ecology : pollution
B. botany : plants
C. chemistry : atoms
D. history : people
E. mathematics : geometry
Ans :A

40. DORY : VAN
A. dairy : cow
B. fish : vehicle
C. freighter : caisson
D. runners : wheels
E. danish : Dutch
Ans : C

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Question Popularity: Submitted 2008-06-01 08:04:27

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Submitted 2008-06-01 08:04:27