Verbal Analogies 2
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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.
(ACTION AND RESULT) when corrected, an error ceases to be an error; when expiated (meaning atoned; made amends) a sin ceases to be a sin. (D)
(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).
(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.
(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)
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)
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.
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)
DEFINITION
To conspire means to plot together; to cohabit means to reside together (A)
(PART AND WHOLE) leaf is the name of the leaf of an oak tree; needle is the name of the leaf of a pine tree. (D)
DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC
A quisling is a person who betrays; a juggernaut in a phantom that crashes. (A)