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Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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1. EXTEMPORIZE : IMPROVISE
(A) objectify : consent
(B) annihilate : destroy
(C) malign : laud
(D) calibrate : exercise
(E) placate : ignore
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b
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Correct.
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"Annihilate" means to "destroy" just as "extemporize" means to "improvise."
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2. DEFOE : CLASSICISM
(A) Dickens : surrealism
(B) Steinbeck : poetry
(C) Blake : romanticism
(D) Blake : Victorianism
(E) Dickens : poetry
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c
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Correct.
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Defoe's books are associated with classicism in the same way that Blake's
poetry is associated with romanticism.
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3. CHANGEABLE : IMMUTABLE
(A) abstinent : indulgent
(B) charitable : benevolent
(C) random : casual
(D) misanthropic : predestined
(E) veritable : genuine
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a
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Correct.
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"Abstinent" is the opposite of "indulgent" in the same way that "changeable"
is the opposite of "immutable."
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4. SOPORIFIC : SLEEP
(A) caffeine : rest
(B) endemic : disease
(C) circumscribe : navigate
(D) curare : paralysis
(E) recovery : decline
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d
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Correct.
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Curare causes paralysis the same way that a soporific causes sleep.
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5. AUDACIOUS : BOLD
(A) disciplined : exuberant
(B) moot : debatable
(C) accidental : perspicacious
(D) judgemental : tolerant
(E) avaricious : abundant
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b
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Correct.
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"Moot" and "debatable" are synonyms in the same way that "audacious" and
"bold" are synonyms.
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6. THYROXIN : HORMONE
(A) oxygen : compound
(B) nitrogen : mineral
(C) lymph : nerve
(D) muscle : ligament
(E) glucose : sugar
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Correct.
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Glucose is a kind of sugar in the same way that thyroxin is a kind of hormone.
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7. FECUND : CREATIVE
(A) propitious : auspicious
(B) coward : fearful
(C) ignorant : intellectual
(D) futile : inspiring
(E) inferential : predestined
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a
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B
Correct.
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"Propitious" and "auspicious" are synonyms in the same way that "fecund"
and "creative" are synonyms.
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