Discussion
If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [dry → arid → parched] is analogous to [diet → fast → ________ ].
Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
Answer: A
The word that fits is starve.
The first group climbs in intensity: dry, then arid (very dry), then parched (extremely dry, scorched). The second group must climb the same way in the matter of eating: a diet restricts food, a fast gives it up for a time, and to starve is the extreme state of going without food until one suffers or dies.
Feast is the opposite direction, plenty rather than less. Reject and deny describe refusing in general and do not continue a scale of eating less. Only starve completes the progression.
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