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1.APOLOGIZE : PENITENT :: A) worsen : haughty B) countersign : venerable C) extenuate : blameworthy D) appreciate : impressed View Answer Report DiscussAnswer: Option DExplanation:(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A person who is penitent (meaning regretful) apologizes readily; a person who is impressed (meaning favorably affected) appreciates readily. (D)
2.SHIP: LOG:: A) individual: diary B) inventory : emporium C) catalog : team D) bulletin : incident View Answer Report DiscussAnswer: Option AExplanation:(THING AND PURPOSE) The purpose of a log is to chronologically record the movements of a ship; the purpose of a diary is to chronologically record the doings of a person. (A)
3.ELEGY : POETRY :: A) parable : story B) dirge : music C) harp : string D) rhyme : sound View Answer Report DiscussAnswer: Option BExplanation:(DEFINITION) An elegy is mournful poetry; a dirge is mournful music. (B)
4.EULOGY : PRAISE :: A) paean : difficulty B) encomium : censure C) requiem : happiness D) elegy : mourning View Answer Report DiscussAnswer: Option DExplanation:(DEFINITION) A eulogy is a speech praising a dead person; an elegy is a poem mourning a dead person. (D)
5.ILL - MANNERED : BOOR :: A) generous : monarch B) naive : dupe C) quarrelsome : lawyer D) spontaneous : extrovert View Answer Report DiscussAnswer: Option BExplanation:(DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC) A boor (meaning a person with no refinement) is ill-mannered; a dupe (meaning an easily deceived person) is naive (meaning lacking in worldliness). (B)
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