Analogies Guide is to direct as reduce is to preserve increase decrease maintain preserve increase decrease maintain ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Guide and direct are synonyms, and reduce and decrease are synonyms. The answer is not choice b or d because neither means the same as reduce. (Choice c) is incorrect because increase is the opposite of reduce.
Analogies SOUND : CACOPHONY taste : style sight : panorama speech : oration smell : stench touch : massage taste : style sight : panorama speech : oration smell : stench touch : massage ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A cacophony is an unpleasant sound; a stench is an unpleasant smell.
Analogies MONK : DEVOTION explorer : contentment maniac : pacifism philistine : culture visionary : complacency rover : wanderlust explorer : contentment maniac : pacifism philistine : culture visionary : complacency rover : wanderlust ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Devotion is characteristic of a monk; wanderlust is characteristic of a rover.
Analogies FERAL : TAME nettlesome : annoying repetitive : recurrent ephemeral : immortal repentant : honorable rancid : rational nettlesome : annoying repetitive : recurrent ephemeral : immortal repentant : honorable rancid : rational ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Feral and tame are antonyms; ephemeral and immortal are antonyms.
Analogies COBBLER : SHOE potter : paint cowboy : boot contractor : building jockey : horse mason : stone potter : paint cowboy : boot contractor : building jockey : horse mason : stone ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A cobbler makes and repairs shoes; a contractor builds and repairs buildings.
Analogies SKEIN : YARN ream : paper fire : coal plow : acre tree : lumber squeeze : lemon ream : paper fire : coal plow : acre tree : lumber squeeze : lemon ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP A skein is a quantity of yarn; a ream is a quantity of paper.