Analogy/FRANK: SECRETIVENESS

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jeff_999

#137365 Wed, 14 Sep 05 05:19 PM

FRANK: SECRETIVENESS::
A. honest: theft
B. transparent : light
C. free: autocracy
D. callow: maturity
E. confident : intrepidness

The relationship of the given pair can be simply concluded as "antonyms", right? So why not D, but A?

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Waïti

#137393 Wed, 14 Sep 05 07:01 PM

Mmmmmmmmmh... Not sure... E would be my choice... Confident as in 'self assured' = Intrepid as in 'having no fear'... So they are not antonyms but rather synonyms don't you think ?

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pieanne

#137402 Wed, 14 Sep 05 07:30 PM

Mmmm ... Yet being "frank" and being "secretive" isn't quite the same...

Isn't it rather the opposite?

I hesitate between A. and D. But "frank" is a positive value...

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CalifJim

#137510 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:15 AM

"frank" suggests "willing to reveal"
"secretive" suggests "unwilling to reveal"
These two are adjectives.
The corresponding nouns are "frankness" and "secretiveness", "the quality or property of being frank", "the quality or property of being secretive".

(A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness' is not simply that of opposites.)

callow: maturity seems to be the only similar combination.

CJ

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jeff_999

#137515 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:40 AM

(A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness' is not simply that of opposites.)

I know, CJ. Smile [:)]

I mean if we disregard the part of speech, they are opposite.

I thought A would be closer. But I didn't choose it becuase "theft" suggests an act (of stealing) while maturity suggests a state (so does secretiveness). You know being in what kind of state. For example, maturity evinces in the state of being mature, and secretiveness in the state of being secretive.

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jeff_999

#137516 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:42 AM

callow: maturity seems to be the only similar combination.

So you think D is right too?

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CalifJim

#137518 Thu, 15 Sep 05 04:47 AM

I believe that's the only logical choice.

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jeff_999

#137525 Thu, 15 Sep 05 05:12 AM

Thanks!

So do you think I argued well with this point:

"I thought A would be closer. But I didn't choose it becuase "theft" suggests an act (of stealing) while maturity suggests a state (so does secretiveness). You know being in what kind of state. For example, maturity evinces in the state of being mature, and secretiveness in the state of being secretive."

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CalifJim

#137748 Thu, 15 Sep 05 05:24 PM

Yes. That's a good argument. CJ

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