GRE analogies

[r2kins]

KINDLY GIVE THE LINKS ALONGWITH THE EXPLANATIONS

MALINGERER : : DUTY
Scholar : pedantic
Rebel : responsibility
Miser : wealth
Recluse : humanity


GUSH : : EFFUSIVE
Exult : honest
Snicker : innocent
Rage : irate
Whisper : confidential

POLITIC :: PRUDENT
Bucolic : constructive
Insulting : reputable
Portentous : contemptible
Disconcerning : embarrassing


DRACONIAN :: COERCION
Insouciant : resplendence
Blatant : concealment
Submissive : consequence
Munificient : philanthropy

SYNONYMOUS : : MEANING
Ambidextrous : skill
Equivocal : interpretation
Coincidental : cause
Interchangeable : function

REPRIVE: : PUNISHMENT
Meticulous : resourcefulness
Imperturbable : composure
Solace : comfort
Moratorium : activity

[EEPHDWANNABE]

D
C
D
A
D
D

If they are correct I will give links.

[zorrillo]

For 4, the answer should be D

[r2kins]

The Answers Are:
C
C
D
D
A
C
por favor, el señor Provide Me With The Explanations!!

[chaudhary]

MALINGERER : : DUTY
Scholar : pedantic
Rebel : responsibility
Miser : wealth
Recluse : humanity

Malingerer avoids duties same as recluse avoids humanities, (D)..though B also seems close.

GUSH : : EFFUSIVE
Exult : honest
Snicker : innocent
Rage : irate
Whisper : confidential

An effusive substance always gushes...a confidential thing is always whispered(D)

POLITIC :: PRUDENT
Bucolic : constructive
Insulting : reputable
Portentous : contemptible
Disconcerning : embarrassing

A politic person shows that he is prudent( concerned w/ his future). whereas a diconcerning person is embarrasing.(D)..Its is the Quality.

DRACONIAN :: COERCION
Insouciant : resplendence
Blatant : concealment
Submissive : consequence
Munificient : philanthropy

A very hars person (Draconian) leads to coersion wheras a very munificient(generous) person leads to philanthropy(D)

SYNONYMOUS : : MEANING
Ambidextrous : skill
Equivocal : interpretation
Coincidental : cause
Interchangeable : function

Synonymous means similar in meaning , same as ambidextrous means similar in skills. Although literal meaning of ambidextrous is capable of doing same work with either hands..but its teh closest one i think..so (A)

REPRIVE: : PUNISHMENT
Meticulous : resourcefulness
Imperturbable : composure
Solace : comfort
Moratorium : activity

Reprive means postphoning the punishment, Moratoroum means temporary abolishment of an activity.so..(D)

[tans]

The Answers Are:
C
C
D
D
A
C
por favor, el señor Provide Me With The Explanations!!

have u checked the ans properly? bcz, so far i can remember from bigbook, the synonim-meaning one has a ans intergeable-function.

[rashmi]

I myself believe that the answers should be
d
c
d
d
d
d



Can someone explain please?

[r2kins]

hi
i havent got this from bigbook dear tans...i have another book thats a compilation of all the analogies from variou sources...i have checked the answers...but maybe its wrongly printed i my book....anyway thanks for all the help
regards

[tans]

seeing these analogies ,my ans choicestotally matched with rashmi, so, now i shall have to clear more funda about these

[rashmi]

Seeing the incongruity among the answers we believe to be correct verses the book's answers makes my confidence level plummet to unknown depths. I am set for 2nd October. Can someone please clarify these questions please or may be chip in few words of encouragement ??!!!