Verbal Analogies

The relationship is a part to a whole: a page is a component of a book, and a servant is a component of a home (in the context of household staff). While 'Leaf : Book' is a common analogy for page, the provided answer key identifies 'Servant : Home' as the intended pair.

 We switch on the light to use it and turn on the tap to use it.

 Calendar is to look for dates: dictionary is to look for words.

The relationship is a body part followed by a characteristic action it performs. Eyes wink, and the heart throbs.

Marriage and divorce both are opposite words. In the same way, simple and complex are opposite words.

A clerk works in an office and a soldier in an army.

Newspapers are published in a press and cloth is made in a mill.

 The meat of pig is called pork and the meat of sheep is called mutton.

 A censor removes inappropriate elements from a play just as a filter removes impurities from water.

 Train runs on tracks and bus runs on roads.

 Native and alien are opposite words, in the same way, wise and foolish are opposite words.

Army is related to soldiers.

Saucer is related to cup.

Curios is kept in museum. Curios is kept in museum

The relationship is singular to plural. Memorandum becomes Memoranda (Latin plural). Bacillus is a singular noun that becomes Bacilli in its plural form.