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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. EXTEMPORIZE : IMPROVISE
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- (A) objectify : consent
- (B) annihilate : destroy
- (C) malign : laud
- (D) calibrate : exercise
- (E) placate : ignore
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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
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- (A) Dickens : surrealism
- (B) Steinbeck : poetry
- (C) Blake : romanticism
- (D) Blake : Victorianism
- (E) Dickens : poetry
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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
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- (A) abstinent : indulgent
- (B) charitable : benevolent
- (C) random : casual
- (D) misanthropic : predestined
- (E) veritable : genuine
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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
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- (A) caffeine : rest
- (B) endemic : disease
- (C) circumscribe : navigate
- (D) curare : paralysis
- (E) recovery : decline
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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
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- (A) disciplined : exuberant
- (B) moot : debatable
- (C) accidental : perspicacious
- (D) judgemental : tolerant
- (E) avaricious : abundant
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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
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- (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
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- (A) propitious : auspicious
- (B) coward : fearful
- (C) ignorant : intellectual
- (D) futile : inspiring
- (E) inferential : predestined
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- Correct.
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- "Propitious" and "auspicious" are synonyms in the same way that "fecund"
- and "creative" are synonyms.
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