Detailed description of a man's life is Biography.
Similarly, detailed description of a Nations is called History.
Here the first two words are synonyms. Similarly, Eyrie means a large nest. So, the synonym of Eyrie is nest.
Hence, Convent : Cloister :: Eyrie : Nest.
Bleak means an area of land lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements like deserts.
Modern is used to refer to something new whereas antiquated is used with respect to something old.
In other words, both terms are the opposite of each other.
From the above analysis, the missing word should be a word that represents the opposite of weak. Strong is used to with great influence. Therefore, the apt word is strong or any synonym of strong like potent, powerful, keen,...
Hence, Modern : Antiquated :: Weak : Strong.
The words in each pair are synonyms of each other.
Second is obtained from the first.
'Jettison' means to discard and 'salvage' means to rescue something discarded. Hence, 'salvage' is the word which is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Jettison'.
The cat's foot is called a paw. The horse's foot is called a hoof.
Here the given numbers are related in such a manner that,
Hence, 25 : 37 :: 49 : 65.
Meaning of Discordant = Harsh
That implies Harsh opposite is soft.
Here the relation between a fossil and extinction is that a fossil remains after an extinction. That is fossils are evidence of an extinction.
Similarly, puddle remains after it is rained. That is puddles are evidence of rain.
Therefore, Fossil is to Extinction as Puddle is to Rain.
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