Question

1. Lampoon : Ridicule
a. hyperbole : exaggerate
b. hiatus : continue
c. trepidation : fear
d. levity : depreciate
e. debate : vacillate

My thinking: I think it is A, because to use lampoon is to ridicule and to use hyperbole is to exaggerate

2. Depraved : Purity
a. loquacious : acumen
b. generosity : prodigality
c. candid : openess
d. flagrant : circumspection
e. amiable : deception

My thinking: I think it is D because if you are depraved you have no purity and if you are flagrant you have no circumspection.

3. circumlocutory : speech
a. desultory : walk
b. effervescent : stagnation
c. nefarious : infamy
d. obscure : quantity
e. judicious : communication

My thinking: I am not sure on this one but I was thinking something along the lines of circumlocutory is to use a lot of speech as to judicious is to use a lot of communication, so E? I don't know, I kind of just made that up.

4. Coercion : Threat
a. dichotomy: anomaly
b. fallacy: trick
c. debauchery: fervor
d. indigence: hostility
e. enticement : reward

My Thinking: Again, I'm not sure. However, a coercion is a threat, right? So wouldn't dichotomy be an anomaly? I'm not sure.

Thanks.


#1 is either A or C.

#2 is D -- another thing to double-check is the parts of speech of each pair of words in the order they're in. "Depraved" is an adjective (participle actually) and "purity" is a noun. In D, they are the same.

#3 -- "circumlocutory" is an adjective; "speech" is a noun. Look for that pattern to get the non-fits out of the way. Then look at the definitions at http://www.answers.com
(Hint: in E, "judicious" is too positive a word; "circumlocutory" has some negative angles to it!

#4 -- "coercion" can lead to a "threat" if the coercion doesn't work, right? Find a pair that could fit the same kind of sentence.

There are many things to look for in analogies:
~~making sure you know the definitions: http://www.answers.com
~~same pattern in part of speech
~~positive and negative connotations
~~make a little sentence showing the relationship of the two words; then see which other pair also fits the sentence pattern.


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