In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Question:
BACCHUS:DRINK
(A) Orpheus:Eurydice
(B) Amazon:ruler
(C) Diana:hunt
(D) Zeus:Olympus
(E) Plato:Aristotle

Answer:C

Explanation:Bacchus is the god of wine; Diana is the goddess of the hunt. This is a worker and creation relationship.

Question:
EXCERPT:NOVEL
(A) critique:play
(B) review:manuscript
(C) swatch:cloth
(D) foreword:preface
(E) recital:performance

Answer:C

Explanation:Watch out for the eye-catcher in the answer choices! Manuscript might remind you of novel, however, a review is not part of a manuscript. Whereas, an excerpt is part of a novel and a swatch is part of a piece of cloth.

Question:
INELUCTABLE:AVOID
(A) ineffable:utter
(B) impalpable:desire
(C) impermeable:endure
(D) irascible:provoke
(E) irreconcilable:estrange

Answer:A

Explanation:Something ineluctable (avoidable) is impossible to avoid. Something ineffable (inexpressible) is impossible to utter.

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