EngQuizzitive - 41 (vocab) : Analogies : Answers

Analogies

Possible relationships between words

1. synonyms
2. antonyms
3. collective - common noun relationshio
4. gender relationship
5. parent - offspring relationship
6. part - whole
7. degree

Answers

1. A libretto is the entire text of an opera or any long vocal composition which is enacted on stage. A score is the written representation of any musical composition whether performed on stage or not ,a plot is the interrelated sequence of events in a novel but a novel is not performed on stage.An aria is a long,accompanied song for a solo voice sung in an opera - it is not the whole text.A script is the entire written text of a play , similar to a libretto for an opera.So this is the correct option.A coda is the concluding piece of a musical composition so the analogy is not similar to the given above. Answer : 4
2. The two words are antonymous - an adventurous person is not timid.Cupidity is greed or gain.Deranged and insane are synonyms.An infallible person is perfect (they are not antonyms).What is abstruse is not simple or easy to understand - this is similar to the given pair.Garish relates to an object or a manner of dressing but lusty relates to a characteristic of a person.Answer : 4
3. Emancipation means freedom.Because of its poverty a poor country is in a sort of bondage,and affluence means wealth - which would mean freedom for a poor country.In both of these analogies there is no necessity that the slave is actively seeking emancipation or the poor country is actively seeking afluence.Whereas the  seeker-success analogy implies an active seeking. Answer:3
4. This is a degree of intensity analogy.Someone who is euphoric is extremly content,while someone who is miserable is extremely unhappy. Answer : 4
5. This is a definitional type of analogy.Someone who is naive lacks experience.Likewise,someone who is unschooled lacks education. Answer :1

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