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Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
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Test - Verbal Analogies
Verbal Analogies - Question and Answers
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Question 1
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RETICENT : TALK :: ?
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abstemious : devour
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tasteless : savor
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likely : conjecture
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cranky: grumble
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Question 1 Explanation:
(ANTONYM VARIANT) A reticent (meaning reserved in style) person does not talk; an abstemious (meaning given to eating in moderation) person-does not devour (meaning eat like a glutton).
(A) {The related antonym relationship is;reticent: talkative :: abstemious : devour}
(A) {The related antonym relationship is;reticent: talkative :: abstemious : devour}
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Question 2
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SHARD : POTTERY :: ?
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hill: cliff
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ash : fire
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hair : wig
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splinter: wood
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Question 2 Explanation:
(PART AND THE WHOLE) A shard is a broken piece of pottery; a splinter is a broken piece of wood. (A wig is made up of a number of hairs.
You cannot say that wood is made up of splinters, or pottery is made up of shards.) (D)
You cannot say that wood is made up of splinters, or pottery is made up of shards.) (D)
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Question 3
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HATCH : HOLD :: ?
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rudder : anchor
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boat : barge
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courtyard : terrace
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door : room
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Question 3 Explanation:
(PART AND THE WHOLE) One enters a hold (of a ship) through the hatch; one enters a room through the door. (D)
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Question 4
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EXPEL : SCHOOL :: ?
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export : factory
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exile : nation
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escape : penitentiary
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vacate : building
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Question 4 Explanation:
(CAUSE AND EFFECT) A person expelled from school cannot reenter it; a person exiled (meaning banished legally) from a country cannot reenter it. (B)
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Question 5
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BACTERIA : DECOMPOSITON :: ?
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volcano : eruption
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antibiotic : injection
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yeast : fermentation
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oxygen : treatment
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Question 5 Explanation:
(CAUSE AND EFFECT) Bacteria are minute organisms which cause decomposition; yeasts are minute organisms which cause fermentation (meaning chemical reaction induced by living organisms). (C)
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Question 6
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PLAIN : AUSTERE :: ?
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neutral : detached
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clean : sterile
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lonely : gloomy
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deserted : barren
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Question 6 Explanation:
(DEGREE OF INTENSITY) Being austere (meaning bare) is a heightened form of being plain; being sterile (meaning free from bacteria or other micro-organisms) is a heightened form of being clean. {The pairs (neutral, detached); (deserted, barren) and (eloquent, talkative) are mere synonyms.} (B)
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Question 7
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SEDATIVE : SLEEP :: ?
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challenging : knowledge
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mnemonic : memory
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dramatic : story
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vocal : eloquence
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Question 7 Explanation:
(THIHG AND PURPOSE) A sedative acts as an aid to sleep; a mnemonic (such as V1BGYOR, a word made of the first letters of the sequential colors of the rainbow) acts as an aid to memory. (B)
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Question 8
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STUTTER : SPEECH :: ?
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blare : hearing
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aroma : smell
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astigmatism : sight
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novocain : touch
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Question 8 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) (A reference to the first words in the answer choices shows that stutter has been used as a noun in this question.)
Stutter (meaning a speech impediment) is a defect in speech, astigmatism (meaning a visual defect) is a defect in sight. (C)
Stutter (meaning a speech impediment) is a defect in speech, astigmatism (meaning a visual defect) is a defect in sight. (C)
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Question 9
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PALATE : MOUTH :: ?
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rainbow : sky
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rivulet: dam
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hill: range
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ceiling : room
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Question 9 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) Palate is the roof of the mouth; ceiling is the roof of the room. (D)
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Question 10
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LAVA : VOLCANO :: ?
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ice : glass
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cascade : precipice
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steam : geyser
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avalanche : ice
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Question 10 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERSTIC) A volcano gives out lava (meaning molten rock); a geyser (meaning a natural hot spring) gives out steam.
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Question 11
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REFEREE : FIELD :: ?
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experimenter: result
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arbitrator: deadlock
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gladiator: rignt
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judge : courtroom
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Question 11 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERSTIC) A volcano gives out lava (meaning molten rock); a geyser (meaning a natural hot spring) gives out steam.
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Question 12
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COMPREHEND : UNINTELLIGIBLE :: ?
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swallow : edible
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circumvent: risky
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accumulate : insignmcant
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control : ungovernable
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Question 12 Explanation:
(ANTONYM VARIANT) Anything that cannot be comprehended (meaning understood) is unintelligible; anything that cannot be controlled is ungovernable.(D) {the related antonym relationship is comprehensible: unintelligible :: controllable: ungovernable}
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Question 13
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APOLOGIZE : PENITENT :: ?
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worsen : haughty
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countersign : venerable
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extenuate : blameworthy
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appreciate : impressed
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Question 13 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A person who is penitent (meaning regretful) apologizes readily; a person who is impressed (meaning favorably affected) appreciates readily. (D)
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Question 14
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SHIP : LOG :: ?
