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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. DETRACT : ENHANCE
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- (A) embellish : ostracize
- (B) misapprehend : understand
- (C) aggravate : exacerbate
- (D) placate : mitigate
- (E) attenuate : weaken
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- Correct.
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- "Misapprehend" and "understand" have opposite meanings in the same way that
- "detract" and "enhance" have opposite meanings.
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- 2. MOZART : CLASSICISM
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- (A) Haydn : impressionism
- (B) Bach : romanticism
- (C) Bessie Smith : blues
- (D) Raphael : opera
- (E) Vivaldi : jazz
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- Correct.
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- Bessie Smith is known for her contribution to blues music as Mozart
- is known for his contribution to classical music.
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- 3. PLETHORA : EXCESS
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- (A) cacophony : dissonance
- (B) consonance : dissonance
- (C) attribution : circumlocution
- (D) prevarication : aggrandizement
- (E) reverie : ovation
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- Correct.
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- "Cacophony" and "dissonance" are synonyms in the same way that "plethora"
- and "excess" are synonyms.
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- 4. WILL : SCHOPENHAUER
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- (A) statistics : Sartre
- (B) existentialism : Socrates
- (C) reincarnation : Locke
- (D) categorical imperative : Kant
- (E) categorical imperative : Spinoza
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- Correct.
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- The concept of "categorical imperative" is important in Kant's philosophy just
- as the concept of "will" is important in Schopenhauer's philosophy.
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- 5. APOLLO : ZEUS
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- (A) Buddha : Confucius
- (B) Dionysus : Sophocles
- (C) Vishnu : Siva
- (D) Brahman : priest
- (E) Athena : Da Vinci
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- Correct.
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- Vishnu and Siva are Hindu gods; Apollo and Zeus are Greek gods.
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- 6. DICHOTOMY : DIVISION
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- (A) sacrilege : desecration
- (B) paradox : totality
- (C) correlation : promotion
- (D) allusion : dream
- (E) cocatenation : omen
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- Correct.
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- "Sacrilege" means "desecration" just as "dichotomy" means "division."
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- 7. OXYGEN : RESPIRATION
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- (A) nitrogen : electricity
- (B) sunlight : photosynthesis
- (C) plasma : hemoglobin
- (D) tissue : lymph
- (E) iron : salt
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- Sunlight is important in photosynthesis just as oxygen is important in
- respiration.
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