Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

Solve this analogy: ADULTERATE : PURITY

  1. create : waste

  2. reciprocate : gifts

  3. exacerbate : severity

  4. consume : supply

  5. obliterate : need
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Adulterate means to make impure, reducing purity. Similarly, consume means to use up, reducing supply. Both show X reducing Y. Exacerbate increases severity (opposite relationship). Reciprocate is exchanging gifts (not reduction). Create produces waste (not reduction of existing thing).

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