"Scurry" and "hasten" are both verbs, and synonyms, as both mean move hurriedly. So, we need to pick out another pair of words which are synonyms. Since "excavate" means to remove the earth around something in the ground, often in order to dig something up, "excavate" is a synonym of "dig." Since "excavate" is a synonym of "dig" just as "scurry" is a synonym of "hasten," "dig is to excavate" is the correct answer.

"Cautious" and "chary" are both synonyms that mean careful and concerned. To solve this analogy, you must identify the best available synonym for "fleeting," which means not lasting or short-lived. The correct answer is “ephemeral,” which means short-lived.

"Cajole" and "wheedle" are both verbs meaning flatter someone in order to persuade them of something or get them to do something. the two terms are synonyms, and we need to pick out an answer choice that includes a pair of synonyms. While "flatter is to intrigue" may look like a potentially correct answer choice because the meaning of "flatter" is similar to those of "cajole" and "wheedle," "flatter" does not mean the same thing as "intrigue," so "flatter is to intrigue" cannot be the correct answer; however, "transpire" and "occur" are synonymous; both mean happen. So, "transpire is to occur" is the correct answer.

"Destroy" is a synonym of "eradicate," and "incontinent" is a synonym of "unrestrained," so "incontinent is to unrestrained" is the correct answer.

"Poignant" and "affecting" are synonyms that both mean emotionally moving. To solve this analogy, you must find the best available synonym for "timely." "Apt" is thus the correct answer, as both "timely" and "apt" mean appropriate and suitable for a given context.

"Bewildered" and "flummoxed" are synonyms that both means confused. "Munificent" means generous, so you must identify the answer choice that is the best synonym of generous. The correct answer is “magnanimous,” which describes someone who is generous and kind. For clarification, "benign" means not harmful; "severe" means intense; and "morose" means very sad.

"Waffle" and "drivel" are synonyms that both refer to pointless or useless speech. To solve this analogy you have to identify the best available synonym for "licentious," which means immoral, particularly with regard to sexual behavior. For clarification, "immune" means safe from something, usually disease; "prone" and "susceptible" are synonyms that both mean likely to be affected by something.

Since "azure," when used as an adjective, means having a bright blue color, and when used as a noun means a bright blue color, "blue" and "azure" are synonyms. So, we need to pick out an answer choice in which both words are synonyms—in this case, in which both words to the same color. Since "cerulean" means deep blue, "yellow is to cerulean" cannot be the correct answer. Neither can "brown is to verdant" since "verdant" can mean green like lush vegetation. Similarly, "green is to crimson" is not correct either since "crimson" means a dark red color and neither is "pink is to vermillion," since "vermillion" refers to a bright shade of orange-red. "Red is to ruddy" is the correct answer because "ruddy" means having a reddish color.

"Deciduous" plants are those which lose their leaves annually (as opposed to pine and other evergreen trees that retain their needles throughout the winter and into the spring). The word literally comes from Latin roots meaning to fall downward. The “de-” prefix means down from (as in “descend”) and the “-ciduous” is related to the same and similar forms found in “cadence” and “accident.” Etymology aside, the analogy is one of member-to-class. Something deciduous is a type of arboreal plant. ("Arboreal" meaning pertaining to trees). Thus, something “bodily” is best called something “corporeal.” None of the other options name the general class of bodily things. The word "corpulent," which is close (and clearly related in its roots) means fat—like having a lot of “body.”

"Placid" and "tranquil" are synonyms, as are "noxious" and "toxic."