NMAT Verbal Set 1:
Ability Practice Word Analogies
Questions
Directions: The questions that follow have two pairs of words. Analyze the first pairing and
figure out how they’re related to each other. The second pair is related to each other in the
same way as the first pair. Choose the missing word from the given choices.
1. EQUANIMITY : HARRIED :: MODERATION : Someone who is HARRIED, or stressed, lacks
EQUANIMITY, or serenity.
A. INFAMOUS Likewise, someone who is DISSOLUTE, meaning lacking
B. LOGICAL moral restraint, lacks MODERATION
C. DISSOLUTE
D. URBANE
2. LACONIC : WORDS :: PARCHED : Laconic is characterized by a lack of words and parched is
characterized by a lack of moisture.
A. HEAT
B. MOISTURE
C. DESERT
D. VAPID
3. WHEAT : CHAFF :: QUALITY : Wheat is an antonym of chaff, and quality is an antonym of inadequacy.
A. THRESH
B. WHOLE
C. INADEQUACY
D. WORTH
4. CUSHION : SOFA :: SHELF : A cushion is a part of a sofa, and a shelf is part of a bookcase.
A. LEDGE
B. BOOKCASE
C. STORAGE
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D. FRAME
5. MEAN : AVERAGE :: KIND : Mean is a synonym for average, and kind is a synonym for variety.
A. HURTFUL
B. MEANING
C. VARIETY
D. KINDNESS
6. AESOP : FABLE :: HOMER : Aesop is known for writing fables, and Homer is known for writing epics
A. TEMPLE
B. DONKEY
C. EPIC
D. GREECE
7. OUTRAGE : PEEVE :: STRIVE : To outrage is more intense than to peeve, and to strive is more intense
than to attempt.
A. ATTEMPT
B. CURSE
C. DUEL
D. SHUN
8. SLIGHT : HURT :: LAG : To slight causes hurt, and to lag causes tardiness.
A. TARDINESS
B. BRAGGART
C. HEFT
D. HASTE
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9. SECRET : FURTIVE :: AUDIBLE : Furtive is more intensely secret, and resonant is more intensely audible
A. RESONANT
B. NAP
C. SACK
D. RING
10. PRIVY : SECRET :: SYMPATHETIC : Privy is sharing in a secret, and sympathetic is sharing in grief.
A. SPY
B. GRIEF
C. CLANDESTINE
D. JOY
11. FOLLOW : CHASE :: NUDGE : To follow is less intense than to chase, and to nudge is less
intense than to thrust.
A. THRUST
B. PURSUE
C. CATCH
D. PRECEDE
12. MARATHON : RACE :: HIBERNATION : A marathon is a long race and hibernation is a lengthy
period of sleep. The answer is not choice a or b
because even though a bear and winter are related to
hibernation, neither completes the analogy. (Choice c)
A. WINTER is incorrect because sleep and dream are not
B. BEAR synonymous.
C. DREAM
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D. SLEEP
13. MEDICINE : ILLNESS :: LAW : This is a classic function/purpose bridge—the purpose of MEDICINE is
to prevent or cure ILLNESS in the same way that the purpose of LAW
is to prevent or cure ANARCHY in the society.
A. ANARCHY
B. THIRST
C. DISCIPLINE
D. SENSITIVITY
14. SCRUFF : NECK :: STERN : Scruff is the back of the neck, and stern is the back of a boat
A. LECTURE
B. DIRTY
C. BOAT
D. WARNING
15. PRINCIPLE : DOCTRINE :: LIVING : A principle is another word for a doctrine, and a living is
another word for livelihood.
A. WILL
B. DEAD
C. LIKELIHOOD
D. LIVELIHOOD
16. PALTRY : SIGNIFICANCE :: BANAL : Something PALTRY lacks SIGNIFICANCE. Does something
BANAL lack ORIGINALITY? Well, if something is BANAL it is
predictable, so yes. That pair has the same relation as the
stem pair.
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A. DISCUSSION
B. LANDSCAPE
C. WEALTH
D. ORIGINALITY
17. CHATTER : TALK :: FLUTTER : To chatter is to talk rapidly, and to flutter is to flap rapidly
A. DANCE
B. WOBBLE
C. SING
D. FLAP
18. CONJUGATE : PAIR :: PARTITION : To conjugate means to pair, and to partition means to divide.
A. DIVIDE
B. CONSECRATE
C. PARADE
D. SQUELCH
19. CHAGRIN : CRITICISM :: SAG : Chagrin can be the result of criticism, and sag is the result of pressure
A. CRINGE
B. PRESSURE
C. NAG
D. REDRESS
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20. EXTORT : OBTAIN :: PLAGIARIZE : When you EXTORT something, you obtain it by force or
threats. To EXTORT is to OBTAIN dishonestly.
Plagiarism is borrowing material from another writer without
giving him or her acknowledgment. That would fit the
A. STEAL description of borrowing dishonestly
B. BORROW
C. IGNITE
D. APPEAL
21. PALLID : COLOR :: TACTLESS : Pallid means lacking in color, and tactless means lacking diplomacy.
A. HUE
B. TASTELESS
C. VERVE
D. DIPLOMATIC
22. VAUNT : BOAST :: SKEWER : To vaunt means to boast, and to skewer means to criticize.
A. FLAUNT
B. CRITICIZE
C. PREPARE
D. AVOID
23. DOG : KENNEL :: BIRD : A kennel houses dogs, and an aerie houses bird.
A. FLY
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B. FEATHER
C. AERIE
D. EAGLE
24. SODDEN : MOIST :: MAUDLIN : Something SODDEN is very wet, so it is, by definition,
extremely MOIST. Similarly, something MAUDLIN is, by
definition, extremely SENTIMENTAL
A. SENTIMENTAL This is a bridge of DEGREE.
B. DISPASSIONATE
C. REALISTIC
D. BOLD
25. PRIDE : LION :: SHOAL : A group of lions is called a pride. A group of fish swim in a shoal.
Teacher(choice a) and student (choice b) refer to another
meaning of the word school.
A. TEACHER
The answer is not (choice c) because self-respect has no
B. STUDENT obvious relationship to this particular meaning o school
C. SELF-RESPECT
D. FISH
26. HILT : SWORD :: NEEDLE : A hilt is part of a sword, and a needle is part of the compass.
A. TEASE
B. COMPASS
C. DAGGER
D. KILT
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27. MAVEN : EXPERTISE :: SUPPLICANT : By definition, a MAVEN, meaning expert, has expertise.
Likewise, aSUPPLICANT, or humble beggar, has HUMILITY
A. ARROGANCE
B. WISDOM
C. GRACE
D. HUMILITY
28. DEFER: POSTPONE :: PROFFER To defer is a synonym of to postpone, and to proffer
is a synonym of totender
A. CAUSE
B. TENDER
C. AVOID
D. INFER
29. GALL : VEX :: HEX : To gall is to vex, and to hex is to jinx.
A. FIX
B. JINX
C. INDEX
D. VIXEN
30. MERCENARY : WAGES :: DILETTANTE : A mercenary performs a task for wages, and a
dilettante does for enjoyment
A. ENJOYMENT
B. RIFLE
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C. STRIFE
D. MARKET
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