Lesson: Analogies - 08
Analogies: Never drop answer choices
Don’t Give Up If You Know Only One of the Two Words in an Answer Choice
You can often eliminate an answer choice by knowing just one of the two words. If you build an idea about the other meaning to eliminate choices it might be successful. To see how you might apply this technique to a -style Analogy, consider the following explained example for better illustration:
Example
DRINK : GUZZLE
- surrender : succumb
- swallow : regurgitate
- ingest : gorge
- breathe : respire
- engulf : envelop
Practice Questions
Example Solution
DRINK : GUZZLE
surrender : succumb- swallow : regurgitate
ingest : gorge- breathe : respire
- engulf : envelop
Explanation
The correct answer is (C). To GUZZLE is to DRINK without restraint in
amount. Considering choice (A), if you don’t happen to know what succumb
means, ask yourself what word might convey the idea of an unrestrained amount
of surrender. The concept of an amount of surrender doesn't make sense, and so
it’s a good bet that choice (A) does not provide the best analogy. You don’t need to
know the meaning of succumb (to give in, yield, or surrender) to rule out choice
(A). Similarly, the concept of an unrestrained amount of swallowing doesn't make
much sense, and so choice (B) is probably not the best analogy, either. (Regurgitate
means “throw up” or “vomit.”)
By the same token, you can evaluate choice (C) without knowing what ingest
means, as long as you know that gorge means “eat without restraint in amount.”
Based just on this word, choice (C) looks like it might provide a good analogy.
Indeed, it does—to ingest is to eat. Choices (D) and (E) are incorrect because they
each provide a pair of synonyms.
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