Verbal Analogies

A shoe is made of leather, which is its primary material. A car is made of parts, but the relationship 'Car : Engine' is a whole-to-part relationship, which is the closest fit among the options provided.

A pedal is the mechanism used to operate a bicycle, just as winding is the mechanism used to operate a clock. Both represent an action required to activate a device.

 The aftermath of an explosion is debris; the aftermath of a collision is injuries.

War can result in defeat, just as a contest can result in victory. These are outcomes of specific competitive events.

 A clerk keeps the record of correspondence; an archivist keeps the record of archives.

To blow a horn is to perform an action on an object to produce a result. Similarly, to solve a problem is to perform an action on a challenge to reach a conclusion.

A child is a member of a family, just as a tentacle is a part of an octopus. This represents a part-to-whole relationship.

To interrupt is to interfere with the act of speaking, just as to intrude is to interfere with the act of entering. Both involve unauthorized interference.

 A room is part of a house. True, but a roof is part of a building, but this is in reference to a building, which a house is. The room is a non-specific part and house is a specific building. When we look at wheel : chair, the two make up a whole 'wheelchair'. The wheel is part of the wheelchair and the chair is the specific thing it is (a chair with wheels).

Cutting hair is an action performed on a subject. Throwing a fall is not a standard idiom, but among the choices, it represents an action-object pair.

A tadpole is the immature form of a frog, just as a caterpillar is the immature form of a butterfly. This is a life-cycle stage relationship.

Bacteria cause illness. Similarly, a bomb causes explosion.

Building the bridge between the given pair, we may say: Clothes are kept in a Closet. Ink is present in a pen.

Large and enormous are synonyms where the second is an intensifier of the first. Plump and fat share this same relationship.

Coolness is a characteristic associated with the night, just as warmth is a characteristic associated with the day. These are natural environmental pairings.