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Verbal Analogies

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Test your reasoning abilities with these verbal analogies questions focused on identifying word relationships. The exercises require finding pairs that share similar logical or semantic connections. This section is a crucial part of the verbal ability and reasoning tests in many competitive exams.

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Verbal Analogies Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

VERBOSE : LOQUACIOUS

  1. Wassail : Sardonic

  2. Euphuism : Fustian

  3. Igneous : Pecuniary

  4. Trivial : Inordinate

  5. Alien : Local
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(Synonyms) Verbose and loquacious are synonymous meaning talkative persons. On the same lines, Euphuism and Fustian are synonyms meaning boastful talk. So this is our correct answer option. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as question pair.

BRUSQUE : TORPID

  1. Yammer : Ululation

  2. Demiurge : Impotent

  3. Bootless : Successful

  4. Fecund : Sterile

  5. Burlesque : Ingrate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) The lead pair is a set of antonyms. Burlesque means comically and Ingratiate is to make acceptable. The pair doesn't exhibit synonymous relationship. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

COMMENSURATE : BARTER

  1. Anomalous : Tower Over

  2. Tenable : Raid

  3. Flamboyant : Squander

  4. Twin : Reciprocate

  5. Equal : Partner
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(alike: interchangeable) Something which is commensurate can be bartered. In the same manner, something which is twin (meaning indistinguishable) can be reciprocated (meaning interchanged). 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

SHOGUN : HOI - POLLOI

  1. Pinnacle : Nadir

  2. Janus faced : Judas

  3. Pique : Ingratiate

  4. Slight : Plaudits

  5. Parched : Slaked
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) Shogun (is a person belonging to aristocratic class) and hoi-polloi (is term referring to masses common people) are antonyms. We need a pair that bears synonymous relationship. Janus-faced and Judas both mean double faced hypocrites, and thus are synonyms. That makes option (2) correct. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

HIRSUTE : GLABROUS

  1. Outré : Oddball

  2. Nonsensical : Obtuse

  3. Upbraid : Commend

  4. Bland : Raucous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) Hirsute: glabrous is a pair of antonym words. So we need a pair of synonyms words and in option (1) both words outré and odd ball (meaning eccentric, bizarre or unconventional thing) are synonymous. This marks option (1) as the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Glutton : Quantity :: ______ : Quality

  1. Gourmand

  2. Gascon

  3. Gourmet

  4. Grail

  5. Gaunt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A glutton concerns himself with quantity; a gourmet with quality.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Isotherm : Temperature : Isobar :

  1. Pressure

  2. Volume

  3. Density

  4. Viscosity

  5. Mass
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Isotherm connects points with equal temperature; isobar connects points with equal pressure.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Mermaid : Fish : Centaur : :

  1. Wolf

  2. Lion

  3. Dragon

  4. Horse

  5. Bull
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mermaid is supposedly half fish, half human; Centaur is supposedly half horse half human.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Isthmus : Land :: : Water

  1. Dredge

  2. Floe

  3. Peninsula

  4. Strait

  5. Gulf
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses; strait is a narrow waterway connecting two large water bodies.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

CRUET : MAGNUM

  1. Bottle : Mug

  2. Receptacle : Fuel

  3. Iota : Promethean

  4. Hosanna : Sigh

  5. Cruel : Magnanimous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(small: big) Iota: Cavernous. Iota is very small quantity and cavernous is the term used for deep, huge gorge. The pair forms similar relationship as cruet: magnum. This marks option (3) as the correct answer. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

EVANESCENT : SEASONAL

  1. Renaissance : Deleterious

  2. Obsequious : Zealot

  3. Intractable : Insurgent

  4. Pedagogic : Tyro

  5. Eavesdrop : Fallow
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(closest meaning) Seasonal is something which is evanescent or for a short duration of time. On similar lines, insurgent (meaning a rebel) is intractable (meaning stubbornly disobedient). 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

TEPID : GELID

  1. Gadabout : Trammeled

  2. Seething : Searing

  3. Quibble : Asseverate

  4. Histrionic : Reality

  5. Turbid : Turgid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(Antonym) We have to search a synonym pair. Gadabout is restless seeker after fun and trammeled is restricted. The pair does not bear synonymous relationship. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

CRIME : PUNISHMENT

  1. Lawyer : Judge

  2. Court : Room

  3. Accused : Defendant

  4. Homicide : Penalty

  5. Comeuppance : Sin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(Cause: Effect) The pair contains Cause: Effect relation. Homicide is murder and penalty is a punishment fixed by law. So option (4) is correct analogous pair. Crime leads to punishment same as homicide leads to penalty.