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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Analogy/ firm: intransigent

FIRM: INTRANSIGENT::
A. vague: inattentive
B. faithful: resolute
C. malleable: tractable
D. concerned: obsessed
E. improvident: industrious


Firm evinces intransigent. So which pair expresses a relationship most similar to it, C. malleable: tractable or D. concerned: obsessed?


Thanks very much.
  

Top answer

Gut reaction, Jeff... (followed by logic): D Intransigence is an extreme condition of firmness. Obsessiveness is an extreme version of concern.

— Davkett

  • Gut reaction, Jeff...
  • (followed by logic): D Intransigence is an extreme condition of firmness.
  • Obsessiveness is an extreme version of concern.
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Gut reaction, Jeff... (followed by logic): D

Intransigence is an extreme condition of firmness.

Obsessiveness is an extreme version of concern.
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Oh right. Thanks so much, Davkett. I didn't notice that.

So the second word expresses a concept stronger or more tense than the first one.
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More intense, yes...though I prefer 'more extreme'.
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