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Example Question #482 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Teachers are to students as doctors are to __________.
medicines
workers
sick
helpers
patients
patients
Doctors work with patients just as teachers work with students, so "patients" is the correct answer.
Example Question #481 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Fan is to air as hose is to __________.
power
handle
ice
electricity
water
water
A fan moves air by blowing it around, so you need to pick out an answer choice that describes what a hose moves. A hose moves water, so "water" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are things that are moved by hose, so none of them can be the correct answer.
Example Question #485 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Animal is to veterinarian as person is to __________.
hospital
banker
doctor
businessperson
hotel
doctor
Since veterinarians help animals when they are sick or hurt, we need to pick out a word that represents an occupation whose practitioners help out people when they are sick or hurt. While both "doctor" and "hospital" may look like correct answers, "hospital" can't be the correct answer because it is the name of the place where people go when they are sick or hurt, and not the job title of the people who help them. "Doctor" is the correct answer because just like veterinarians help animals when they are injured, doctors help people when they are injured.
Example Question #491 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Firefighter is to fire as __________.
librarian is to books
policewoman is to crime
business is to businessperson
doctor is to healthy
waiter is to food
policewoman is to crime
Since firefighters fight fires, we need to pick out another pair of words in which the first word is a job, and the second word is the thing that people who work that job try to stop. While "policeman," "librarian," "doctor," and "waiter" are all occupations, but "healthy" can't be the correct answer because it's an adjective, not a noun, and "librarian is to books" can't be correct either because a librarian doesn't try to stop books, he or she distributes them and helps people find them. Since a policewoman's job is to stop crime, just like a firefighter's job is to stop fires, "policewoman is to crime" is the correct answer.
Example Question #492 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Disinfect is to germs as __________ is to hair.
suspend
create
unleash
shave
delete
shave
To "disinfect" means to make something clean, to rid something of "germs." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words means to get rid of hair, to remove one's hair. The correct answer is "shave." Additionally, "delete" means remove, cancel, get rid of; "suspend" means pause, halt until later; "create" means make, come up with, invent; "unleash" means release, set loose.
Example Question #51 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Casino is to __________ as chapel is to pray.
spiritual
gamble
illegal
church
religion
gamble
A "chapel" is a little church, it is a place where one might go to "pray." So, which of these is an activity that one might go to a "casino" to do? The correct answer is "gamble" which means bet, wager. Additionally, "illegal" means against the law, not legal; "spiritual" means religious, related to the soul.
Example Question #52 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Kitchen is to cook as bathroom is to __________.
play
sleep
wash
eat
fight
wash
An action that one might do in the "kitchen" is "cook." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is an action one might do in the "bathroom." The correct answer is "wash."
Example Question #53 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Colleague is to work as combatant is to __________.
fight
practice
try
sail
study
fight
To begin with the prefix co- means together, with. So, a "colleague" is someone you work with, two "colleagues" are two people who work together. Which of these is an action you might undertake with a "combatant?" The correct answer is that a "combatant" is someone you "fight" with.
Example Question #61 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Dehydrate is to __________ as deforest is to trees.
snow
water
animals
plants
heat
water
To begin with the prefix de- means away from, take from. So, to "deforest" means to remove "trees." Which of these is removed when you "dehydrate" something? Well, the root -hydra- means related to water. So, to "dehydrate" is to remove water.
Example Question #62 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Janitor is to clean as mechanic is to __________.
protect
repair
cook
create
teach
repair
A "janitor" is someone who cleans for a living. So, "clean" is an action that a "janitor" might undertake. Which of these is an action that a "mechanic" might undertake? Well, a "mechanic" is someone who fixes machines for a living. So, "repair" is the correct answer. "Repair" means fix, mend, make something no longer broken.
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