Analogy/MILK: EXTRACT

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jeff_999

#148804 Mon, 17 Oct 05 04:36 PM

MILK: EXTRACT::
A. squander: enjoy
B. exploit: utilize
C. research: investigate
D. hire: manage
E. wheedle: flatter

(Choose a pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that of the given pair.)

Doesn't "research" mean "to investigate"? Then why is it not C? Thank you.

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davkett

#148848 Mon, 17 Oct 05 06:07 PM

C is runner-up, I think.

E is my choice.

I think the relation may be this:

To milk by extraction.

To wheedle by flattery.

Not: to research by investigation. Research is investigation.

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MrPedantic

#149259 Wed, 19 Oct 05 12:49 AM

Hmm. Think I'd choose B.

To milk is to extract something excessively, for one's own purposes.

To exploit is to utilize something excessively, for one's own purposes.

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davkett

#149268 Wed, 19 Oct 05 01:07 AM

That's convincing, MrP. Now E is runner-up, and C is honorable mention.

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Anonymous

#149296 Wed, 19 Oct 05 02:41 AM

Hire through management.

Who makes up these lame questions anyways?

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Wwwdotcom

#149319 Wed, 19 Oct 05 03:58 AM

Milk has the sense of "taking", to milk something/someone. If you squander, you spend, give. If you exploit, you use, give. If you research, you collect info, take. If you hire, you employ, give (a job if you don't like the use of employ in this case). Wheedle, to influence, give. Answer C.

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MrPedantic

#149364 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:34 AM

Hello W3

Do you find no sense of "take" in:

1. The British government exploited the innocent colonials.

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Wwwdotcom

#149384 Wed, 19 Oct 05 08:48 AM

I see take in the sense of "give (someone) a hard time", true an understatement but that isn't because of the language.

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MrPedantic

#149587 Wed, 19 Oct 05 11:30 PM

Okay. But take Merriam Webster's definitions, for instance:

1 : to make productive use of : UTILIZE <exploiting your talents> <exploit your opponent's weakness>
2 : to make use of meanly or unjustly for one's own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers>

You don't think that #2 might contain the notion of taking something?

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