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- Choose the correct matching pair in the following analogies:
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- 1. CONCERTO : MUSIC
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- (A) voice : song
- (B) trumpet : flute
- (C) drama : parody
- (D) painter : paintings
- (E) sonnet : poetry
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- Correct.
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- A sonnet is a kind of poetry like a concerto is a kind of music.
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- 2. CONTUMACIOUS : CONTRARY
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- (A) forgiving : judgmental
- (B) subtle : indelicate
- (C) primordial : primeval
- (D) nemesis : helpful
- (E) disconsolate : gifted
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- Correct.
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- "Primordial" means "primeval" in the same way that "contumacious" means
- "contrary."
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- 3. EXISTENTIALISM : PHILOSOPHY
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- (A) behaviorism : psychology
- (B) epistemology : mathematics
- (C) correlation : linguistics
- (D) physics : genetics
- (E) regression : theology
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- Correct.
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- Behaviorism is a kind of psychology in the same way that existentialism
- is a kind of philosophy.
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- 4. HEART : PUMP
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- (A) brain : colander
- (B) lungs : fins
- (C) rheostat : regulator
- (D) cortex : sediment
- (E) blood : plasma
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- Correct.
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- The function of a rheostat is to regulate electrical currents just as the
- function of the heart is to pump blood.
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- 5. COGENT : IRRELEVANT
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- (A) loquacious : talkative
- (B) impulsive : spontaneous
- (C) agenda : organized
- (D) inhibited : shy
- (E) nebulous : clear
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- Correct.
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- "Nebulous" is the opposite of "clear" in the same way that "cogent" is the
- opposite of "irrelevant."
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- 6. LUNGS : PLEURA
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- (A) brain : stroke
- (B) mitochondria : cytoplasm
- (C) pituitary : hormone
- (D) stomach : digestion
- (E) gills : fauna
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- Correct.
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- The mitochondria are surrounded by the cytoplasm of the cell just as the
- lungs are surrounded by pleura.
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- 7. SOLILOQUY : DRAMA
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- (A) music : creative
- (B) paint : artist
- (C) novelist : book
- (D) eulogy : comedy
- (E) solo : music
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- Correct.
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- A "solo" is to "music" as a "soliloquy" is to "drama."
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