Our analogy puzzles are called "Word O'gees":
Analogy puzzles are often challenging until you categorize the kind of broad relationship the pair of words suggests. While the following list of 12 relationships is not all inclusive, it does help in understanding the most frequently used relationship questions on various college-level tests and exams.
1. Cause & Effect - moon is to (causes or has) light as eclipse is to (effects or creates) darkness.
2. Parts & Wholes- Versailles is to (one of many) palace as Bastille is to prison. Maturity is to (evolves from) adolescence just like childhood and infancy.
3. Worker Things -
dentist (uses a) drill; carpenter ( builds a) house; writer (creates an) article.
4. Tools, Objects & Actions - chalk (works on) blackboard;
chicken (cooks by) broil; brakes (stop) bike; throw (an act) baseball.
5. People & Goals/Objectives - golfer (want to shoot) par;
burglar (will avoid) police.
6. Purpose - shoulder pad (will protect) bones; glove (will
catch) ball.
7. Characteristics & Types - filth (will bring) infestation;
blood (characterizes a) wound.
8. Degree of Intensity - joy is to ecstasy as hot is to boiling.
9. Association (in concept, geography, title, etc.) - devil
(is associated with) bad; Chicago is to Illinois; cardiologist is to the heart.
10. Time Sequence - winter is to spring, before is to after,
or Sunday is to Monday.
11. Class to species, gender or age - insect is to spider; ewe is to ram; kid is to goat
12. Synonyms, Antonyms, Grammar - lie and prevaricate (synonyms);
skillful and clumsy (antonyms); cow and bovine (noun to adjective).
How to find the Correct Answer to the above puzzle? If you understand that the relationship of the first term (decibel) is a measure of the second (sound) then the correct answer is "voltage & electricity". The tricky wrong answer is calorie (a measure of HEAT, not of weight)!
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