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● Word Pair Analogies 3
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.
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Date________________
Example:
Bridge Type: Definition
#) PLATITUDE : CLICHÉ
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
dogma : accurate
theater : dramatic
sage : wise
legerdemain : obvious
portent : beneficial
Bridge Type: Part to Whole
1) SECT : RELIGION
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
fresco : painting
foreground : landscape
benefactor : fortune
mandate : ruler
diet : nutrient
Bridge Sentence:
A sect is part of a religion.
A __________ is part of a __________.
Bridge Type: Function
2) DECANTER : POUR
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
monument : venerate
criminal : deviate
nunnery : convert
pharmacy : proscribe
stiletto : walk
Bridge Sentence:
The function of a decanter is to pour.
The function of a __________ is to
__________.
Bridge Type: Lack
3) UNPRECEDENTED : FORERUNNERS
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
unnecessary : prerequisites
nauseating : medicine
bloodthirsty : anemia
holistic : proof
adulterated : purity
Bridge Sentence:
Something that is unprecedented lacks
forerunners.
Something that is __________ lacks
__________.
Bridge Type: Definition (Antonyms)
4) ERUDITE : UNEDUCATED
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
fiery : flagrant
fervid : dispassionate
loquacious : talkative
gullible : naive
dissonant : discordant
Bridge Sentence:
By definition, erudite is the opposite of
uneducated.
_____________________________________.
Bridge Type: Characteristic
5) TRUISM : OBVIOUS
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
waiver : safe
president : tyrannical
daredevil : audacious
novel : ingenuous
pedant : imaginative
6) LACONIC : CONCISE
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
obdurate : cooperative
ephemeral : fleeting
malleable : unchanging
vindictive : forgiving
equivocal : certain
7) LIE : PREVARICATE
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
betray : trust
philander : donate
waver : falter
deride : praise
corroborate : doubt
8) CONCESSION : PLACATE
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
woman : engender
gun : bolster
catalyst : precipitate
workout : enervate
lawyer : mitigate
Bridge Sentence:
A characteristic of a truism is to be obvious.
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Bridge Sentence:
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