DIRECTIONS: For each sentence, complete the analogy. On your Answer Sheet, shade completely the bubble that corresponds to your answers.

136. quarry : marble ::______ : honey

a. hive 
b. bee 
c. spread 
d. reservoir

137. quixotic : pragmatic ::murky : ______

a. rapid 
b. cloudy 
c. clear 
d. friendly

138. miserly : cheap ::homogeneous : ______

a. extravagant 
b. unkind 
c. alike 
d. friendly

139. skew : gloomy ::slant : ______

a. glee 
b. foible 
c. Desperate 
d. gloaming

140. eider : ______ :: cedar : tree

a. snow 
b. plant 
c. duck 
d. pine

141. gerrymander : divide ::filibuster : ______

a. bend 
b. punish 
c. delay 
d. rush

142. ______ : trail :: grain : grail

a. train 
b. path 
c. wheat 
d. holy

143. particular : fussy ::______ : subservient

a. meek 
b. above 
c. cranky 
d. uptight

144. ______ : horse ::board : train

a. stable 
b. shoe 
c. ride 
d. mount

145. smear : libel :: heed : ______

a. represent 
b. doubt 
c. consider 
d. need

146. nymph : ______ ::seraphim : angel

a. maiden 
b. sinner 
c. candle 
d. priest

147. poetry : rhyme ::philosophy : ______

a. imagery 
b. music 
c. bi-law 
d. theory

DIRECTIONS: In every Item, Identify the English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions. On your Answer Sheet, shade completely the bubble that corresponds to your answers.

148. A pretty penny means _____________.

a. If something costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.
b. If something costs a pretty penny, it is very inexpensive.
c. If something costs a pretty penny, it is very precious.
d. If something costs a pretty penny, it is very unimportant.

149. Come out of your shell means _____________.

a. If someone comes in of their shell, they never stop being shy and withdrawn and become more unfriendly and sociable.
b. If someone comes out of their shell, they stop being shy and withdrawn and become more friendly and sociable.
c. If someone comes out of their shell, they never stop being shy and withdrawn and become more friendly and sociable.
d. If someone comes in of their shell, they stop being shy and withdrawn and become more un friendly and unsociable.

150. Derring-do means _________.

a. If a person shows derring-do, they show unwillingness.
b. If a person shows derring-do, they show shyness.
c. If a person shows derring-do, they show great courage.
d. If a person shows derring-do, they show pettiness.

151. Hot water means ___________.

a. If you get into hot water, you get into trouble.
b. If you get into hot water, you get a lucky day.
c. If you get into hot water, you get a bad day.
d. If you get into hot water, you get a burn skin.

152. Keep abreast means __________.


a. If you keep abreast of things, you stay uninformed about developments.
b. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about developments.
c. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about things.
d. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about life

153. Keep it under your hat means ___________.

a. If you keep something under your hat, you keep it unclean.
b. If you keep something under your hat, you keep it fresh.
c. If you keep something under your hat, you keep it smelly.
d. If you keep something under your hat, you keep it secret.

154. Spot on means ________.

a. If something is spot on, it is exactly right.
b. If something is spot on, it is exactly extrovert.
c. If something is spot on, it is exactly wrong.
d. If something is spot on, it is exactly introvert.

155. Take a punch means ________.

a. If somebody takes a punch, something good happens to them.
b. If somebody takes a blow, something bad happens to them.
c. If somebody takes a blow, something lucky happens to them.
d. If somebody takes a blow, someone will punch him/her.

Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.

156. ASSIMILATE:

(A) strive 
(B) adapt 
(C) synchronize 
(D) estrange 
(E) officiate

157. GRATUITOUS:

(A) voluntary 
(B) arduous 
(C) solicitous 
(D) righteous 
(E) befitting

158. CURB:

(A) bridle 
(B) encourage 
(C) reproach 
(D) ameliorate 
(E) perjure

159. DOCUMENT:

(A) copy 
(B) implement 
(C) gainsay 
(D) blanch 
(E) rant

160. FLUID:

(A) radiant 
(B) smooth 
(C) solid 
(D) balky 
(E) craggy

161. HYPOCRITICAL:

(A) forthright 
(B) judicious 
(C) circumspect 
(D) puritanical 
(E) unorthodox

162. VOLUMINOUS:

(A) obscure 
(B) cantankerous 
(C) unsubstantial 
(D) tenacious 
(E) opprobrious

163. FANATICISM:

(A) delusion 
(B) fascism 
(C) remorse 
(D) cynicism 
(E) indifference

164. INTERMINABLE:

(A) finite 
(B) jejune 
(C) tranquil 
(D) incessant 
(E) imprudent

165. ORNATE:

(A) Spartan 
(B) blemished 
(C) sturdy 
(D) counterfeit 
(E) temporary

166. MUTABILITY:

(A) simplicity 
(B) apprehension 
(C) frailty 
(D) maverick 
(E) tenacity

167. VIRULENT:

(A) benign 
(B) intrepid 
(C) malignant 
(D) hyperbolic 
(E) tentative

168. ABSTEMIOUS:

(A) timely 
(B) immoderate 
(C) bellicose 
( D) servile 
(E) irreligious

169. VERBOSE:

(A) subliminal 
(B) myopic 
(C) pithy 
(D) dauntless 
(E) ubiquitous

170. VISCID:

(A) subtle 
(B) faint 
(C) slick 
(D) vicious