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58 Vocabulary 4000
Quiz 20 (Analogies)
Directions: Choose the pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that
expressed in the capitalized pair. Answers are on page 101.
1. SPEECH : FILIBUSTER :: 6. HEDONIST : UNSTINTING ::
(A) race : marathon
(A) protagonist : insignificant
(B) gift : breach
(B) thug : aggressive
(C) statement : digression
(C) politician : irresolute
(D) detour : path
(D) benefactor : generous
(E) address : postage
(E) drunkard : manifest
2. ARISTOCRAT : LAND ::
(A) bureaucracy : enslavement
(B) monarchy : abnegation
(C) gentry : talent
(D) dignitary : rank
(E) junta : anarchy
3. SURREPTITIOUS : STEALTH ::
(A) clandestine : openness
(B) guarded : effrontery
(C) bombastic : irreverence
(D) pernicious : bane
(E) impertinent : humility
4. PECCADILLO : FLAW ::
(A) mediator : dispute
(B) grammar : error
(C) nick : score
(D) forensics : judiciary
(E) invasion : putsch
5. LEVEE : RIVER ::
(A) rampart : barrier
(B) cordon : throng
(C) broker : investment
(D) promontory : height
(E) string : guitar
miscellany mixture of items
misconstrue misinterpret
miscreant evildoer
7. EXCERPT : NOVEL ::
(A) critique : play
(B) review : manuscript
(C) swatch : cloth
(D) foreword : preface
(E) recital : performance
8. EXORCISM : DEMON ::
(A) matriculation : induction
(B) banishment : member
(C) qualm : angel
(D) heuristic : method
(E) manifesto : spirit
9. HOPE : CYNICAL ::
(A) reticence : benevolent
(B) contention : bellicose
(C) bliss : sullen
(D) homage : industrious
(E) unconcern : indifferent
10. Exhibitionist : Attention ::
(A) sycophant : turmoil
(B) scientist : power
(C) megalomaniac : solitude
(D) martyr : anonymity
(E) mercenary : money
misgiving doubt, hesitation
misnomer wrongly named
misogyny hatred of women