GRE Sample Questions

Verbal Section: Analogy

Directions:
Each of the GRE sample analogy questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered pair of words.

Following are some GRE sample analogy questions.

1. FOOTBALL : GRIDIRON
   1. wrestling : mat
   2. court : tennis
   3. bowling : floor
   4. rugby : arena
   5. baseball : diamond

   Ans :E

2. EXPURGATE : PASSAGE
   1. abridge : text
   2. filter : water
   3. irritate : wound
   4. burn : book
   5. cancel : plan

   Ans :B

3. IMPECUNIOUS : HOVEL
   1. progress : prosper
   2. mendicant : evasion
   3. prosperity : poverty
   4. mendacious : cringe
   5. affluent : mansion

   Ans :E

4. APIARY : BEE
   1. museum : painting
   2. dam : water
   3. arboretum : tree
   4. forum : speech
   5. planetarium : star

   Ans :C

5. SAND PAPER : ABRASIVE
   1. gasoline : refined
   2. grativity : irritant
   3. polish : floors
   4. acrylic : emulsion
   5. oil : lubricant.

   Ans :E

6. DIAPHANOUS : CACOPHONOUS
   1. translucent : transparent
   2. transparent : noisy
   3. sheer : opaque
   4. harmonious : discordant
   5. twofold : multiple.

   Ans :B

7. INFANCY : SENILITY
   1. january : October
   2. incipient : critical
   3. day : night
   4. conclusion : climax
   5. dawn : dusk.

   Ans :E

8. RIG : CONTEST
   1. solve : conundrum
   2. predict : race
   3. repudiate : thesis
   4. gerrymander : district
   5. incriminate : evidence

   Ans :D

9. ARBORETUM : TREES
   1. aviary : birds
   2. greenhouse : garden
   3. museum : painters
   4. grove : forest
   5. zoo : range

   Ans :D

10. BULLET : BARREL
    1. fame : films
    2. train : track
    3. idea : brain
    4. plane : clouds
    5. water : boat

    Ans :B