Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given options that best expresses the relationship similar to the original pair of words. OBSEQUIOUS : SERVILITY :: BELLIGERENT : ________
PUGNACITY
In an analogy the second pair must show the same relationship as the first. “Obsequious” describes a person who is excessively eager to please or obey, and “servility” is the quality that such a person shows. So the relation is: adjective → the noun for the quality it describes.
Step 1 — Obsequious : servility = a fawning person : the quality of being servile.
Step 2 — “Belligerent” means hostile, aggressive and eager to fight. The noun for that quality is “pugnacity”, which means a readiness or eagerness to quarrel or fight.
Step 3 — So belligerent : pugnacity mirrors obsequious : servility.
“Humility” is modesty, closer to the first pair than to aggression. “Curiosity” is a desire to know, unrelated to hostility. “Hesitation” is reluctance or pausing before acting, which is almost the opposite of a belligerent temperament.
PUGNACITY option is correct.
Select the option that best completes the analogy.
CONSTITUTION : GOVERNANCE :: ________ : INTERPRETATION
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given options that best expresses the relationship similar to the original pair of words.
RECALCITRANT : AUTHORITY :: HERETICAL : _______
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given options that best expresses the relationship similar to the original pair of words.
Epistemology : Knowledge : : Ontology : ______
Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
Day: Night :: Morning : ?Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
India : Country :: Delhi : ..........Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
MATE: NATE :: FATE: ?Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
13 : 196 :: 9 : .......
Select the related word pair from the given alternatives. Afghanistan : Kabul :: ....... : .........