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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: CHAFF is to WHEAT as DROSS is to .

1. RUST
2. FURNACE
3. METAL
4. COAL

Answer

C. METAL

Solution

CHAFF is the worthless part separated from wheat; DROSS is the waste separated from molten metal.

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