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● Word Pair Analogies 10
high-advanced level (GRE)
Directions: Choose the pair of words that
best express a relationship similar to that
of the original pair. Then write the bridge
sentence(s) to the right.
By definition, a platitude is cliché.
By definition, a sage is wise.
1) FARCE : RIDICULOUS
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
swallow : migratory
child : incorrigible
skewer : poignant
intersection : perpendicular
porcupine : avian
2) ASPHYXIA : AIR
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
cancer : tumors
obesity : fat
anemia : iron
anorexia : disorder
depression : anxiety
3) INDULGE : EPICUREAN
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
complain : ravenous
revenge : vindictive
retract : revocable
startle : frightening
appreciate : deprecatory
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Bridge Type: Definition
#) PLATITUDE : CLICHÉ
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
dogma : accurate
theater : dramatic
sage : wise
legerdemain : obvious
portent : beneficial
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4) IMMUNE : SUSCEPTIBLE
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
corpulent : thin
audacious : bold
loquacious : babbling
laudable : praiseworthy
oblivious : distracted
5) DEMULCENT : UNGUENT
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
concertina : instrument
oratorio : rhetoric
denizen : denomination
artisan : freemason
paroxysm : hysteria
6) ABOMINABLE : DISAGREEABLE
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
lovable : annoying
dry : desiccated
dismal : lugubrious
penultimate : final
precipitous : steep
7) UNCOMMON : OUTLIER
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
tentative : agenda
literary : synopsis
parsimonious : spendthrift
lethal : overdose
saccharine : diabetic
8) BESEECH : REQUEST
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
elucidate : clarify
excite : pique
search : discover
scrutinize : observe
truncate : shorten
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