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Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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1. RADIO : RADAR
(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
(A) mescaline : hallucinogen
(B) alcohol : caffeine
(C) aspirin : penicillin
(D) amphetamine : depressant
(E) narcotic : heroin
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a
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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
(A) vindicate : insult
(B) emphasize : accentuate
(C) assimilate : reject
(D) dissuade : confuse
(E) improvise : expel
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b
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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
(A) lens : tibia
(B) nephron : cortex
(C) hypothalamus : stamen
(D) vertebrate : lymph node
(E) dendrite : axon
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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
(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
(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
(A) regression : digression
(B) euphemism : insult
(C) inference : exposition
(D) platitude : bromide
(E) oxidation : reduction
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B
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A platitude is a bromide in the same way that a versimilitude is a
likelihood.
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