Multiple choice

Directions: Select the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.

Pedant : Erudition

  1. Carpenter : Cabinetry

  2. Prude : Modesty

  3. Ballerina : Ethereal

  4. Diplomat : Blunt
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Pedant (a person who puts unnecessary stress on minor or trivial points of learning, displaying a scholarship, lacking in judgment or sense of proportion) and erudition (learning acquired by reading and study, scholarship) are synonyms of each other. Similar bridge exists between prude and modesty. Hence, option (2) is the answer.

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