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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: SURPLUS is to DEFICIT as BOOM is to .

1. GROWTH
2. RECESSION
3. INFLATION
4. PROFIT

Answer

B. RECESSION

Solution

SURPLUS and DEFICIT are opposites, just as an economic BOOM and a RECESSION are opposites.

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