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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: FRUGAL is to SPENDTHRIFT as TACTFUL is to .

  1. DIPLOMATIC
  2. POLITE
  3. CAREFUL
  4. BLUNT

Answer

D. BLUNT

Solution

A FRUGAL person is the opposite of a SPENDTHRIFT, just as a TACTFUL person is the opposite of a BLUNT one.

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