English Grammar - Read Mode
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'Doctor', 'Teacher', and 'Engineer' are professions or service providers. A 'Patient' is a recipient of medical services, not a profession in this context.
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'Efficient', 'Skillful', and 'Capable' describe positive competence or ability. 'Idle' describes laziness or lack of action, which is a negative trait.
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'Enemy', 'Foe', and 'Rival' can imply personal animosity or conflict. 'Opponent' is often used in a neutral or sporting context. However, 'Opponent' is chosen as the odd one in many logic tests.
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The context implies a negative outcome. 'Humiliation' and 'disgraceful' fit together logically: a disgraceful act causes humiliation. Other pairs don't match in tone.
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A pantry is a room used to store food. A scullery is a room used to wash dishes and clean utensils. Thus, Scullery : Wash is the correct analogy.
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Joey (baby kangaroo), Filly (young female horse), and Calf (young cow) all refer to young animals. Vixen refers to an adult female fox, making it the odd one out.
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Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.
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The phrasal verb 'gave in' means to cease fighting or admit defeat. 'Surrendered' is the synonym that fits this context.
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'Condone' means to accept and allow behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive to continue. Institutions should not condone plagiarism.
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'Surreptitiously' means in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively. This fits the context of using a concealed machine.