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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. RADIO : RADAR
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- (A) gamma : radio
- (B) light : sound
- (C) ultraviolet : x-ray
- (D) ultraviolet : radar
- (E) infrared : radar
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- Correct.
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- Ultraviolet waves are longer than x-ray waves in the same way that radio
- waves are longer than radar waves.
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- 2. MARIJUANA : EUPHORIC
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- (A) mescaline : hallucinogen
- (B) alcohol : caffeine
- (C) aspirin : penicillin
- (D) amphetamine : depressant
- (E) narcotic : heroin
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- Correct.
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- Mescaline is classified as a hallucinogen drug, and marijuana is
- classified as a euphoric drug.
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- 3. DIFFERENTIATE : DISCRIMINATE
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- (A) vindicate : insult
- (B) emphasize : accentuate
- (C) assimilate : reject
- (D) dissuade : confuse
- (E) improvise : expel
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- b
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- Correct.
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- "Emphasize" and "accentuate" are synonyms in the same way that
- "differentiate" and "discriminate" are synonyms.
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- 4. INCUS : STAPES
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- (A) lens : tibia
- (B) nephron : cortex
- (C) hypothalamus : stamen
- (D) vertebrate : lymph node
- (E) dendrite : axon
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- Correct.
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- Dendrite and axon are parts of the nerve cell just as the incus and stapes
- are part of the ear.
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- 5. HAUTEUR : HUMILITY
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- (A) confidence : assurance
- (B) obscurity : patience
- (C) attraction : aversion
- (D) hypocrisy : spite
- (E) corpulence : poverty
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- Correct.
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- "Attraction" and "aversion" are opposite in meaning in the same way that
- "hauteur" and "humility" are opposite in meaning.
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- 6. DESCARTES : POSITIVIST
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- (A) Bentham : utilitarian
- (B) Nietzsche : optimist
- (C) Skinner : introspectionist
- (D) May : behaviorist
- (E) Kierkegaard : satirist
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- Correct.
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- The philosopher Bentham is called a utilitarian in the same way that
- Descartes is called a positivist.
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- 7. VERSIMILITUDE : LIKELIHOOD
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- (A) regression : digression
- (B) euphemism : insult
- (C) inference : exposition
- (D) platitude : bromide
- (E) oxidation : reduction
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- Correct.
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- A platitude is a bromide in the same way that a versimilitude is a
- likelihood.
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