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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. DESTITUTE : AFFLUENT
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- (A) circumspect : hesitant
- (B) tedious : boring
- (C) presumptuous : overbearing
- (D) officious : withdrawing
- (E) pretentious : bold
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- Correct.
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- "Officious" and "withdrawing" have opposite meanings in the same way that
- "destitute" and "affluent" have opposite meanings.
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- 2. CORNEA : RETINA
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- (A) ribosome : nucleus
- (B) ion : neutron
- (C) trachea : phloem
- (D) transformer : physics
- (E) cerebellum : rheostat
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- Correct.
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- The ribosome and nucleus are parts of the cell just as the cornea and retina
- are parts of the eye.
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- 3. PARADIGM : MODEL
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- (A) Apocalypse : investment
- (B) film : entertain
- (C) nuance : variation
- (D) alteration : reunion
- (E) verisimilitude : allegory
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- Correct.
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- A nuance is a variation as a paradigm is a model.
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- 4. EPICURUS : HEDONISM
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- (A) Plato : anarchism
- (B) Zeno : stoicism
- (C) Socrates : nihilism
- (D) Sartre : positivism
- (E) Rogers : empiricism
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- b
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- Correct.
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- Zeno's philosophy is called "stoicism" in the same way that Epicurus'
- philosophy is called "hedonism."
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- 5. CAFFEINE : STIMULANT
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- (A) alcohol : euphoric
- (B) LSD : depressant
- (C) mescaline : stimulant
- (D) adrenalin : depressant
- (E) alcohol : depressant
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- Correct.
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- Alcohol is a depressant in the same way that caffeine is a stimulant.
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- 6. DESPONDENT : DEPRESSED
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- (A) fortuitous : accidental
- (B) complacent : reluctant
- (C) arbitrary : specific
- (D) innate : conditioned
- (E) genetic : scientific
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- Correct.
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- "Fortuitous" means "accidental" just as "despondent" means "depressed."
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- 7. METHODIST : PROTESTANT
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- (A) Hasidic : Islamic
- (B) Hindu : Buddist
- (C) Catholic : Lutheran
- (D) Rinzai : Hindu
- (E) Soto : Buddhist
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- B
- Correct.
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- A Soto is a kind of Buddhist in the same way that a Methodist is a kind of
- Protestant.
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