Analogy

Analogy

Entrepreneur: Profit

a) artist : imitation

b) laborer : wages

c) financer : mortgage

d) arbitrator : complaints

Ans: b

Vacillate : Hesitate

a) persevere : waver

b) impulsive : deliberate

c) obstinate : accommodating

d) irresolute : indecisive

Ans: d

Happy : Cheerful

a) work : play

b) complement : criticize

c) articulate : express

d) add : subtract

Ans: c

Distort : Twist

a) Straighten : Bend

b) deform : reform

c) harmonize : balance

d) observe : blur

Ans: c

Lengthen : prolong

a) stretch : extend

b) distance : reduce

c) draw out : shorten

d) reach out : cut out

Ans: a

Delay : Retard

a) postpone : promote

b) adjourn : start

c) slow down : hold up

d) defer : accelerate

Ans: c

Submission : Yielding

a) subjection : liberation

b) restrain : indulge

c) compliant : acquiescent

d) restriction : relaxation

Ans: c

Simulate : Pretend

a) self-abnegate : deny oneself

b) castigate : praise

c) vacillate : decide

d) alleviate : make worse

Ans: a

Tranquility : Peace

a) chaos : disorder

b) retraction : indictment

c) combustion : waste

d) miracle : belief

Ans: a

Pecuniary : Financial

a) subsequent : preceding

b) noxious : harmful

c) condolence : congratulation

d) doleful : merry

Ans: b

Peak : Summit

a) foreign : nature

b) gun : soldier

c) mutation : change

d) switch : current

Ans: c

Excite : Calm

a) restrain : compose

b) agitate : trouble

c) upset : perturb

d) stimulate : cool down

Ans: d

Submissive : Disobedient

a) comply : conform

b) head : acquiesce

c) observe : defy

d) obey : hearten to

Ans: c

Barren : Fecund

a) dry : parched

b) incessant : continuous

c) naked : sinful

d) hanckneyed : Original

Ans: d

Ephemeral : Eternal

a) dexterous : skillful

b) sinister : threatening

c) vicarious : actual

d) clandestine : hidden

Ans: c

Beautiful : Ugly

a) eradicate : get rid of

b) joy : sorrow

c) thin : slim

d) conservation : traditional

Ans: b

Captive : Free

a) belladonna : poisonous drug

b) enlarge : reduce

c) look : gaze

d) buy : purchase

Ans: b

Coward : Brave

a) hesitate : uncertain

b) vacation : holiday

c) hedonist : pleasure

d) break : restore

Ans: d

Credulous : Sceptical

a) placate : irritate

b) cogent : brilliant

c) ingenuous : native

d) proscribe : prohibit

Ans: a

Punctual : Late

a) guess : spoken

b) secret : palpable

c) sunrise : beyond doubt

d) excess : shortage

Ans: d

Dignify : Humiliate

a) refuse : retinue

b) fuse : join

c) praise : criticize

d) sympathize : improve

Ans: c

Delay : Expedite

a) related : halt

b) block : obstruct

c) drag : procrastinate

d) detain : dispatch

Ans: d

Eager : indifferent

a) concerned : careful

b) anxious : nervous

c) enthusiastic : halfhearted

d) devoted : dedicated

Ans: c

Assert : Dissent

a) affirm : object

b) reject : disapprove

c) acknowledge : recognize

d) endorse : ratify

Ans: a

Conscious : Careless

a) careful : indifferent

b) graceful : ugly

c) generous : unkind

d) well-informed : knowing little

Ans: a

Cobbler : Shoes

a) painter : casel

b) spy : plans

c) mechanic : automobile

d) carpenter : saw

Ans: c

Referee : Field

a) historian : past

b) light : blind

c) agenda : meeting

d) judge : courtroom

Ans: d

Doctor : Hospital

a) farmer : village

b) chef : kitchen

c) water : reservoir

d) plumber : wrench

Ans: b

Carpenter : Saw

a) stenographer : typewriter

b) painter : brush

c) lawyer : brief

d) seamstress : scissors

Ans: d

Patron : Support

a) host : hostility

b) manager : employee

c) counsellor : advice

d) restaurant : reservation

Ans: c

Quite : Quite

a) calm : fully

b) hot : spread

c) member : club

d) client : lawyer

Ans: d

Botany : plants as zoology is to ——

a) flowers

b) trees

c) dear

d) animals

Ans: d

Tiger : zoology :: Mars is to

a) astronomy

b) cryptology

c) astrology

d) telescope

Ans: a

Finch : Ornithology

a) skull : archeology

b) fetus : etymology

c) rain : geology

d) mind : philosophy

Ans: c