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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Pillory: a medieval punishment

0 "ADMONISH: DENOUNCE 02br
00A: challenge: overcome 02br
00B: reward: praise 02br
00B: control: contain 02br
00D: persuade: convince 02br
00E: punish: pillory" 02br
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00Again, the analogy question requires us to choose a pair which expresses a relationship most similar to the one expressed in the capitalized pair. 02br
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00To me, D is better. Because this question fits in the "degree-of-intensity" category of analogy questions. The second word expresses a idea which is stronger, and more tense than the first one. 02br
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00But what about the choice E. 0-
  

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0I thought it was B. (The first B 05000 )02br 02br 00You admonish someone directly. You denounce that person to others.

  • 0I thought it was B.
  • (The first B 05000 )02br 02br 00You admonish someone directly.
  • You denounce that person to others.
  • 02br 00You reward someone directly.
  • You praise that person to others.
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0I thought it was B. (The first B 05000 )02br
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00You admonish someone directly. You denounce that person to others. 02br
00You reward someone directly. You praise that person to others. 02br
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0 :-s Dear CalifJim, are you telling me the question is ridiculous? 02br
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00But, what about E? 02br
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00Denounce is to admonish/reprove harshly and openly; 02br
00Pillory is to punish/scorn in public/openly and harshly. 02br
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00And D? The second word expresses a degree of intensity stronger than the first one. 0
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0 I'm with Jim. 02br
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00It has to be B... 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 :-s But you didn't give me the reason why D and E are incorrect. 0-
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0 jeff, 02br
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00No, I'm not telling you the question is ridiculous. I don't know what gave you that idea. 02br
00Sometimes the idea is not so much to pick the one correct answer as it is to pick the best of several correct (or at least plausible) answers. 02br
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00These aren't easy, and I don't think I can explain in any detail why B. s
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10No, I'm not telling you the question is ridiculous. I don't know what gave you that idea. 12blockquote
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05000 Here's the why.02br
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00On the previous analogy questions, you teachers sometimes would give me a different answer from a different viewpoint. So I supposed they might think these
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0And thank you so much for the explanation. I got it completely now. 050010id1
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