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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: PAUPER is to MONEY as INGENUE is to .

  1. INNOCENCE
  2. YOUTH
  3. TALENT
  4. SOPHISTICATION

Answer

D. SOPHISTICATION

Solution

A PAUPER lacks money; an INGENUE (an innocent young woman) lacks worldly sophistication.

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