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Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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1. DETRACT : ENHANCE
(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
(A) Haydn : impressionism
(B) Bach : romanticism
(C) Bessie Smith : blues
(D) Raphael : opera
(E) Vivaldi : jazz
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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
(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
(A) statistics : Sartre
(B) existentialism : Socrates
(C) reincarnation : Locke
(D) categorical imperative : Kant
(E) categorical imperative : Spinoza
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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
(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
(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
(A) nitrogen : electricity
(B) sunlight : photosynthesis
(C) plasma : hemoglobin
(D) tissue : lymph
(E) iron : salt
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B
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B
Sunlight is important in photosynthesis just as oxygen is important in
respiration.
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