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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: TREMOR is to EARTHQUAKE as TWINGE is to .

  1. MEDICINE
  2. INJURY
  3. AGONY
  4. NERVE

Answer

C. AGONY

Solution

A TREMOR is a mild form of an EARTHQUAKE; a TWINGE is a mild form of the pain that becomes AGONY at its extreme.

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