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SAT Sample Questions

Verbal Section : Analogy

Directions:
Each of the 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.

1. DEBATER : LARYNGITIS
   1. pedestrian : lameness
   2. actor : aplause
   3. doctor : diagnosis
   4. swimmer : wet
   5. writer : paper

   Answer: A

2. INKBLOT : EYECHART
   1. oculist : ophthalmologist
   2. blotter : spectacles
   3. psychiatrist : optometrist
   4. physician : specialist
   5. blurs : letters

   Answer: C

3. LIGNEOUS : WOOD
   1. cellular : microbe
   2. nautical : water
   3. igneous : rock
   4. osseous : bone
   5. fossilized : plant

   Answer: D

4. SHRINE : PILGRIM
   1. defeat : loser
   2. peak : climber
   3. rescue : danger
   4. election : contestant
   5. direction : driver.

   Answer: B

5. RIVAL : COMPETITION
   1. litigant : morality
   2. maverick : co-operation
   3. mentor : praise
   4. sycophant : flattery
   5. medicant : confusion.

   Answer: D

6. ANGLE : DEsatE
   1. area : square inch
   2. milk : quart
   3. society : classes
   4. letter : alphabet
   5. time : minutes

   Answer: A

7. CONFIRMED : INVETERATE
   1. knowledge : supposed
   2. financial : bankrupt
   3. immature : callow
   4. credible : incredible
   5. careful: punishing

   Answer: B

8. LULLABY : BARCAROLE
   1. birth : marriage
   2. night : morning
   3. cradle : gondola
   4. song : poem
   5. carol : sonneteer

   Answer: C

9. ZOOLOGY : ANIMALS
   1. ecology : pollution
   2. botany : plants
   3. chemistry : atoms
   4. history : people
   5. mathematics : geometry

   Answer: A

10. DORY : VAN
    1. dairy : cow
    2. fish : vehicle
    3. freighter : caisson
    4. runners : wheels
    5. danish : Dutch

    Answer: C