Verbal Analogies

The relationship is characteristic: defining quality. Idiosyncrasy is a distinctive characteristic of someone's style. Similarly, solecism is a distinctive characteristic of ungrammatical speech. Both show a trait and what it characterizes.

The relationship is word similarity with a size distinction. A fissure is a narrow crack, and fission is the splitting apart. Similarly, a crevice is a narrow crack, while a crevasse is a wider, deeper crack. Both pairs show related words with size differences.

Practical and idealistic both have possitive connotation, but are poles apart. Similarly, expedient and quixotic have same meanings, but the latter is over-doing of a thing.

Dry and soaked are extemely opposite to each other in meaning. Similarly, 'Anhydrous & Saturated' are also antonyms to each other.

Emloyees recieve wages for their work, while enterprenuers earn profits on their investments.

The first word shows the nature of the second word here. As 'deserts' are 'arid', similarly 'marshes' are 'sodden'.

This is the correct answer for this question. The first letter moves to the second position, second letter moves to the fourth position, third remains at its position and the last letter moves to the first position.

FEZ and FEDORA are both types of hats/headwear, representing a relationship of items within the same category. Similarly, SANDAL and SLIPPER are both types of footwear. Option D correctly maintains this categorical relationship between two related items.

FISH: SCHOOL shows the relationship between an animal and the collective noun for its group. Similarly, WHALE: SHOAL represents the same relationship, as 'shoal' is the collective term for a group of whales. Option B correctly maintains this animal:collective noun relationship.

APOSTATE (one who abandons religious faith) : PROSELYTE (one who converts to a religion) represents opposites - someone leaving vs. someone joining a faith. FORSAKE: CONVENT maintains this contrast - to abandon/renounce vs. a religious community. Option B correctly captures this opposing relationship.

SUBTERFUGE: ARTIFICE are synonyms meaning deception or trickery. Similarly, STRATAGEM: CHICANERY both represent deceptive schemes or tricks. Option B correctly maintains this synonymous relationship between words meaning essentially the same thing.