Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the pair closest in relationship to the given pair:

STICKLER : APPROXIMATION

  1. Lluggard : indolence

  2. connoisseur : anachronism

  3. scientist : theorizing

  4. purist : adulteration

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D Correct answer
Explanation

A stickler is someone who insists on precision and therefore opposes or rejects approximation. Similarly, a purist is someone who insists on purity and therefore opposes adulteration. The relationship is 'person who rejects : what they reject.' Option A is person:trait they might embody. Option B is person:concept that may not relate to rejection. Option C is person:activity, not rejection.

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