Verbal Analogies 1
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Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other. Select the pair from the following options, which has the same relationship.
(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)
(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 colours of the rainbow) acts as an aid to memory. (B)
(CAUSE AND EFFECT) A person expelled from school cannot reenter it; a person exiled (meaning banished legally) from a country cannot reenter it. (B)
(PART AND THE WHOLE) One enters a hold (of a ship) through the hatch; one enters a room through the door. (D)
(DEFINITION) Palate is the roof of the mouth; ceiling is the roof of the room. (D)
(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)
(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)
(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) An incumbent is the occupier of an office; a monarch is the occupier of a throne. (A)
(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]
(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)