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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: FAMINE is to HUNGER as EPIDEMIC is to .

  1. DEATH
  2. DISEASE
  3. QUARANTINE
  4. VACCINE

Answer

B. DISEASE

Solution

A FAMINE results in widespread HUNGER, just as an EPIDEMIC results in widespread DISEASE.

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