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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: HONE is to BLADE as REHEARSE is to .

1. AUDIENCE
2. STAGE
3. SCRIPT
4. PERFORMANCE

Answer

D. PERFORMANCE

Solution

One HONES a blade to sharpen it; one REHEARSES to sharpen a performance.

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