If you are “stoic,” you are a person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion. It is similar in meaning to “unemotional.” “Sanguine” means confident and hopeful, which is similar in meaning to "optimistic." “Pessimistic” is the opposite of “optimistic.”

“Grieve” and “mourn” are synonyms, since they both mean to express sadness. Similarly, “sensation” and "feeling" are synonyms. To clarify the other terms, a “griddle” is a flat cooking surface; “fabulous” means very good or amazing; “numb” means unfeeling; “reticent” means reserved or untalkative.

If a leader is “draconian,” his laws and rules are “severe.” The meanings of the words are the same, so they are synonyms. Your “preference” can be described as your "taste" in something, so we can also say that "preference" and "taste" are synonyms.

“Enhance” and “augment” are synonyms of one another, both words mean to add to something to make it better. To solve this analogy you need to determine which of these answer choices is the best available synonym for “fanciful.” “Fanciful” means pretend, elaborate and imagined, fantastic, as such it is closest in meaning to “whimsical” which means quirky, silly and seemingly unreal. To provide further help, “outlandish” means bizarre or weird; “extravagant” means fancy or luxurious; “comely” means cute and “corpulent” means fat.

“Conglomerate” means to gather into a mass or coherent whole,which is very similar to the meaning of “accumulate.” A “monologue” is a long speech given by a character in a story, movie, or play. The most similar word to “monologue” is “soliloquy,” which is a speech made by a character to themselves or the audience in a play to reveal their thoughts. You could for instance call a villain telling their plan to a hero, without the hero talking, a “soliloquy.” To help you with the other terms: “reliquary” is a container that is used to hold holy objects; “bastion” is a fortified area or position; and “denizen” is a person, animal, or plant that lives in or often is found in a particular place or region, so a fish is a “denizen” of the ocean.

“Nautical” is an adjective that means having to do with sailors and sailing, and “maritime” is an adjective that can mean having to do with the sea or seafaring or located near the sea. So, “nautical” and “maritime” are synonyms, and we need to pick out an answer choice that also consists of a pair of synonyms. “Lucky is to unfortunate” and “deliberate is to accidental” are both pairs of antonyms, not synonyms, so neither can be the correct answer. “Complicate is to intricate” might look like a potentially correct answer, but “complicate” is a verb, not an adjective. So, while one might complicate something to make it intricate, “complicate” is not a synonym of “intricate.” “Obscure” is an adjective that means cryptic, uncertain, or unclear, and “indeterminate” is an adjective that means undetermined or indefinite, so just as “nautical” and “maritime” are synonyms, so are “obscure” and “indeterminate” synonyms, making “obscure is to indeterminate” the correct answer.

Since "bilk" is a word that means "defraud," we need to pick out a word that means the same thing as "genteel." While "tame" may look like a good answer because "genteel" sounds like "gentle" and "gentle" is similar in meaning to "tame," "genteel" does not mean the same thing as "gentle," so "tame" cannot be the correct answer. Because "genteel" means refined, often in an affected manner, "refined" is closest in meaning to "genteel," so "refined" is the correct answer.

"Fetter" is a word that as a verb means bind and as a noun means shackles used on the the feet or more broadly, a restraint. Since "fetter" as a verb means the same thing as "restrain," we need to pick out an answer that consists of a pair of synonyms. While "link is to chain" may look like a good option because "fetter" as a noun means shackles used on the feet and could involve chains, "metal" and "chain" are not synonyms, so "metal is to chain" cannot be the correct answer. "Run" and "dash" are synonyms, however, so the correct answer is "run is to dash."

"Connive" means come up with a scheme or plot, so to solve this analogy, you have to identify the best synonym of "lament." "Lament" means express sadness and grief and is most similar in meaning to “mourn.” So, "mourn" is the correct answer. For clarification, "embrace" means hug or accept and is an antonym of "reject," which means refuse to accept. "Celebrate" means commemorate a happy event and is an antonym of "lament" and "mourn." "Minimize" means make smaller.

"Hue" is a noun that means "a color or shade," so "hue" and "color" are synonyms. That means that we need to pick out an answer choice which also consists of a pair of nouns that are synonyms. While "hue is to paint" and "speed is to rapidity" may each look like potentially correct answers, "hue is to paint" cannot be the correct answer because while paint has a certain hue, "hue" is not a synonym of "paint." However, "speed" and "rapidity" are synonyms, just like "hue" and "color," so "speed is to rapidity" is the correct answer.