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Priest is to religious as wizard is to __________.
A characteristic usually associated with a priest is that priests are religious; a characteristic usually associated with a wizards are “magical.” To help you, "genuine" means real; and "pious" and "devout" are synonyms that both mean deeply religious.
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Grass is to green as __________.
Grass is usually green, just as water is usually blue, so "water is to blue" is the correct answer.
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Fire is to hot as __________.
A characteristic of fire is that it is hot, just as a characteristic of a liquid is that it is wet. So, "liquid is to wet" is the correct answer.
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Quick is to cheetah as slow is to __________.
Cheetahs are one the fastest animals in the world, so to solve this analogy, you need to determine which of these answer choices is something that could be described as "slow." The correct answer is therefore "turtle," since whereas cheetahs move quickly, turtles move slowly.
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Arctic is to cold as desert is to __________.
A feature of the arctic is that it is very cold. So, to solve this analogy, you need to determine which of the answer choices is a feature of the desert that relates to temperature. The correct answer is therefore "hot," because while the arctic is cold, the desert is hot.
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Jock is to __________ as genius is to smart.
A "genius" is someone who is very intelligent. So, a quality of a "genius" is to be "smart." Which of these is a quality often associated with a "jock?" The correct answer is to be "athletic" or good at sports.
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Trudge is to slow as sprint is to __________.
If you "trudge," it means you walk slowly, so you need to pick out an answer choice that describes your speed when you "sprint." If you sprint, it means that you run very quickly, so as trudged is to slow, sprinted is to “fast.”
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Sunrise is to day as sunset is to ___________.
Sunrise begins the day, so to solve this analogy, you need to pick out a word that describes what sunset begins. Sunset begins the night, so "night" is the correct answer.
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Plug is to socket as __________.
Plugs fit into sockets, so we are looking for an answer in which the first word fits into the second word; thus, the best answer choice is "key is to lock," because a key fits into a lock.
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Elephant is to big as chipmunk is to __________.
A characteristic of an elephant is that it is big; conversely, a characteristic of a chipmunk is to be “small.”
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Fire is to hot as freezer is to __________.
A quality of a fire is that it is hot; on the other hand, a quality of a freezer is to be “cold.” To help you, "storage" is a place where things are stored, and "burning," when used as an adjective, means very hot or on fire.
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Thief is to steal as __________.
A thief is someone who steals, so to solve this analogy, we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word is a verb that the first word, a noun, does. While "donate is to charity" and "chef is to cook" may both look like correct answer choices, a "charity" does not "donate"—people donate to charities. While "chef" and "cook" can be seen as synonyms, "cook" can also be used as a verb meaning to prepare food. So, because chefs cook just as thieves steal, "chef is to cook" is the correct answer.
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Play is to game as eat is to __________.
A “game” is something that you “play,” so to solve this analogy, you need to determine which of these answer choices is something that you “eat.” The correct answer is a “meal.”
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Boxer is to fighting as vocalist is to __________.
“Fighting” is an action associated with “boxers,” so to solve this analogy, you need to determine which answer choice is associated with a “vocalist.” Well, a “vocalist” is someone who sings, so the correct answer is “singing.”
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Butterfly is to flutter as spider is to __________.
"Flutter" means flap your wings and hover in the air or fly around. Fluttering is something that butterflies do to move around, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of these words is something that spiders do to move around. The correct answer is therefore "crawl." While spiders do "spin" webs, they do not "spin" to move around—"crawl" better describes how they move around.
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Kangaroo is to jump as __________.
One ability of kangaroos is to jump. Since "kangaroo" is first and the ability is second, the answer needs to follow the same format. "Lemonade" is a type of "drink" and "baby" is a type of "child," so these answers can be eliminated. While a car can be driven and a biken can be riden, the order is incorrect. The only answer that fits is that a "lawnmower" can "cut."
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Bark is to dog as __________ is to wolf.
"Bark" is the sound made by a "dog," so to solve this analogy you simply need to determine what sound a "wolf" makes. The correct answer is "howl." When solving analogies your first step is always to figure out the relationship between the words in the question - in this case the relationship was the sound a "dog" makes is a "bark," what is the sound a wolf makes?
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Feather is to fly as fin is to __________.
A "feather" is used by birds to help them to "fly." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which action is helped by the use of a "fin." Well, a "fin" is part of the body of a fish that is used to help fish to "swim."
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Sleep is to indoors as __________ is to outdoors.
"Sleep" is an action that one generally undertakes "indoors." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is an action usually done "outdoors." The correct answer is to "sail." Although the "sun" and "moon" are both "outdoors," they are objects not actions.
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Sunset is to evening as sunrise is to __________.
Since "sunset" describes the action of the sun during evening, we need to pick out a noun describing a time of day during which "sunrise" occurs. While the sun is up during "morning,""day," and "noon," "morning" is the best answer, as the sun rises in the morning.
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