Verbal Ability

EPIC (Aesop is known for writing fables, and Homer is known for writing epics.)

AESOP : FABLE :: HOMER : ____ A. TEMPLE B. DONKEY C. EPIC D. GREECE

BOOKCASE (A cushion is a part of a sofa, and a shelf is part of a bookcase.)

CUSHION : SOFA :: SHELF :____ A. LEDGE B. BOOKCASE C. STORAGE D. FRAME

DISSOLUTE (Someone who is HARRIED, or stressed, lacks EQUANIMITY, or serenity. Likewise, someone who is DISSOLUTE, meaning lacking moral restraint, lacks MODERATION.)

EQUANIMITY : HARRIED :: MODERATION : ____ A. INFAMOUS B. LOGICAL C. DISSOLUTE D. URBANE

THRUST (To follow is less intense than to chase, and to nudge is less intense than to thrust.)

FOLLOW : CHASE :: NUDGE : _____ A. THRUST B. PURSUE C. CATCH D. PRECEDE

MOISTURE (Laconic is characterized by a lack of words and parched is characterized by a lack of moisture.)

LACONIC : WORDS :: PARCHED : ________ A. HEAT B. MOISTURE C. DESERT D. VAPID

VARIETY (Mean is a synonym for average, and kind is a synonym for variety.)

MEAN : AVERAGE :: KIND : ____ A. HURTFUL B. MEANING C. VARIETY D. KINDNESS

ATTEMPT (To outrage is more intense than to peeve, and to strive is more intense than to attempt.)

OUTRAGE : PEEVE :: STRIVE : ____ A. ATTEMPT B. CURSE C. DUEL D. SHUN

GRIEF (Privy is sharing in a secret, and sympathetic is sharing in grief.)

PRIVY : SECRET :: SYMPATHETIC : _____ A. SPY B. GRIEF C. CLANDESTINE D. JOY

RESONANT (Furtive is more intensely secret, and resonant is more intensely audible.)

SECRET : FURTIVE :: AUDIBLE : _____ A. RESONANT B. NAP C. SACK D. RING

TARDINESS (To slight causes hurt, and to lag causes tardiness)

SLIGHT : HURT :: LAG :____ A. TARDINESS B. BRAGGART C. HEFT D. HASTE

INADEQUACY (Wheat is an antonym of chaff, and quality is an antonym of inadequacy)

WHEAT : CHAFF :: QUALITY : ____ A. THRESH B. WHOLE C. INADEQUACY D. WORTH