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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. CAPTIOUS : ACCEPTING
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- (A) lustrous : remarkable
- (B) prolix : concise
- (C) nefarious : treacherous
- (D) pretentious : verbose
- (E) professor : dignified
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- Correct.
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- "Prolix" and "concise" have opposite meanings in the same way that "captious"
- and "accepting" have opposite meanings.
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- 2. PROTEIN : NUTRITION
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- (A) probability : statistics
- (B) androgyny : mathematics
- (C) chemistry : nihilism
- (D) food : sugar
- (E) blood : water
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- Correct.
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- Probability is an important aspect of statistics, and protein is an important
- aspect of nutrition.
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- 3. COMPUNCTION : GUILT
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- (A) error : punishment
- (B) hostility : diffidence
- (C) temerity : audacity
- (D) inference : introspection
- (E) communication : concatenation
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- Correct.
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- "Temerity" is a synonym for "audacity" just as "compunction" is a synonym for
- "guilt."
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- 4. INGENUOUS : NAIVE
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- (A) lackadaisical : anxious
- (B) enigmatic : sarcastic
- (C) dilettante : gullible
- (D) flexible : rigid
- (E) peremptory : arbitrary
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- Correct.
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- "Peremptory" means "arbitrary" just as "ingenuous" means "naive."
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- 5. ORAL : ANAL
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- (A) phallic : genital
- (B) excretion : digestion
- (C) late : early
- (D) neurotic : content
- (E) oblivious : cerebral
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- Correct.
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- The phallic stage of psychosexual development is followed by the genital
- stage just as the oral stage is followed by the anal stage.
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- 6. OBSTREPEROUS : CONTROLLED
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- (A) ebullient : expressive
- (B) prominent : important
- (C) insipid : stimulating
- (D) consonant : egalitarian
- (E) glib : crafty
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- Correct.
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- "Insipid" is the opposite of "stimulating" in the same way that "obstreperous"
- is the opposite of "controlled."
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- 7. SUMMARY : CONCISE
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- (A) introduction : acquaintance
- (B) treatise : systematic
- (C) editor : somnolent
- (D) cognition : emotional
- (E) fantasy : escape
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- b
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- A treatise is expected to be systematic in the same way that a summary is
- expected to be concise.
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