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Strategies for Analogies

• create a sentence in your mind that uses the two capitalized words,
• learn to recognize common types of analogies,
• eliminate answer pairs that are clearly wrong,
• beware of possibly correct answers that appear in reverse order
• if more than one choice appears possible, analyze the words again,
• consider alternative meanings of words, as well as alternative parts of speech,
• if you do not know the meaning of a word, try to recall if you’ve ever heard it in an expression. The context of the expression may suggest the meaning of the word,
• beware of obvious answers. They may only be there to mislead you.

Question:
WHELP:DOG
(A) cat..catnip
(B) child..human being
(C) school..fish
(D) veterinarian..patient
(E) mule..horse

Answer: B

Explanation: A whelp is a young dog just as a child is a young human being. None of the other answer relationships match the same way. A veterinarian is not a young patient! A mule is not a young horse!

Question:
CLUB:GOLF
(A) type..book
(B) ball..soccer
(C) glove..baseball
(D) racket..tennis
(E) board..chess

Answer: D

Explanation: A club is used to play golf. However, this relationship would only eliminate answer choice A. A more specific paraphrase is: a club is used to strike a ball in the game of golf. Similarly, a racket is used to strike a ball in the game of tennis.

Question:
EXORCISM:DEMON
(A) matriculation..induction
(B) banishment..member
(C) qualm..angel
(D) heuristic..method
(E) manifesto..spirit

Answer: B

Explanation: This is a difficult one to solve. Eliminate any answer choice that reminds you in any way, of demon as these were put here to mis-lead you. A demon is a spirit so this eliminates (E). Next, choice (C) angel, might remind you of demon, so eliminate this one also. To exorcise a demon means to drive it away. Similarly, to banish a member of a group also means to drive someone away.

Question:
COFFER:VALUABLES
(A) mountain..avalanche
(B) book..paper
(C) vault..trifles
(D) sanctuary..refuge
(E) sea..waves

Answer: D

Explanation: A coffer is a container in which to store valuables. Similarly, a sanctuary is by definition a place of refuge.

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