Terms & Study Skills
What is the definition of a prefix?
A prefix is a letter or multiple letters at the beginning of a word that can help determine its meaning.
Precede
come before in order or position.
PURSUE
(A) browse
(B) chase
(C) escape
(D) discover
(E) arrest
(B) chase
Dog:Bark :: Cow:Moo is an example of which analogous relationship?
1. Provider/Provision
2. Reciprocal
3. Characteristic
4. User/tool
3. Characteristic
Bench is to park as
(A) carpenter is to house
(B) chair is to parlor
(C) tree is to landscape
(D) alcove is to arbor
(E) restaurant is to table
(B) chair is to parlor
What is the definition of a root?
A root is a part of a word that gives a word its main meaning.
novel
new or unusual in an interesting way.
STANCE
(A) section
(B) position
(C) trend
(D) question
(E) portion
(B) position
Parent: Child:: Tree: Sapling is an example of which analogous relationship?
1. Source
2. Cause/Effect
3. Reciprocal
4. Object/Function
Reciprocal
Diminish is to eliminate as
(A) suggest is to command
(B) infer is to reference
(C) rhetoric is to conversation
(D) text is to type
(E) assert is to question
(A) suggest is to command
What is the definition of a characteristic analogy?
One word describes the other word
destitute
without the basic necessities of life.
FRUGAL
(A) breakable
(B) economical
(C) sweet
(D) wise
(E) rich
(B) economical
Complete the Source analogy:
_____:Pencil
Any reasonable answer (factory, trees, anything that can produce a pencil)
Worker is to colleague as
(A) teacher is to principal
(B) employer is to management
(C) company is to corporation
(D) parent is to student
(E) citizen is to compatriot
(E) Citizen is to compatriot
What is the definition of an irregular analogy?
Irregular analogies have odd, unpredictable relationships that must be extremely specific to define. They’re everything that’s not characteristic, uncharacteristic, or component.
repugnant
extremely distasteful; unacceptable.
4. DISCOURSE
(A) deviation
(B) loss
(C) claim
(D) investigation
(E) conversation
(E) Conversation
Which analogy best fits the preceding one?
Storm: Hail::
A) Purse: Dress
B) Therapist: Treatment
C) Monotony: Boredom
D) Hahaha idk :3
C) Monotony: Boredom. This one was tricky! It is a cause/effect analogy. A storm causes hail, and monotony (doing repetitive things) causes boredom.
Therapist: treatment is an example of a provider/provision relationship, and purse: dress is an example of a part/whole relationship, in which they are both parts of an outfit.
Investigate is to ascertain as
(A) sequester is to seize
(B) conceive is to concept
(C) requisition is to acquire
(D) obscure is to discover
(E) scout is to mystery
(B) conceive is to concept
What are 3 methods to help answer questions correctly on the SSAT?
Context clues, process of elimination, making a guess, studying vocabulary, identifying roots/prefixes, and much more!
egress
the action of going out of or leaving a place.
BURGEON
(A) decrease
(B) cancel
(C) soak
(D) thrive
(E) cover
(D) Thrive
Name 3 analogous relationships and give an example of each.
:D
Voracious is to insatiable as
(A) hunger is to thirst
(B) stubborn is to incorrigible
(C) rapacious is to glutton
(D) tumultuous is to serene
(E) seditious is to entertaining
(C) rapacious is to glutton