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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: BENEVOLENT is to MALEVOLENT as OPTIMISTIC is to .

  1. REALISTIC
  2. CAUTIOUS
  3. CONFIDENT
  4. PESSIMISTIC

Answer

D. PESSIMISTIC

Solution

BENEVOLENT and MALEVOLENT are antonyms, just as OPTIMISTIC and PESSIMISTIC are antonyms.

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