ANALOGIES XIV

Fill in the blank with one of the choices to complete each analogy.

1. Shore : Sea :: _______ : River

    a. Ocean

    b. Water

    c. Bank

    d. Sand

2. Trellis: _______ : :Fireplace : House

    a. Lattice

    b. Flowers

    c. Hearth

    d. Garden

3. Luge : Lunge : : Toe : _______

    a. Sled

    b. Tone

    c. Tole

    d. Lung

4. Poetic : Imaginative: : _______ : Ordinary

    a. Verse

    b. Rhyming

    c. Prosaic

    d. Sensitive

5. Vacillate : Decide :: _______ : Leave

    a. Linger

    b. Waver

    c. Arrive

    d. Choice

6. _______ : Style :: Jealousy : Resentment

    a. Fashion

    b. Envy

    c. Finesse

    d. Unique

 

7. Gloaming : _______ :: Bearing : Manner

    a. Scotland

    b. Estate

    c. Harvest

    d. Dusk

 

8. Sling : Arm :: _______: Ceiling

    a. Roof  

    b. Cast

    c. Column

    d. Floor

 

9. Centaur : Mermaid :: Horse: _______

    a. Woman

    b. Fish

    c. Myth 

    d. Ariel

10. Drip : _______ :: Dent : Destroy

      a. Bump

      b. Gush

      c. Faucet

      d. Dry

Answers:

 

1. c - Bank (edge)

2. d - Garden (place)

3. b - Tone (add "n") 

4. c - Prosaic

5. a - Linger

6. a - Finesse

7. d - Dusk

8. c - Column (support)

9. a - Woman (head)

10. b - Gush (degree)