Euphony is a pleasing sound, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which of these answer choices is an unpleasant sound. The correct answer is “vociferous,” which means loud and unpleasant noise. For clarification, mellifluous is a synonym of euphony; adulation is praise; exalt means to praise or celebrate.

One might describe a cat as fast. Therefore, the correct answer will be a trait that a sloth has. Sloths do not move very much, and so they are "sedentary," which means lacking movement, stationary, or inactive.

The word "volatile" can be descriptive of a volcano's level of activity. Therefore, the correct answer will be able to describe a lake's level of activity. While the words "large" and "opaque" describe a lake's physical characteristics, they do not describe its level of activity. The words "predictable" and "commonplace" also fail to describe a lake's level of activity. The only word that does is "placid," the correct answer. Placid means calm.

Stagecoaches are antiquated forms of transportation. Therefore, the correct answer will be an adjective that relates to time and describes an automobile. As the most common form of modern transportation, the correct answer is that an automobile is "contemporary," which means current or modern.

The best choice is "Santa is to jolly." The relationship between "cheetah" and "fast" is that speed is a characteristic that is commonly associated with cheetahs. There are two choices that share this relationship: "Santa is to jolly" and "huge is to elephant." "Santa is to jolly" is the correct choice because the order of the question is noun to characteristic. "Huge is to elephant" is in the incorrect order. Considering the other options, a cup is used for drinking (use), a great dane is a type of dog (category), and cats meow. The latter, "cat is to meow" is an uncommonly seen relationship in which the relationship is noun to action performed by that noun.

An oration is a speech, often one given at a ceremony. It comes both from the Latin for to pray as well as more distantly from the word for mouth. (Think of words like “oral” and “adore.”) Thus, an oration is a type of spoken communication. We could write a bridge sentence like, “As an oration is something that is spoken, so is a transcript something that is X.” A transcript is a written version of some communication. For instance, a transcript of a television show is the written version made for people to read after the show has aired.

A pedant is a person who shows a great deal of learning to the point of being tedious and boring—going through every detail almost in a ridiculous fashion. Thus, “tedious” is an adequate description for a pedant. Someone who “transgresses” goes beyond the boundaries of the law. The “trans-” prefix means across (as in “transfer,” meaning, to carry across), and the “-gress” comes from the Latin for to step. It is related to many words like “grade,” “gradual,” “progress,” and “digress.” The options “judged” and “sentenced” might apply to a transgressor after a court case that acknowledges the guilt. In any case, a transgressor in general can be said to be guilty even before this is acknowledged in a court. This is the best description among those provided.

Since "hard of hearing" describes someone who can't hear sounds very well, and "aural" is an adjective that means having to do with hearing, we need to figure out what sense "myopic" is associated with, and find an adjective used to describe things associated with that sense. Since "myopic" means nearsighted, we can tell that the sense being referred to is sight; however, "sight" is not the answer—we need an adjective to complete the relationship, so "visual" is the correct answer.

“Grain” is a noun that can mean the way in which fibers are arranged in wood, so grain is a pattern that is found in wood and we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word describes a visual feature of the second. While “breed is to dog” and “motif is to wallpaper” might each look like a potential correct answer, “breed” is synonymous with type of dog, and since “grain” does not mean type of wood, “breed is to dog” cannot be the correct answer; however, “motif” is a noun that means an ornamental pattern, and because a motif is a visual pattern found on wallpaper while grain is a visual pattern found on wood, “motif is to wallpaper” is the correct answer.

A pedestrian is someone who travels by walking. You likely use the word to describe people walking in a town in contrast to those who are using motor vehicles or bicycles. The word actually comes from the Latin for “foot” and is related to the similar sounding beginning of the word “podiatrist”—a doctor specializing in care of the foot. Thus the bridge sentence for our analogy could be written as, “Just as a pedestrian travels by walking, so a mariner travels by X.” A “mariner” is a sailor. The word is derived from the Latin for “sea” and is related to the English words “marine” and “submarine.” A sailor travels by sailing.