SECTION – D (Part – II)

Directions for question 137: The following four pairs may have synonymous or antonymous or part-whole relationships or no relationship at all with the pair provided in the question. Select the pair of words which has no relationship with the numbered pair.

137. PLENTITUDE : ABUNDANCE ::

(A) Augury : Divination

(B) Indurate : Consolidate

(C) Perspicacity : Transparency

(D) Mulct : Muzzle

Solution:

We have to indicate those pair of words that bear no relationship to the given pair of words. ‘Plentitude’ means having things in ‘abundance’. The relationship is one of synonyms.

In option (A) augury means omen or portent. Divination means using omens or magic powers to foretell. The words are synonyms.

Option (B) has the words – ‘Indurate’ and ‘consolidate’. ‘Indurate’ means physically or morally hardened. ‘Consolidate’ means to make a position of power or success stronger so that it is more likely to continue. So this option bears a relationship with the main pair of words.

Option (C) has the words – ‘Perspicacity’ and ‘Transparency’. ‘Perspicacity’ refers to be able to understand somebody or something quickly and accurately. ‘Transparency’ is the quality of something, such as a situation or an argument, that makes it easy to understand. This option also bears a synonymous relationship.

But the words in option (D) share no relationship between them whatsoever. ‘Mulct’ means to extract money from someone, either as a penalty, or by fraud. ‘Muzzle’ is a device made of leather or plastic that you put over the nose and mouth of an animal, especially a dog, to prevent it from biting people. To ‘muzzle’ also means, figuratively, to restrain. Choice (D)