SSAT Upper Level Verbal: Analogies Practice Test 25

1. Mar is to destroy as

• A. paint is to pose
• B. smear is to clean
• C. buff is to polish
• D. admire is to venerate
• E. edit is to shorten

2. Hoarding is to stockpile as

• A. overhearing is to testimony
• B. overseeing is to ignorance
• C. overlooking is to omission
• D. overpaying is to admission
• E. overbooking is to concession

3. Foul is to smell as

• A. sour is to sight
• B. wrong is to right
• C. soft is to touch
• D. fair is to play
• E. rancid is to taste

4. Solicitous is to caretaker as

• A. duplicitous is to ally
• B. pompous is to cheerleader
• C. wise is to sage
• D. patience is to doctor
• E. brief is to pundit

5. Insulation is to cooling as antibiotic is to

• A. dehydration
• B. infection
• C. distinction
• D. reflection
• E. correction

6. Recalcitrance is to mischief as

• A. indifference is to praise
• B. refusal is to hesitation
• C. remonstrance is to remorse
• D. cardinal is to ordinal
• E. disinterest is to opinion

7. Axle is to wheel as

• A. crank is to winch
• B. joist is to jib
• C. rope is to slat
• D. candle is to power
• E. lead is to pencil

8. Entrée is to menu as

• A. word is to lexicon
• B. oboe is to reed
• C. résumé is to skill
• D. psalm is to church
• E. paragraph is to stanza

9. Hint is to proclaim as

• A. aggravate is to irritate
• B. sip is to guzzle
• C. taste is to sample
• D. portend is to warn
• E. hit is to strike

10. Flurry is to blizzard as

• A. drench is to water
• B. parch is to quench
• C. day is to month
• D. seep is to deluge
• E. flourish is to fade

11. Obfuscate is to enlighten as

• A. dictate is to teach
• B. imbibe is to drink
• C. enervate is to waste
• D. dim is to darken
• E. indulge is to abstain

12. Cloying is to odor as

• A. raunchy is to language
• B. historical is to romance
• C. gaudy is to fashion
• D. emotive is to cinema
• E. maudlin is to sentiment

13. Ballet is to dance as

• A. café is to eatery
• B. finale is to play
• C. cliché is to criticism
• D. bouquet is to flowers
• E. cachet is to rank

14. Table is to postpone as

• A. display is to restrain
• B. seat is to shuffle
• C. shelve is to shove
• D. plug is to promote
• E. wave is to crest

15. Peel is to apple as

• A. leaf is to spinach
• B. skin is to potato
• C. seed is to watermelon
• D. stone is to peach
• E. split is to banana

16. Baton is to conducting as

• A. prod is to shepherding
• B. wand is to blessing
• C. laser is to taming
• D. knife is to scooping
• E. flag is to protesting