"Meager" is a synonym of "scant," and both words mean insufficiently small or lacking. To solve this analogy, you need to identify the best available synonym of "salvage." "Salvage" means rescue, so "rescue" is the correct answer. For clarification, "demolish" means destroy or tear down, "edify" means build or educate, "construct" means make or build, and "lose" means misplace or fail to win.

“Launder” is a synonym of “wash,” so to solve this analogy, you have to determine the best possible synonym of “affix.” To “affix” something means to attach it or to stick it on to something else. So, "attach" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "affix": “surmise” means figure out something from smaller details; “deride” means mock; “laud” means praise; and “immaculate” means clean and perfect or spotlessly clean.

A "qualm" is a misgiving, a concern about something, so to solve this analogy you need to identify the best synonym for exhilarate. To "exhilarate" means to excite, enliven or invigorate. For clarification, "invigorate" means energize; "propagate" means spread.

To abdicate means to renounce, or give up something, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which word is most similar in meaning to irate. Irate means very angry, so the correct synonym is “furious.” For clarification, nonplussed means confused; malevolent means evil or wicked; prosperous means wealthy or successful.

A toady is someone who uses flattery to accomplish goals, which has basically the same meaning as sycophant. To solve this analogy you have to determine the best synonym for acrid. Acrid is used to describe smoke that is thick and choking. For clarification, astute means smart and shrewd and is an antonym of dense, which means thick and stupid; mediocre means average in a negative way.

A "fissure" is a crack, so to solve this analogy you have to identify the best synonym for implore. "Implore" means to beg and plead. For clarification, "command" means order; "deplore" means hate; "jest" means joke.

If you are feeling well, then you are feeling healthy, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which of these answer choices is the best synonym for "skinny." The correct answer is “scrawny.” For clarification, "pompous" means haughty, pretentious, and arrogant.

The primary meaning of the word "sound" is a noise, but a secondary meaning of the word "sound" is reasonable or logical. So to solve this analogy, you have to determine the best synonym of "dearth." A "dearth" is a lack of something. For clarification, "excess" means too much or a portion of something that is more than is needed and is an antonym of "dearth" and "lack," and "egress" means exit.

"Internal" means inside of something, so to solve the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that is an adjective describing where something that is outside is located. "External" means outside of something, so "external" is the correct answer. For clarification, "eternal" means lasting forever, "ephemeral" means short-lived, "introspective" means focused on inward thoughts and self-reflection, and "ebullient" means cheerful and enthusiastic.

"Chary" and "cautious" both mean careful or wary, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine the best synonym of "hardy." "Hardy" means tough and resilient, so "robust," an adjective that means rugged or strong, is the correct answer. "Weak" is an antonym of "hardy"; it means feeble. None of the other answer choices have meanings that are related to that of "hardy": "luminous" means giving off light, which you might infer from the Latin root "lumen," which means light. "Little" means small, and "average" means standard.