Analogies FROND : PALM scale : wallaby blade : evergreen quill : porcupine tusk : alligator blade : fern scale : wallaby blade : evergreen quill : porcupine tusk : alligator blade : fern ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A palm (tree) has fronds; a porcupine has quills.
Analogies DIRGE : FUNERAL telephone : call jingle : commercial bell : church chain : letter hymn : concerto telephone : call jingle : commercial bell : church chain : letter hymn : concerto ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A dirge is a song used at a funeral; a jingle is a song used in a commercial.
Analogies PEDAL : BICYCLE oar : canoe walk : skip inch : yardstick tire : automobile buckle : belt oar : canoe walk : skip inch : yardstick tire : automobile buckle : belt ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A pedal propels a bicycle; an oar propels a canoe.
Analogies ELEPHANT : PACHYDERM zebra : horse kangaroo : marsupial mantis : rodent tuna : mollusk poodle : feline zebra : horse kangaroo : marsupial mantis : rodent tuna : mollusk poodle : feline ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP An elephant is a pachyderm; a kangaroo is a marsupial.
Analogies FISH : SHOAL wolf : pack herd : peacock beagle : clan cow : farm elephant : jungle wolf : pack herd : peacock beagle : clan cow : farm elephant : jungle ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A group of fish is a shoal; a group of wolves is a pack.
Analogies Guide is to direct as reduce is to increase maintain preserve decrease increase maintain preserve decrease ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Guide and direct are synonyms, and reduce and decrease are synonyms. The answer is not choice b or d because neither means the same as reduce. (Choice c) is incorrect because increase is the opposite of reduce.