In each of the following questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear.Choose the correct alternatives.
CUP : LIP :: BIRD : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Beak
The relation is vessel : the part it is brought to, or more simply whole : the part that takes in food. Drink passes from the cup to the lip; a bird takes its food with its beak. Bush, grass and forest are places, not parts of the bird.
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Flow : River :: Stagnant : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Pool
The relation is condition : the body of water that has it. A river flows; a pool is stagnant, standing still with no current to renew it. Streams and canals both carry moving water.
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______ : trail :: grain : grail
Answer: A
Correct answer: train
Insert an r after the first letter and one word becomes the other: grain becomes grail… and reading the pattern the other way, train becomes trail when the r is removed. So the missing word must differ from trail exactly as grain differs from grail - an n where the other has an l.
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particular : fussy :: ______ : subservient
Answer: A
Correct answer: meek
The relation is word : its synonym. Particular means fussy; meek means subservient - submissive and unresisting. Cranky and uptight describe temper rather than submissiveness.
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______ : horse :: board : train
Answer: D
Correct answer: mount
The relation is verb : the conveyance boarded. One boards a train; one mounts a horse. To ride is what follows the mounting, and a stable is where the horse is kept.
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tureen : ______ :: goblet : wine
Answer: B
Correct answer: soup
The relation is vessel : what it holds. A goblet holds wine; a tureen holds soup - the deep covered dish it is brought to table in. A spoon serves it and a napkin is unrelated.
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4 : 6 :: ______ : 16
Answer: B
Correct answer: 14
The relation between the numbers is a difference of two: \( 6 - 4 = 2 \), so the missing number must be two less than 16, \[ 16 - 2 = 14 \] which gives the same relation on both sides of the analogy.
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son : nuclear :: ______ : extended
Answer: C
Correct answer: cousin
The relation is relative : the kind of family that includes them. A son belongs to the nuclear family - parents and their children; a cousin belongs only to the extended family, which reaches beyond that household. Father, mother and daughters are all nuclear.
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coif : hair :: ______ : musical
Answer: D
Correct answer: score
The relation is verb : what it is done to. To coif is to dress the hair; to score is to write out a musical work in parts. In each pair the first word is the specialist verb for shaping the second.
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feta : Greek :: provolone : ______
Answer: D
Correct answer: Italian
The relation is cheese : the country it comes from. Feta is Greek; provolone is Italian, a firm cow’s-milk cheese from the south, often hung in pear-shaped forms to age.
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