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Everest is to mountain as Nile is to __________.
"Everest" is a famous "mountain," whereas the "Nile" is a famed "river."
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Hydrogen is to element as water is to __________.
"Hydrogen" is an "element," whereas "water" is a "molecule."
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Coffee is to bean as tea is to __________.
"Coffee" is produced from a "bean" whereas "tea" comes from "leaves."
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Bovine is to cow as porcine is to __________.
"Bovine" refers to a "cow," while "porcine" refers to a "pig."
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Genius is to brilliant as idiot is to __________.
A "genius" is "brilliant" while an "idiot" is "moronic."
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Aspen is to tree as tulip is to __________.
An "aspen" is a type of "tree," just as a "tulip" is a type of "flower."
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Neon is to gas as titanium is to __________.
"Neon" is a type of elemental "gas," just as "titanium" is a type of "metal."
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Balcony is to railing as road is to __________.
A "balcony" has a "railing" to keep people safe, much like a "road" has a "guardrail" to keep cars and their drivers safe.
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Herd is to cattle as flock is to __________.
A group of "cattle" is called a "herd;" similarly a group of "seagulls" is called a "flock."
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Rigid is to flaccid as coarse is to __________.
"Rigid" and "flaccid" are total opposites, just as an antonym for "coarse" is "delicate."
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Abundant is to scarce as gargantuan is to __________.
"Abundant" is the opposite of "scarce," as are "garngantuan" and "miniscule" antonyms.
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Serene is to agitated as violent is to __________.
"Serene" and "agitated" are opposites; therefore "violent" and "pacific" are antonyms.
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Traditional is to irregular as occupied is to __________.
"Traditional" and "irregular" are strong antonyms; therefore "occupied" and "liberated" have opposite definitions.
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"Camera" is to "images" as "microphone" is to __________.
A camera is said to “capture images.” The implication is that it takes pictures and stores them in some medium. For this reason, the implication of the analogy is that a microphone also captures something, namely sounds. While “waves” might be tempting, note that cameras also capture light waves. The analogy is speaking more of the representation that is recorded by the instrument—images, not merely waves. The waves could be recorded as a chart of scientific data if one so wished, and that would not be exactly the same as saying that an “image was captured.”
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Sharp is to dull as broken is to __________.
"Sharp" and "dull" are strong antonyms, just as "broken" and "complete" are opposites.
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Smugly is to smirk as exuberantly is to __________.
When someone smirks, he or she smiles in a self-satisfied manner, generally because he or she is smug, that is, prideful in some accomplishment. The bridge sentence could be written, “As someone acting smugly would smirk, so would someone acting exuberantly X.” Exuberance is the state of having a great deal of energy, often in a cheerful manner. Such a state would likely lead one to grin.
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Oscillating is to pendulum as swinging is to __________.
Something that is oscillating swings back and forth in a regular pattern. A pendulum does just this—as in the pendulum in a grandfather clock. The simple word “swinging” must therefore be paired with something that has a swinging movement (just as a pendulum has an oscillating movement). Among the options provided, only the word “hinge” denotes a “thing.” This alone weighs heavily in its favor. Likewise, the word does describe the small joint of a door that is the tiny origin of the swinging motion of the larger door surface.
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Advance is to forward as retreat is to __________.
One can "advance" in a "forward" direction, just as one can "retreat" in a "backwards" direction.
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Camel is to fauna as whiskey is to __________.
You have likely heard the expression “flora and fauna,” meaning something like “animals and plants (in a given area).” The analogy seems rather general, but there is a relationship between “camel” and “fauna,” namely that a camel is a member of the class of things we call fauna; therefore, we need to find the general class into which whiskey could be categorized. Although you could stretch a bit and attempt “pleasure,” so as to say that whiskey is a member of the class of pleasurable things, it is better to choose “spirit,” which not only has to do with immaterial beings but also is a word for strong alcoholic beverages (like whiskey). (“Wine and spirit stores” are ones that sell wine and stronger beverages as well).
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Poppy is to flora as tabletop is to __________.
You have likely heard the expression “flora and fauna,” meaning something like animals and plants (in a given area). The word “flora” is a bit more obvious that “fauna” since it is related to “flower,” which clearly brings to mind plants. A “poppy” is a type of flower, thus a member of the class of “flora.” Now, a tabletop is literally (and this is important) the top of the table—that is what is indicated by the word. This is important because a tabletop itself is not a member of the general class "furniture" as it is a type of surface. A bridge sentence can help to bring this out: “Just as poppies are types of flora, so too are tabletops types of surfaces.”
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