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Verbal Reasoning - English - Analogies:

Understanding Analogies

MCQ - 49-498

Question:

PLAIN : ORNATE : :

  1. Austere : luxurious
  2. Simple : logical
  3. Obvious : unconcealed
  4. Simple : logical
  5. Garish : gaudy

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

(A) Something that is plain is the opposite or ornate – the former means simple, the latter means fancy. Similarly, austere and luxurious are opposites – something austere is plain and severe, something luxurious is rich and comfortable.
ORNATE: showy or flowery, as some literary styles
Austere: having a severe or stern look, manner, etc.; forbidding
Obvious: easy to see or understand; plain; evident
Embellished: to improve (an account or report) by adding details, often of a fictitious or imaginary kind; touch up
Garish: gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc.
Gaudy: bright and showy, but lacking in good
taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate

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