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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: PERIPHERY is to CENTER as SUBURB is to .

1. VILLAGE
2. HIGHWAY
3. NEIGHBOR
4. DOWNTOWN

Answer

D. DOWNTOWN

Solution

The PERIPHERY lies around the center; a SUBURB lies around the downtown core of a city.

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