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individual : diary
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inventory : emporium
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catalog : team
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bulletin : incident
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Question 14 Explanation:
(THING AND PURPOSE) The purpose of a log is to chronologically record the movements of a ship; the purpose of a diary is to chronologically record the doings of a person. (A)
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Question 15
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ELEGY : POETRY :: ?
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parable : story
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dirge : music
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harp : string
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rhyme : sound
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Question 15 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) An elegy is mournful poetry; a dirge is mournful music. (B)
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Question 16
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EULOGY : PRAISE :: ?
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paean : difficulty
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encomium : censure
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requiem : happiness
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elegy : mourning
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Question 16 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) A eulogy is a speech praising a dead person; an elegy is a poem mourning a dead person. (D)
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Question 17
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ILL - MANNERED : BOOR :: ?
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generous : monarch
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naive : dupe
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quarrelsome : lawyer
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spontaneous : extrovert
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Question 17 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A boor (meaning a person with no refinement) is ill-mannered; a dupe (meaning an easily deceived person) is naive (meaning lacking in worldliness). (B)
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Question 18
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FALLOW : FIELD :: ?
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burnished : surface
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idle : machinery
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contaminated : water
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polished : metal
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Question 18 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) Field that is left fallow (meaning unseeded) does not produce crops; machinery that is left idle does not produce goods. (B)
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Question 19
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MARGIN : PAGE :: ?
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step : ladder
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stalk : plant
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water : bowl
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outskirts : town
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Question 19 Explanation:
(DEFINITION) The margin forms the outer periphery of a page; the outskirts form the outer periphery of a town. (D)
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Question 20
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XENOPHOBE : FOREIGNERS :: ?
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patriot : motherland
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conservative : government
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boor : children
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misanthrope : people
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Question 20 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A xenophobe hates foreigners; a misanthrope hates people. (D)
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Question 21
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HONEST : CHEAT :: ?
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pliable : betray
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deceitful : scheme
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irritable : retaliate
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implacable : compromise
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Question 21 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) An honest person does not cheat; an implacable (meaning unyielding ) person does not compromise. (D)
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Question 22
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MEANDER : DASH :: ?
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throw : catch
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hit : assault
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sail : glide
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waft : plummet
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Question 22 Explanation:
(DEGREE OF INTENSITY) Dashing (meaning rushing violently)is an intensified form of meandering (meaning wandering aimlessly); plummeting (meaning falling abruptly downward ) is an intensified form of wafting (meaning drifting gently in the air).(D)
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Question 23
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FRAGMENT : BONE :: ?
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quartz : stone
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rim : wheel
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ash : coal
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shard : pottery
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Question 23 Explanation:
(CAUSE AND EFFECT) Distillation (meaning a physical process of evaporating and condensing a liquid) increases purity; leavening (meaning an agent that causes raising or fermentation ) increases volume. (A)
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Question 24
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BACTERIUM : MEDIUM :: ?
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meadow : grass
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snake : egg
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parasite : host
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predator: den
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Question 24 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A connoisseur (meaning a person of informed and discriminating taste) is known for his taste; an altruist (meaning a person with unselfish concern for the welfare of others) is known for his selflessness. (B)
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Question 25
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ENERVATE : VIGOUR :: ?
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change : substance
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vindicate : crime
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verify : validity
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adulterate : purity
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Question 25 Explanation:
(THING AND PURPOSE) An alias (meaning a fictitious name ) is used to mislead another; an epithet (meaning a contemptuous nickname ) is used to disparage (meaning insult) another. (D)
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Question 26
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PEDANTIC : LEARNED :: ?
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simplistic : guileless
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moralistic : principled
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positivistic : experimental
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biased : prejudiced
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Question 26 Explanation:
(DEFINITION ) To conspire means to plot together; to cohabit means to reside together(A)
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Question 27
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VAPORIZED : HEAT :: ?
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diffused : gas
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hardened: pressure
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purified : distillate
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abraded : friction
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Question 27 Explanation:
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A vigilant (meaning alert) person cannot be easily ambushed (meaning attacked from a hidden position); alert (meaning watchful) person cannot be easily gulled (meaning cheated). (D)
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Question 28
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TRIM : HAIR :: ?
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harvest: corn
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prune : hedge
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clip : bouquet
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pluck: flower
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Question 28 Explanation:
(ACTION AND PURPOSE ) Hair is trimmed in order to make it shorter; hedge is pruned in order to make it shorter. (B)
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Question 29
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CRINGE : DREAD :: ?
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fidget : nervousness
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obstruct : disappointment
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entertain : amusement
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suspect : anxiety
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Question 29 Explanation:
(CAUSE AND ITS EFFECT ) One cringes (meaning shrinks back in fear) because of dread (meaning terror); one fidgets (meaning behaves in a restless manner) because of nervousness.
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Question 30
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BRAKE : RETARD :: ?
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file : gather
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bump : dent
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surmise : attune
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shunt : divert
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Question 30 Explanation:
(SYNONYMS) To brake and to retard are synonyms (both meaning to cause something to move slowly); to divert and to shunt are synonyms (both meaning to cause something to move in a different course).(D)
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