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Directions: Each of the following questions (16-20) consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. You are to select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

1. FLING:

(A)rotate (B)hurl (C)arouse (D)pound (E)defy

2. ROUTINE:

(A)legal (B)directed (C)unnecessary (D)usual (E)informative

3. PROLOGUE:

(A)pretense (B)extension (C)introduction

(D)humorous play (E)nonessential part

4. MANIPULATE:

(A)release (B)handle (C)stretch (D)make worse (E)keep apart

5. ADROIT:

(A)clever (B)retentive (C)cooperative (D)unhindered (E)arid

Directions: The following qs (6-10) ask you to find relationships between words. For each question, select the answer choice that best completes the meaning of the sentence.

6. Sapling is to tree as cub is to

(A)moose (B)pine (C)goat (D)cedar (E)bear

7. Frame is to building as

(A)hair is to head (B)skull is to jaw (C)skeleton is to body

(D)finger is to hand (E)bone is to marrow

8. Meandering is to river as

(A)winding is to road (B)wandering is to wave (C)scudding is to cloud

(D)chugging is to train (E)rolling is to ship

9. Clear is to printing as articulate is to

(A)painting (B)driving (C)listening (D)speaking (E)walking

10. Tactful is to diplomat as

(A)urbane is to educator (B)rational is to logician

(C)surgical is to physician (D)neurotic is to psychoanalyst

(E)pedantic is to intellectual

Answers:

1. hurl

2. usual

3. introduction

4. handle

5. clever

6. bear

7. skeleton is to body

8. winding is to road

9. speaking

10. rational is to logician

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(A)pretense	(B)extension	(C)introduction
(D)humorous play	(E)nonessential part

(A)hair is to head	(B)skull is to jaw	(C)skeleton is to body
(D)finger is to hand	(E)bone is to marrow

(A)winding is to road	(B)wandering is to wave	(C)scudding is to cloud
(D)chugging is to train	(E)rolling is to ship

(A)urbane is to educator	(B)rational is to logician
(C)surgical is to physician	(D)neurotic is to psychoanalyst
(E)pedantic is to intellectual