XLVI: EAT 'n' DRINK

AS we have seen in the case of MATERIALS and PRODUCTS, there are many more words and ideas connected with everyday experiences. For example, the vessels for drinking. We drink tea in cups; water in glasses; wine in goblets; beer in mugs; and whiskey in snifters. Hence, BEER: MUG WINE: GOBLET WHISKEY: SNIFTER A ship is also called vessel. When a vessel (like a ship) travels it leaves a line behind it. We call that the WAKE. In the same way, when a PLOW moves forward, it also leaves a line behind it. We call that the FURROW. So, SHIP: WAKE PLOW: FURROW The veins carrying blood too is called vessels. A VESSEL carries BLOOD. Similarly, GAS is carried by a PIPELINE. BLOOD: VESSEL GAS: PIPELINE One of the vessels carrying blood is AORTA. Just as an AQUEDUCT (water-pipe) carries WATER, AORTA carries BLOOD. AORTA: BLOOD AQUEDUCT: WATER. The vessel called ship has, as we know, has many rooms. One of the ROOMS where CARGO is stored is called the HOLD. The DOOR to the HOLD is called the HATCH. Hence, DOOR: ROOM HATCH: HOLD We can see that there are so many such examples of practical life in GRE. In a way the test explores the depth and breadth of our knowledge of practical life. Let us look at a few more such analogies. The following is from the plants and animals. TADPOLE: FROG [A tadpole grows into a frog.] CATERPILLAR: BUTTERFLY [A caterpillar grows into a butterfly or a moth.] ROE (EGG): SALMON (FISH) [Roe grows into fish.] ACORN (NUT): OAK (TREE) [An acorn grows into an oak.] Here is another instance from everyday life: OAK: LEAF [The leaf an oak tree is called the leaf.] PINE: NEEDLE [The leaf of a pine tree is called the needle.] Yet another instance is cited below: MOUTH: PALATE [The inner roof of the mouth is called the palate.] ROOM: CEILING [The inner roof the room is called the ceiling.] One more example: SLAKE: THIRST SATE: HUNGER [When we slake our thirst, we over-satisfy it, just as when we sate our hunger, we over-satisfy our hunger.] Incidentally, SATE is also called SATIATE, SATURATE, and OVER-SATISFY. The other extreme of SATE is to STARVE SATE x STARVE There were some instances of the activities of eating and drinking in GRE. See the following questions of analogy: SIP: QUAFF MINCE: STRIDE [Sip is a small measure of drinking and quaff (gulp) is a large measure of drinking; in the same way mince is to take small steps and stride is to take large steps.] FOOD: NOURISH ANTIBODIES: PROTECT [The function of food is to nourish just as the function of antibodies is to protect.]