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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. ALEXANDER HAMILTON : FEDERALISM
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- (A) Theodore Roosevelt : progressivism
- (B) Ronald Reagan : socialism
- (C) Karl Marx : capitalism
- (D) Mussolini : democracy
- (E) Lincoln : communism
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- Correct.
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- Roosevelt is associated with progressivism in the same way that Hamilton is
- associated with federalism.
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- 2. EGREGIOUS : FLAGRANT
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- (A) verbose : concise
- (B) blatant : discreet
- (C) modest : pompous
- (D) alien : strange
- (E) endemic : foreign
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- Correct.
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- "Alien" means "strange" in the same way that "egregious" means "flagrant."
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- 3. CRITICIZE : CASTIGATE
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- (A) accept : reject
- (B) critique : ignore
- (C) disapprove : censure
- (D) indict : acquit
- (E) object : observe
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- Correct.
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- "Censure" means "to strongly disapprove" in the same way that "castigate"
- means "to strongly criticize."
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- 4. HYPERBOLE : UNDERSTATEMENT
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- (A) opera : seriousness
- (B) nadir : zenith
- (C) vertebrate : photosynthesis
- (D) brashness : boldness
- (E) torpor : lethargy
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- Correct.
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- "Nadir" is the opposite of "zenith" as "hyperbole" is the opposite of
- "understatement."
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- 5. RACONTEUR : INTERESTING
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- (A) melodrama : emotional
- (B) climax : insipid
- (C) subtle : discreet
- (D) timid : bold
- (E) thesis : pointless
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- Correct.
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- A melodrama is expected to be emotional in the same way that a raconteur
- is expected to be interesting.
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- 6. HOOVER : DEPRESSION
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- (A) Reagan : California
- (B) Kennedy : Korean War
- (C) Truman : World War I
- (D) Lincoln : Revolution
- (E) Lincoln : Civil War
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- Correct.
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- Lincoln was president during part of the Civil War as Hoover was president
- during part of the Depression.
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- 7. INTRINSIC : INNATE
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- (A) caustic : kind
- (B) brusque : patient
- (C) rebellious : recalcitrant
- (D) carnal : abstract
- (E) arrogant : diffident
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- Correct.
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- "Rebellious" and "recalcitant" are synonyms in the same way that
- "intrinsic" and "innate" are synonyms.
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