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Blue is to blew as . . .
Since "blue" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "blew," the two words are called homonyms. We need to find another answer choice in which the two words are also homonyms. Because "buy" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "bye," they are homonyms and the correct answer is "buy is to bye."
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Red is to read as hare is to
Red and read are homonyms just as hare and hair are homonyms.
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Bail is to bale as bawl is to __________.
Bail and bale are homonyms just as bawl and ball are homonyms.
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Bat is to batt as week is to
Both sets of words are homonyms.
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Feet is to feat as __________.
Since "feet" and "feat" sound exactly the same when pronounced, they are homonyms, and we need to pick out another pair of words that sound the same when pronounced. While "try" and "tree" might look somewhat similar, they don't sound exactly alike, so "try is to tree" cannot be the correct answer. "Knew" and "new" sound exactly alike when pronounced, however, so "knew is to new" is the correct answer.
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Some is to sum as plain is to __________.
"Some" and "sum" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. So, they are homonyms. To solve this analogy, you have to find the answer choice that sounds like "plain." "Plain" and "plane" are homonyms, so "plane" is the correct answer.
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Weak is to week as meat is to __________.
"Weak" and "week" are two words that sound the same, but mean something different. So, they are homonyms. Which answer choice sounds the same as meat? The correct answer is “meet.” Meet and meat are also homonyms.
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Pour is to poor as weight is to __________.
"Pour" is a homonym of "poor"; homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve this analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "weight." The only word that sounds like weight is “wait," so "wait" is the correct answer.
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Tail is to tale as soar is to __________.
"Tale" is a homonym of "tail"; homonoyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "soar." "Sore" sounds the same as "soar," so "sore" is the correct answer.
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Aid is to aide as site is to __________.
"Aid" and "aide" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. "Aid" means help, and an "aide" is an assistant. When two words sound the same but have different meanings, we call them homonyms. Which of these answer choices sounds most like "site"? The correct answer is “cite.” "Site," which means location, is a homonym of "cite," which means quote.
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Sale is to sail as weigh is to __________.
"Sale" and "sail" are homonyms, so to solve this analogy, you have to find the word that sounds most like "weigh." The correct answer is “way.”
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Four is to for as allowed is to __________.
"Four" and "for" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things, so they are homonyms. To solve this analogy, you have to figure out which answer choice is the best homonym of "allowed." The correct answer is “aloud" because "allowed" and "aloud" sound the same but mean different things.
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Ate is to eight as fair is to __________.
Ate and eight are homonyms, or words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out a word that is pronounced like "fair." The only answer choice that sounds the same as "fair" is "fare," so "fare" is the correct answer.
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Bare is to bear as knew is to __________.
"Bare" and "bear" sound the same but have different meanings, so "bare" is a homonym of "bear." So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out a word that sounds like "knew." The only word that sounds like knew is “new,” so that is the correct answer.
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Whole is to hole as made is to __________.
"Whole" and "hole" are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings; so, they are homonyms of one another. To solve this analogy, you have to determine which answer choice sounds like (is a homonym of) "made." The correct answer is “maid.”
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Peace is to piece as sight is to __________.
"Peace" and "piece" are homonyms, or words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that is a homonym of "sight." Read the words now and say them out loud. Now read “sight” out loud followed by the five answer choices. Which one sounds like sight? “Site" does, so it is the correct answer.
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For is to four as __________.
"For" and "four" are homophones, just as "fair" and "fare" are.
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Too is to two as __________.
"Too" and "two" are homophones, words that are pronounced in the same way but are spelled differently and mean different things. So, to solve the analogy, you need to pick out the answer choice that consists of a pair of homophones. "Plain" is pronounced in the same way as "plane," but is spelled differently than "plane" and means something different than "plane," so "plain is to plane" is the correct answer, because just as "too" and "two" are homophones, so too are "plain" and "plane."
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Rays is to raze as __________.
"Rays" and "raze" are homophones, or words that sound the same but look different and mean different things. "War" and "wore" are also homophones, so "war is to wore" is the correct answer.
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Hear is to here as __________.
"Hear" and "here" are homophones, or words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we are looking for an answer that has a pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer is "read is to reed"!
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