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    This document contains 8 word pair analogy questions. Each question provides an original pair of words and 5 answer choices. The correct answer choice expresses a relationship similar to the original pair and is completed with a bridge sentence or sentences explaining the connection between the two words.

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    This document contains 8 word pair analogy questions. Each question provides an original pair of words and 5 answer choices. The correct answer choice expresses a relationship similar to the original pair and is completed with a bridge sentence or sentences explaining the connection between the two words.

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    Civil Service High Analogies

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    This document contains 8 word pair analogy questions. Each question provides an original pair of words and 5 answer choices. The correct answer choice expresses a relationship similar to the original pair and is completed with a bridge sentence or sentences explaining the connection between the two words.

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    org Name________________
    Date________________
    ● Word Pair Analogies 10
    Example:
    high-advanced level (GRE)

    Directions: Choose the pair of words that


    Bridge Type: Definition
    best express a relationship similar to that
    of the original pair. Then write the bridge #) PLATITUDE : CLICHÉ
    sentence(s) to the right. A) dogma : accurate
    B) theater : dramatic
    By definition, a platitude is cliché. C) sage : wise
    By definition, a sage is wise. D) legerdemain : obvious
    E) portent : beneficial

    1) FARCE : RIDICULOUS
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) swallow : migratory
    B) child : incorrigible _____________________________________.
    C) skewer : poignant
    D) intersection : perpendicular
    _____________________________________.
    E) porcupine : avian

    2) ASPHYXIA : AIR
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) cancer : tumors
    B) obesity : fat _____________________________________.
    C) anemia : iron
    D) anorexia : disorder
    _____________________________________.
    E) depression : anxiety

    3) INDULGE : EPICUREAN Bridge Sentence:


    A) complain : ravenous
    _____________________________________.
    B) revenge : vindictive
    C) retract : revocable
    D) startle : frightening _____________________________________.
    E) appreciate : deprecatory
    4) IMMUNE : SUSCEPTIBLE
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) corpulent : thin
    B) audacious : bold _____________________________________.
    C) loquacious : babbling
    D) laudable : praiseworthy
    _____________________________________.
    E) oblivious : distracted

    5) DEMULCENT : UNGUENT
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) concertina : instrument
    B) oratorio : rhetoric _____________________________________.
    C) denizen : denomination
    D) artisan : freemason
    _____________________________________.
    E) paroxysm : hysteria

    6) ABOMINABLE : DISAGREEABLE
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) lovable : annoying
    B) dry : desiccated _____________________________________.
    C) dismal : lugubrious
    D) penultimate : final
    _____________________________________.
    E) precipitous : steep

    7) UNCOMMON : OUTLIER
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) tentative : agenda
    B) literary : synopsis _____________________________________.
    C) parsimonious : spendthrift
    D) lethal : overdose
    E) saccharine : diabetic _____________________________________.

    8) BESEECH : REQUEST
    Bridge Sentence:
    A) elucidate : clarify
    B) excite : pique _____________________________________.
    C) search : discover
    D) scrutinize : observe
    _____________________________________.
    E) truncate : shorten

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