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Old 2009 November 1st, 03:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Arrow POWEPREP ANALOGIES...PLS EXPLAIN

PLS NOTE OA IS ONE MARKED WITH @...please justify

1. PROHIBITIVE : PURCHASE ::
(A) preventive : heal
(B) laudatory : praise
(C) admonitory : fear
(D) peremptory : dispute @
(E) imperative : comply

2. JUDGE : GAVEL ::
(A) detective : uniform
(B) doctor : stethoscope
(C) referee : whistle @
(D) soldier : insignia
(E) lecturer : podium ....why not option B???

3. SUITCASE : LUGGAGE ::
(A) gift : package
(B) necklace : garment
(C) room : house
(D) hat : millinery @
(E) faucet : sink

4. PEST : IRKSOME ::
(A) salesclerk : courteous
(B) expert : proficient @
(C) enigma : unexpected
(D) leader : nondescript
(E) accuser : indicted .....why not (E) is correct???

5. CONTIGUOUS : ABUT ::
(A) possible : occur
(B) simultaneous : coincide @
(C) comprehensive : except
D) synthetic : create
(E) constant : stabilize ...why not option E???

6. MOCK : IMITATE ::
(A) satirize : charm
(B) condense : summarize
(C) placate : assuage
(D) adapt : duplicate
(E) taunt : challenge @ ....explain the bridge

7. ANIMAL : CAT ::
(A) apple : pear
(B) club : player
(C) furniture : chair @
(D) landscape : tree
(E) body : toe ....why not E??

8. QUARRY : STONE ::
(A) fell : timber @
(B) dredge : canal
(C) assay : gold
(D) bale : hay
(E) mold : clay ....Explain the relation

9.. CREDULOUS : DUPE ::
(A) wealthy : monarch
(B) insensitive : boor @
(C) argumentative : lawyer
(D) spontaneous : extrovert
(E) extravagant : miser

10.. INTEREST : INVEIGLE ::
(A) evaluate : suggest
(B) foresee : predict
(C) plan : scheme @
(D) interpret : examine
(E) neglect : persecute

11. PARRY : QUESTION ::
(A) return : affection
(B) shirk : duty @
(C) confront : dread
(D) hurl : insult
(E) surrender : temptation

12.
OPAQUE : LIGHT ::
(A) inaudible : sound
(B) unbreakable : plastic
(C) reflective : mirror
(D) nonporous : liquid @
(E) viscous : fluid

13. PLUCK : QUIT ::
(A) verve : flinch
(B) gall : skimp
(C) pride : grovel @
(D) charm : smile
(E) poise : waver

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Old 2009 November 1st, 07:10 PM   #2 (permalink)
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1.x prevent y
2.x use y to control
3.x is a type of y
4.y is a characteristics of x
5.x & y just synonyms
6.x is y in negative sense
7.y is a type of x
8.x to collect y
9.just synonyms
10. y is negative x
11.x is avoid y
12.y cannot pass through x
13. person who has x never y

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1. PROHIBITIVE : PURCHASE :: Something X by definition precludes Y.
(A) preventive : heal
(B) laudatory : praise
(C) admonitory : fear
(D) peremptory : dispute @
(E) imperative : comply

2. JUDGE : GAVEL :: Y is especial tool used by a X.
(A) detective : uniform
(B) doctor : stethoscope
(C) referee : whistle @
(D) soldier : insignia
(E) lecturer : podium ....why not option B??? a lecturer does not use a podium to do something with; rather he just stands behind it when lecturing.

3. SUITCASE : LUGGAGE :: X is a especial kind of Y.
(A) gift : package
(B) necklace : garment
(C) room : house
(D) hat : millinery @
(E) faucet : sink

4. PEST : IRKSOME :: being Y is the characteristic of a X.
(A) salesclerk : courteous
(B) expert : proficient @
(C) enigma : unexpected
(D) leader : nondescript
(E) accuser : indicted .....why not (E) is correct??? An accuser indicts (accuses) someone else; he doesn't become indicted himself.

5. CONTIGUOUS : ABUT :: being X is to Y with something else.
(A) possible : occur
(B) simultaneous : coincide @
(C) comprehensive : except
D) synthetic : create
(E) constant : stabilize ...why not option E??? This option doesn't have the third party element-with something else.

6. MOCK : IMITATE :: To X is to Y with malevolence, ill will, or malice.
(A) satirize : charm
(B) condense : summarize
(C) placate : assuage
(D) adapt : duplicate
(E) taunt : challenge @ ....explain the bridge

7. ANIMAL : CAT :: Y is a kind of X.
(A) apple : pear
(B) club : player
(C) furniture : chair @
(D) landscape : tree
(E) body : toe ....why not E?? is toe a kind of body or a part of it?

8. QUARRY : STONE :: to X is the especial way of obtaining a Y from nature.
(A) fell : timber @
(B) dredge : canal
(C) assay : gold
(D) bale : hay
(E) mold : clay ....Explain the relation. No relation

9.. CREDULOUS : DUPE :: A Y person is very much and naively X.
(A) wealthy : monarch
(B) insensitive : boor @
(C) argumentative : lawyer
(D) spontaneous : extrovert
(E) extravagant : miser

10.. INTEREST : INVEIGLE :: To Y is to X for fraud and deception.
(A) evaluate : suggest
(B) foresee : predict

(C) plan : scheme @
(D) interpret : examine
(E) neglect : persecute

11. PARRY : QUESTION :: One who X tries to escape Y.
(A) return : affection
(B) shirk : duty @
(C) confront : dread
(D) hurl : insult
(E) surrender : temptation

12.
OPAQUE : LIGHT :: Something X does not let Y to pass through.
(A) inaudible : sound
(B) unbreakable : plastic
(C) reflective : mirror
(D) nonporous : liquid @
(E) viscous : fluid

13. PLUCK : QUIT :: Someone possessing X does not resign to Y.
(A) verve : flinch
(B) gall : skimp
(C) pride : grovel @
(D) charm : smile
(E) poise : waver
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Old 2009 November 2nd, 05:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Thank you TUSHAR and ELNAZ!!
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