Saturday 18 February 2012

In Focus: Word Associations

To read about word associations:
Word Association
Word Associations

You can try out word association games at:
Word association games

Here are the word association exercises I have collated:

E.g.- Q) drug, flower, religion - (5 alphabets).
A) Opium. (Opium is a drug, opium poppy has showy flowers, and Karl Marx wrote "religion is the opium of the masses”).

• beast, black, skin - (6 alphabets) BEAUTY
• gift, now, give - (7 alphabets) PRESENT
• machine, space, clock - (4 alphabets) TIME
• sheet, thwart, sword - (4 alphabets) FOIL
• Utah, music, Honda - (4 alphabets) JAZZ

• Broken, Clear, Eye (5 alphabets) GLASS
• Playing, Credit, Report (4 alphabets) CARD
• Barrel, Root, Belly (4 alphabets) BEER
• Rock, Times, Steel (4 alphabets) HARD
• Sore, Shoulder, Sweat (4 alphabets) COLD
• Magic, Plush, Floor (6 alphabets) CARPET

• pup, hospital, cat, waste (6 lettered word) LITTER
• feet, amusement, trunk, baseball(4 letters) BOOT

• clues : cake, rabbit, stick, root
alternatives- white, cane, carrot

• clues : rowing, mining, missile, hit
alternatives- cannon, rod, shoot

• clues- water, boil, sweat , taste
alternatives- saline, blood, cool

• clues-moon, out, whale, sky
alternatives- in, huge, blue, water

• Clues - Polish, Sin, Eye, Pie
Alternatives - Salvation, Apple, Chart, Potato, Shoe

• Clues - Eye, Shape, Corn, Funnel
Alternatives - Cone, Pop, Pupil, Oil, Ball

• Clues - Bird, Steps, Air, Fantasy
Alternatives - Imagination, Eggs, Follow, Flight, Oxygen

• Clues - Pillow, Hospital, Present, Evidence
Alternatives - Fight, Case, Logic, Support, Gift

• Clues: stem, boot, nose, case
alternatives: leaf, lid, trunk, tiger, shoe

• clues: in, pin, lens, shoot.
alternatives: eye, kin, gate, camera, out

• clues: apple, bread, toe, jazz
alternatives: sweet, jam, hard, garlic

• clues: noose, dance, boxing, end
alternatives: death, evil, rope, tip

• clues: count, clean, brown
alternatives: chicken, broom, nose

• clues: carnation, prime, pierce
alternatives: soul, pluck, dark, pink, red

• Clues: limpid, verdure, fructify, foliage
Alternatives: weak, spring, green, evolve

• Clues: Guile, medicine, plain, pathos
Alternatives: Pain, naive, simple, herb

• clues- eye, dagger, sharp, hope
alternatives- kill, look, aqua, far

• clues- star, question, shoot, out
alternatives- big, interview, movie, pop

• Clues - Walk, Score, Muscle, Sun
Alternatives - Win, Run, Finish, Pain, Gases

• Clues - Over, Promise, Blue, Rock
Alternatives - Break, Green, Moon, Vow, Finished

• Clues - Come, Absence, Deny, Stay
Alternatives - Leave, Presence, Participate, Allow, Disappear

• Clues
Lamb, Look, Knife, Go

Alternatives
Vegetable, Sea, Kill, Sheep, Run

• Clues
Satin, on Feet, Rebellion, Fragrance

Alternatives
Rose, Incense, Perfume, Revolution, Invention

• Clues
Draft, Rely, Border, Local

Alternatives
Treaty, Army, Bank, News, Force

• Clues
Abstract, Integrity, Policy, Deceit

Alternatives
Finance, Honesty, Concrete, Truthful, Lie

MICAT 2011 Questions on word associations:

1. Fee (A) Tax
Salute (B) Tip
Unbalance (C) Corruption
Cue (D) Bend
(E) Charge

2. Laundry (A) Clean
Will (B) Dirty
Pig (C) White
Harmonize (D) Heap
(E) Iron

3. Union (A) Match
Sensex (B) Sex
Typing people (C) Females
Exciting (D) Worker
(E) Copulation
4. Key (A) Secret
Free (B) Pin
Hair (C) Air
Safe (D) Lock
(E) Open

5. Phrase (A) Chain
Position (B) Joint
Link (C) Rope
Descent (D) Ancestor
(E) Line

6. Curve (A) Wind
Sail (B) Glory
Bag (C) Boat
Resistance (D) Raid
(E) Balloon

7. News (A) Journalist
Flatten (B) Press
Emphasize (C) Information
Pursue (D) Beat
(E) Force

8. Cancer (A) Rumour
Fire (B) Spread
Cooking (C) Smoke
Screen (D) Laser
(E) Sun

9. Relationship (A) Exile
Love (B) Child
Twin (C) Like
Simile (D) Identical
(E) Ambiguity

10. Reaction (A) Action
Bind (B) Glue
Link (C) Chain
Key appendage (D) Trigger
(E) Catalyst

11. Time (A) Watch
Eye (B) Observation
Follow (C) Sight
Tower (D) Reader
(E) Clock

12. Draft (A) Army
Rely (B) Bank
Border (C) News
World (D) Treaty
(E) Force

13. Blush (A) Love
Left (B) China
Anger (C) Storm
Sea (D) Rejection
(E) Red

14. Red (A) Accident
Full (B) Dope
Stay (C) Stop
Cease (D) End
(E) Jam

15. Fragrance (A) Incense
On feet (B) Perfume
Revolt (C) Revolution
Sore (D) Discovery
(E) Rose

Answers in Comments :)

6 comments:

  1. 1. B
    2. E
    3. A
    4. D
    5. E
    6. A
    7. B
    8. C
    9. C
    10. C
    11. A
    12. B
    13. E
    14. C
    15. E

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  2. How will you justify Rose as an answer for 15th question with reference to Revolt and Sore?

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    1. Hi, i think 'rose' is the answer for 15, because rose has been associated with revolts (the white rose revolt) and 'sore' is an anagram of 'rose'

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  3. In question 7 how was pursue related to press?

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    1. The usage of press in a contxt like when one 'press(es) for charges' means to pursue something so that it happens.

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  4. Please provide the explanation for question 3

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