Analogy (semantic relationship): Choose the word that best completes the analogy “Life is to death as pleasure is to ______.” Identify the natural opposite in standard usage.
Verbal Ability
Selecting Words
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Apoverty
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Bsuffering
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Canguish
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Dpain
Answer
Correct Answer: pain
Explanation
Given data
- Analogy form: A is to (opposite of A) as B is to (opposite of B).
Concept/Approach“Life : death” is a direct antonym pair. The closest antonym pair to “pleasure” is “pain.”
Option analysispain — standard antonym of pleasure.suffering/anguish — related but broader/more intense states, not the set antonym.poverty — unrelated to pleasure vs. pain.
Common pitfallsOver-selecting stronger emotive words (“anguish”) instead of the conventional antonym.
Final Answerpain