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Why is the underlined word in the analogy Incorrect?

smart: clever as curious: bored
A. It has an antonym relationship with curious instead of a synonym
relationship
B. It has a part-whole relationship with curious instead of a cause
and effect relationship.
C. It has a synonym relationship with curious instead of an antonym
relationship
O D. It has a cause and effect relationship with curious instead of a
part-whole relationship.

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Which word is underlined?
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Answer:

A. It has an antonym relationship with curious instead of a synonym relationship.

Step-by-step explanation:

A - It is A because an antonym is the opposite of a word or action being described. Bored is the opposite of curiosity. While the previous analogy (smart: clever), reflects a synonym relationship

B - The following is not B because the definition of a part-whole relationship is the representation of a part of something to a whole of something. For example, fin is to fish as wing is to bird. In the example, curiosity and boredom are both emotions but are not however a part of each other.

C - It is not C because an antonym is not used in the analogy from smart to clever, neither is curiousity and boredom a direct relationship to a synonym, which means to words of similar meaning.

D - The following is not D as it does not reflect a cause and effect relationship to boredom, i.e. there is no direct cause of going from curiosity to boredom.

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