Verbal Analogy Questions and Answers

1. ______ : trail :: grain : grail
a. train
b. path
c. wheat
d. holy

2. particular : fussy :: ______ : subservient
a. meek
b. above
c. cranky
d. uptight

3. ______ : horse :: board : train
a. stable
b. shoe
c. ride
d. mount

4. tureen : ______ :: goblet : wine
a. napkin
b. soup
c. spoon
d. pilsner

5. 4 : 6 :: ______ : 16
a. 2
b. 14
c. 8
d. 10

6. son : nuclear :: ______ : extended
a. father
b. mother
c. cousin
d. daughters

7. coif : hair :: ______ : musical
a. shower
b. close
c. praise
d. score
8. feta : Greek :: provolone : ______
a. salad
b. Swiss
c. blue
d. Italian

9. moccasin : snake :: ______ : shoe
a. alligator
b. waders
c. asp
d. loafer

10. ______ : zenith :: fear : composure
a. apex
b. heaven
c. heights
d. nadir

11. pill : bore :: core : ______
a. center
b. mug
c. bar
d. placebo

12. pilfer : steal :: ______ : equip
a. return
b. damage
c. exercise
d. furnish

13. native : aboriginal :: naïve : ______
a. learned
b. arid
c. unsophisticated
d. tribe

14. junket : ______ :: junk : trash
a. trounce
b. trip
c. refuse
d. trinket

15. ______ : festive :: funeral : somber
a. tension
b. soiree
c. eulogy
d. sari

16. fetish : fixation :: slight : ______
a. flirt
b. sloth
c. insult
d. confuse

17. hovel : dirty :: hub : ______
a. unseen
b. prideful
c. busy
d. shovel

18. bog : ______ :: slumber : sleep
a. dream
b. foray
c. marsh
d. night


19. ______ : segue ::
throng : mass
a. subway
b. church
c. transition
d. line

20. ragtime : United States ::raga : ______
a. cloth
b. country
c. piano
d. India

21. miserly : cheap ::homogeneous : ______
a. extravagant
b. unkind
c. alike
d. friendly

22. skew : gloomy :: slant : ______
a. glee
b. foible
c. desperate
d. gloaming

23. eider : ______ :: cedar : tree
a. snow
b. plant
c. duck
d. pine

24. gerrymander : divide ::filibuster : ______
a. bend
b. punish
c. delay
d. rush

25. vapid : ______ :: rapid : swift
a. inspired
b. turgid
c. wet
d. insipid

26. denim : cotton :: ______ : flax
a. sheep
b. uniform
c. sweater
d. linen

27. obscene : coarse :: obtuse : ______
a. subject
b. obstinate
c. obscure
d. stupid

28. diamond : baseball :: court : ______
a. poker
b. jury
c. grass
d. squash

29. quixotic : pragmatic :: murky : ______
a. rapid
b. cloudy
c. clear
d. friendly

30. smear : libel :: heed : ______
a. represent
b. doubt
c. consider
d. need

Answers
1. a. Train becomes trail when the “n” is replaced by an “l,” and
grain becomes grail when the “n” is replaced by an “l.”
2. a. Particular is a synonym for fussy, and meek is a synonym for
subservient.
3. d. To mount means to get on a horse, and to board means to get
on a train.
4. b. A tureen is used to hold soup, and a goblet is used to hold wine.
5. b. 4 plus 2 is 6, and 14 plus 2 is 16.
6. c. A son is part of a nuclear family, and a cousin is part of an
extended family.
7. d. To coif means to arrange hair, and to score means to arrange a
musical.
8. d. Feta is a Greek cheese, and provolone is an Italian cheese.
9. d. A moccasin is a type of snake, and a loafer is a type of shoe.
10. d. Nadir is the opposite of zenith, and fear is the opposite of
composure.
11. a. A pill is another word for a bore, and a core is another word for
a center.
12. d. To pilfer means to steal, and to furnish means to equip.
13. c. Native is a synonym for aboriginal, and naïve is a synonym for
unsophisticated.
14. b. A junket is a synonym for a trip, and junk is a synonym for trash.
15. b. A soiree is described as festive, and a funeral is described as
somber.
16. c. A fetish is a synonym for a fixation, and a slight is a synonym for
an insult.
17. c. A hovel is described as dirty, and a hub is described as busy.
18. c. A bog is a synonym for a marsh, and slumber is a synonym for
sleep.
19. c. A transition is a synonym for a segue, and a throng is a
synonym for a mass.
20. d. Ragtime is a type of music from the United States, and raga is a
type of music from India.
21. c. Miserly is another word for cheap, and homogeneous is another
word for alike.
22. c. To skew is a synonym of to slant, and to be gloomy is a
synonym for desperate.
23. c. An eider is a type of duck, and a cedar is a type of tree.
24. c. To gerrymander is a political term meaning to divide land, and
to filibuster is to delay legislature.
25. d. Vapid is another word for insipid, and rapid is another word for
swift.
26. d. Denim is a fabric made from cotton, and linen is a fabric made
from flax.
27. d. Obscene is a synonym for coarse, and obtuse is a synonym for
stupid.
28. d. Baseball is played on a diamond, and squash is played on a
court.
29. c. Quixotic is an antonym for pragmatic, and murky is an antonym
for clear.
30. c. To smear is a synonym of to libel, and to heed is a synonym of
to consider.