Analogy: Word and Pair
Analogy Analogy literally means a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features. In this questions , the student is given pairs of words which share some relation or the other. Along with a question pair of words, there are pairs of words as options. The student is required to identify the relationship of the words given in the question pair. Keeping this relation in mind, the student should find out the pair of words from the given options that bears the same or similar relation between them. However, the given options might be confusing. It is likely that the student finds more than one option as the probable answer on reading them for the first time. Nonetheless, after a logical careful reading the difference in the relation between the words in the different options becomes clear.
Types of relationship that may exist between pair of words:
1. Synonym/Antonym:
In this type of analogy, the two words of a given pair will be either synonyms or antonyms.EXEMPLARY:IR-REPREHENSIBLE
A) outstanding:reproachable
B) hackneyed:uncommon
C) charlatan:genuine
D) castigate:laud
E) obsequious:subservientBoth exemplary and Ir-reprehensible (meaning blameless) are synonyms. The words obsequious and subservient (meaning servile) are also synonyms. The remaining answer choices form an antonym pair. Hence answer is E.
2. Part/Whole:
In these analogies, one word of a pair will be a part of the other word of the pair.
e.g Musician:Orchestra: :Player:Team
Musician is a part of Orchestra as Player is a part of a team.
3. Member/Class:
The bridge here is “X is a type of/kind of Y”
e.g Apple:Fruit::Trowel:Tool
An apple is a kind of fruit as trowel is a kind of tool.
4. Effect/Cause:
In this type,One word in the pair is the cause, and the other is the effect. That means that one word is a result, action or an incidence that the other word creates.
e.g Earthquake:Tsunami: :Negligence:Accident
The bridge here is “X causes Y” or “X is the result of Y.”
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Types of relationship that may exist between pair of words:
1. Synonym/Antonym:
In this type of analogy, the two words of a given pair will be either synonyms or antonyms.EXEMPLARY:IR-REPREHENSIBLE
A) outstanding:reproachable
B) hackneyed:uncommon
C) charlatan:genuine
D) castigate:laud
E) obsequious:subservientBoth exemplary and Ir-reprehensible (meaning blameless) are synonyms. The words obsequious and subservient (meaning servile) are also synonyms. The remaining answer choices form an antonym pair. Hence answer is E.
2. Part/Whole:
In these analogies, one word of a pair will be a part of the other word of the pair.
e.g Musician:Orchestra: :Player:Team
Musician is a part of Orchestra as Player is a part of a team.
3. Member/Class:
The bridge here is “X is a type of/kind of Y”
e.g Apple:Fruit::Trowel:Tool
An apple is a kind of fruit as trowel is a kind of tool.
4. Effect/Cause:
In this type,One word in the pair is the cause, and the other is the effect. That means that one word is a result, action or an incidence that the other word creates.
e.g Earthquake:Tsunami: :Negligence:Accident
The bridge here is “X causes Y” or “X is the result of Y.”
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