These samples represent the level of challenge students will encounter in the moderately difficult BLUE DIVISION of the

WordMasters Challenge meets.

GRADE SAMPLE SAMPLE ANALOGIES:

WORDS

3 prairie WOODS : ACORN :: ORCHARD : ______ RURAL : SOIL :: URBAN : ____________

rural a. peach a. prairie
orchard b. thicket b. store
soil c. prairie c. pavement
urban d. apple seed d. bus
thicket e. orange juice e. thicket

4 blur PICTURE : BLURRED :: KNIFE: _______ HORSES : CORRAL::GOLD COINS : ___

corral a. keen a. treasure
keen b. painful b. wealth
vault c. wealthy c. vault
blunt d. blunt d. rodeo
wealth e. shiny e. silver

5 cascade SHEEP : FORAGE :: OUTLAWS : ______ BREEZE : GALE :: TRICKLE : ________

forage a. plunder a. lull
mar b. mar b. plunder
gale c. shoot c. forage
plunder d. run d. sunshine
lull e. graze e. cascade

6 squabble LIGHT : TURN OFF :: RUMOR : _______ FIELD : FALLOW :: _________________

plummet a. start a. hiker : laden
fallow b. squabble b. ditch : deep
idle c. hear c. factory : idle
quash d. quash d. cellar : dark
laden e. plummet e. squabble : angry

7 gnarled THIEF : SNEAKY :: _________________ PLEASURE : SMILE :: PAIN : _________

vanquish a. tree : gnarled a. aspirin
infantry b. day : tranquil b. suffering
tranquil c. disease : insidious c. grimace
grimace d. robber : violent d. tranquility
insidious e. loser : vanquished e. joy

8 manifesto FRIENDSHIP : RIFT :: SOCIETY : ______ HOBBLE : PROGRESS :: ____________

rift a. haven a. cripple : crutches
hobble b. meeting b. block : view
schism c. schism c. withstand : pain
haven d. manifesto d. assist : attempt
e. party e. repay : debt
These samples represent the level of challenge students will encounter in the very difficult GOLD DIVISION of the
WordMasters Challenge meets.

GRADE SAMPLE SAMPLE ANALOGIES

WORDS

3 remote TIDE : EBB :: MOON : _______________

wane a. flow NEARBY : REMOTE :: NATIVE : _______
native b. shine a. American
ebb c. roam b. scary
alien d. wane c. alien
roam e. sink d. roaming
e. new

4 haughty MANSION : HAUGHTY :: SHACK : _____

morsel a. old FOOD : MORSEL :: MONEY : _________
splurge b. large a. wealth
wealthy c. modest b. mansion
pittance d. wealthy c. greed
modest e. run-down d. splurging
e. pittance

5 rotund BEAUTIFUL : HANDSOME :: SVELTE : _

douse a. rotund EXCITEMENT : QUENCH :: ___________
lean b. amplified a. prison : escape
amplify c. ugly b. music : amplify
svelte d. lean c. fire : douse
quench e. lovely d. baby : protect
e. food : eat

6 strut SHALLOW : DEEP :: INSIPID : ________

pungent a. ostentatious OSTENTATIOUS:SWAGGER::FURTIVE:
furtive b. huge a. stampede
ostentation c. pungent b. skip
insipid d. boring c. fall
skulk e. clandestine d. skulk
e. strut

7 wellspring ANTIQUATED : NOVEL :: ____________

antiquated a. factual : made-up RIVER : SOURCE :: CREATIVITY : _____
morass b. new : old a. maelstrom
plumb c. antique : valuable b. antique
maelstrom d. faded : fresh c. wellspring
novel e. stylish : old-fashioned d. morass
e. plumbing

8 threshold HOT : TEPID :: _____________________

desiccated a. warm : cool AFTER : REGRETS :: BEFORE : ______
pitfall b. desiccated : sodden a. thresholds
misgiving c. cool : cold b. prologues
tepid d. moist : desiccated c. misgivings
sodden e. sodden : moist d. memories
e. pitfalls