In each of the following questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear.Choose the correct alternatives.
______ : festive :: funeral : somber
Answer: B
Correct answer: soiree
The relation is occasion : its character. A funeral is sombre; a soirée - an evening party - is festive. A eulogy is a speech given at the funeral rather than an occasion in itself.
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fetish : fixation :: slight : ______
Answer: C
Correct answer: insult
The relation is word : its synonym. A fetish is a fixation; a slight is an insult - a deliberate discourtesy, however small.
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hovel : dirty :: hub : ______
Answer: C
Correct answer: busy
The relation is place : the quality associated with it. A hovel is dirty; a hub is busy - the centre through which everything passes, which is what makes it a hub.
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bog : ______ :: slumber : sleep
Answer: C
Correct answer: marsh
The relation is word : its synonym. Slumber means sleep; a bog is a marsh - soft wet ground. Each pair sets a less common word beside its plainer equivalent.
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______ : segue :: throng : mass
Answer: C
Correct answer: transition
The relation is word : its synonym. A throng is a mass of people; a transition is a segue - the passage from one thing directly into the next, a term borrowed from music.
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ragtime : United States :: raga : ______
Answer: D
Correct answer: India
The relation is musical form : the country it comes from. Ragtime came out of the United States in the 1890s; the raga is the melodic framework of the classical music of India, each raga fixing the notes available and the way they may be approached.
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Radical : Moderate : : Revolution : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Reformation
The relation is extreme form : its moderate counterpart. A radical wants sweeping change where a moderate wants gradual change; a revolution sweeps the old order away where a reformation repairs it from within. Peace is not a form of change at all.
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