ANTONYM:

Remonstrate

• show
• atone
• vouchsafe
• laud
• unto

ANALOGY:

Diatribe : Vituperative::

• flattery : sincere
• parody : lamentable
• equivocation : evasive
• dissertion : unassailable
• cliche : original

equivocation : evasive

(pair of words with similar meanings)

ANTONYM:

Honesty

• displeasure
• mendacity
• disrepute
• resolution
• failure

Since the student knew the form and content of the questions in advance, the test was quite ______ for her.

• long
• unpleasant
• predictable
• ridiculous
• indelible

During their famous clash, Jung was ambivalent about Freud, so he attacked the father of modern psychoanalysis even as he _______ him.

• enlightened
• chastened
• revered
• despised
• understood

revered

(key word is ambivalent, reflecting both positive and negative feelings)

Museum directors understand the need to establish the provenance of every work of art they acquire, from its creation to its most recent owner; such establishment can be hindered, however, by a number of obstacles, including disingenuous dealers who attempt to _____ the truth.

• impede
• reveal
• overshadow
• ascertain
• obscure

The yearly financial statement of a large corporation may seem _____ at first, but the persistent reader soon finds its pages of facts and figures easy to decipher.

• bewildering
• surprising
• inviting
• misguided
• uncoordinated

The giant squid's massive body, adapted for deep-sea life, breaks apart in the reduced pressures of higher ocean elevations, making the search for an intact specimen one of the most _____ quests in all of marine biology.

• controversial
• meaningful
• elusive
• popular
• expensive

Organic farming is more labor intensive and thus initially more ____, but its long-term costs may be less than those of conventional farming.

• uncommon
• stylish
• restrained
• expensive
• difficult

Unfortunately, there are some among us who equate tolernce with immortality; they feel that the _____ of moral values in a permissive society is not only likely, but ______.

• decline...possible
• upsurge...predictable
• disappearance...desirable
• improvement...commendable
• deterioration...inevitable

ANALOGY:

Aimless : Direction ::

• enthusiastic : motivation
• wary : trust
• unhealthy : happiness
• lazy : effort
• silly : adventure

ANALOGY:

Platitude : Trite ::

• riddle : unsolvable
• axiom : geometric
• omen : portentous
• syllogism : wise
• circumlocution : concise

ANALOGY:

Airplane : Hangar ::

• music : orchestra
• money : vault
• finger : hand
• tree : farm
• insect : ecosystem

ANALOGY:

Lucid : Obscurity ::

• ambiguous : doubt
• provident : planning
• furtive : legality
• economical : extravagance
• secure : violence

ANALOGY:

Parry : Fencer ::

• sonnet : poet
• pirouette : dancer
• building : architect
• sword : dueler
• dress: seamstress

ANALOGY:

Attentive: Rapt ::

• ecstatic : happy
• critical : derisive
• inventive : innovative
• jealous : envious
• kind : considerate

ANALOGY: WORKING BACKWARD

_____ : _____ ::

• pliant : yield
• sinister : doubt
• trivial : defend
• irksome : annoy
• estimable : admire

estimable : admire

(Eliminate "pliant : yield" & "irksome : annoy" because they have the same bridge. Eliminate "sinister : doubt" & "trivial : defend" because they have weak bridges.)

ANALOGY: WORKING BACKWARD

_____ : _____ ::

• eavesdrop : listen
• hire : promote
• hint : declare
• attempt : succeed
• endanger : enlighten

eavesdrop : listen

(Eliminate "hire : promote", "attempt : succeed", & "endanger : enlighten" because they have weak bridges. You're left with a 50/50 chance of guessing the correct answer.)

ANALOGY: WORKING BACKWARD

_____ : _____ ::

• congratulate : success
• amputate : crime
• annotate : consultation
• deface : falsehood
• cogitate : habit

congratulate : success

(Eliminate all other choices because they have weak bridges)

ANALOGY: WORKING BACKWARD

_____ : _____ ::

• fervent : passionate
• important : momentous
• attractive : exquisite
• pedantic : scholarly
• unique : popular

pedantic : scholarly

(Eliminate "important : momentous" & "attractive : exquisite" because they have the same bridge. Eliminate "unique : popular" because it has a weak bridge. Eliminate "fervent : passionate" because the words are exact synonyms.)

ANTONYM:

Perdition:

• deterrent
• rearrangement
• reflection
• salvation
• rejection

ANTONYM:

Restive:

• crucial
• content
• active
• rousing
• striated

ANTONYM:

Partisan:

• clear-cut
• unyielding
• disinterested
• sentimental
• placid

disinterested

(Partisan means "one who is a member of a party," so its opposite would be something like "someone without strong affiliations.")

ANTONYM:

Disseminate:

• gather together
• hold down
• move about
• decide against
• distinguish between

gather together

(Disseminate means "to disperse," so its opposite would be something like "to keep together")

ANTONYM:

Insular:

• fanatical
• cosmopolitain
• vulnerable
• considerate
• archaic

cosmopolitan

(Insular means "isolated," so its opposite would be something like cosmopolitan, which means "to have a worldwide, rather than limited, scope or bearing")

ANTONYM:

Craven:

• nonchalant
• arrogant
• petulant
• fastidious
• plucky

plucky

(Craven means "cowardly," so its opposite is something like "brave")

ANTONYM:

Sedulity:

• insolence
• verbosity
• perfidy
• carelessness
• futility

carelessness

(Sedulity means "diligence." Its opposite would be something like "laziness".)

The _____ of the desert explains why so many Egyptian mummies are still intact, whereas the humidity of the tombs in tropical rainforests supports the agents of decay so that few Aztec mummies have _____.

• heat...survived
• aridity...endured
• dehydration...decayed
• barrenness...proliferated
• seclusion...surfaced

They _____ until there was no recourse but to _____ a desperate, last-minute solution to the problem.

• berated...try
• delayed...envision
• procrastinated...implement
• debated...maintain
• filibustered...reject