SSAT Verbal: Analogies Practice Test 17

1. Resignation is to sigh as

• A. hope is to wish
• B. faith is to pray
• C. surprise is to gasp
• D. terror is to fear
• E. startle is to surprise

2. Lincoln is to Nebraska as

• A. Washington is to Oregon
• B. New York is to Kentucky
• C. Chicago is to New York
• D. Trenton is to New Jersey
• E. Oregon is to Portland

3. Pencil is to sharpen as

• A. knife is to cut
• B. carpenter is to build
• C. wood is to saw
• D. well is to fill
• E. saw is to ax

4. Finger is to hand as

• A. arm is to sleeve
• B. shoe is to foot
• C. strand is to hair
• D. blouse is to skirt
• E. leg is to foot

5. Convex is to concave as

• A. hill is to hole
• B. in is to within
• C. round is to square
• D. nose is to mouth
• E. under is to beneath

6. Cow is to milk as

• A. rat is to cheese
• B. bee is to honey
• C. bird is to wing
• D. cat is to dog
• E. cat is to fish

7. Exercise is to reduce as

• A. grumble is to resign
• B. snow is to freeze
• C. spending is to save
• D. luck is to win
• E. run is to race

8. Mountain is to peak as

• A. hole is to hill
• B. storm is to ocean
• C. tide is to ocean
• D. storm is to hurricane
• E. wave is to crest

9. Food is to body as

• A. fuel is to engine
• B. bat is to ball
• C. kite is to tail
• D. mechanic is to engine
• E. gasoline is to oil

10. Pressure is to barometer as

• A. centimeter is to meter
• B. speedometer is to distance
• C. meter is to perimeter
• D. comptometer is to comptroller
• E. temperature is to thermometer

11. Famine is to abundance as

• A. hunger is to starvation
• B. squalor is to starvation
• C. poverty is to wealth
• D. famine is to hunger
• E. wealth is to riches

12. Study is to studiously as

• A. work is to learning
• B. play is to playfully
• C. book is to bookish
• D. habit is to habitual
• E. teach is to teacher

13. Discard is to delete as

• A. attach is to detach
• B. contagious is to spread
• C. farther is to far
• D. alter is to revise
• E. tear is to mend

14. Reject is to aversion as

• A. think is to consider
• B. ponder is to desire
• C. impose is to act
• D. content is to change
• E. choose is to preference

15. Measles is to disease as

• A. felony is to crime
• B. measles is to mumps
• C. felony is to misdemeanor
• D. crime is to law
• E. law is to judge