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PROFESSOR : ERUDITE
Options
A. aviator : licensed
B. inventor : imaginative
C. procrastinator : conscientious
D. overseer : wealthy
E. moderator : vicious
Correct Answer
inventor : imaginative
Explanation
Being erudite is a trait of a professor; being imaginative is a trait of an inventor.
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1. AERIE : EAGLE
Options
A. capital : government
B. bridge : architect
C. unit : apartment
D. kennel : veterinarian
E. house : person
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Correct Answer: house : person
Explanation:
An aerie is where an eagle lives; a house is where a person lives.
2. SOUND : CACOPHONY
Options
A. taste : style
B. touch : massage
C. smell : stench
D. sight : panorama
E. speech : oration
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Correct Answer: smell : stench
Explanation:
A cacophony is an unpleasant sound; a stench is an unpleasant smell.
3. FROND : PALM
Options
A. quill : porcupine
B. blade : evergreen
C. scale : wallaby
D. tusk : alligator
E. blade : fern
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Correct Answer: quill : porcupine
Explanation:
A palm (tree) has fronds; a porcupine has quills.
4. CONDUCTOR : ORCHESTRA
Options
A. jockey : mount
B. thrasher : hay
C. driver : tractor
D. skipper : crew
E. painter : house
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Correct Answer: skipper : crew
Explanation:
A conductor leads an orchestra; a skipper leads a crew.
5. INTEREST : OBSESSION
Options
A. mood : feeling
B. weeping : sadness
C. dream : fantasy
D. plan : negation
E. highlight : indication
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Correct Answer: dream : fantasy
Explanation:
Obsession is a greater degree of interest; fantasy is a greater degree of dream.
6. DELTOID : MUSCLE
Options
A. radius : bone
B. brain : nerve
C. tissue : organ
D. blood : vein
E. scalpel : incision
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Correct Answer: radius : bone
Explanation:
The deltoid is a muscle; the radius is a bone.
7. JAUNDICE : LIVER
Options
A. rash : skin
B. dialysis : kidney
C. smog : lung
D. valentine : heart
E. imagination : brain
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Correct Answer: rash : skin
Explanation:
Jaundice is an indication of a liver problem; rash is an indication of a skin problem.
8. CONVICTION : INCARCERATION
Options
A. reduction : diminution
B. induction : amelioration
C. radicalization : estimation
D. marginalization : intimidation
E. proliferation : alliteration
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Correct Answer: reduction : diminution
Explanation:
A conviction results in incarceration; a reduction results in diminution.
9. DEPENDABLE : CAPRICIOUS
Options
A. fallible : cantankerous
B. erasable : obtuse
C. malleable : limpid
D. capable : inept
E. incorrigible : guilty
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Correct Answer: capable : inept
Explanation:
Dependable and capricious are antonyms; capable and inept are antonyms.
10.
Statement:
Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.
Assumptions:
People believe what is reported by the historians.
Historians are seldom expected to depict the truth.
Options
A. Only assumption I is implicit
B. Only assumption II is implicit
C. Either I or II is implicit
D. Neither I nor II is implicit
E. Both I and II are implicit
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Correct Answer: Only assumption I is implicit
Explanation:
The fact that historians have done harm by distorting truth, means that people believe what is reported by the historians. So, I is implicit. II does not follow from the statement and so is not implicit.
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