Q160
ReasoningAlphabet, Letter Series & Word Formation
"Rectify" is to "Mistake" as "Regain" is to
- a.Make
- b.Find
- c.Realise
- d.Loss
Answer: (D) Loss
To rectify is to set right a mistake; in the same way, to regain is to get back what was lost, i.e. to make good a loss. In both pairs the first word is an action that undoes or remedies the second. "Make", "find" and "realise" are verbs, not conditions that regaining puts right, so they do not complete the analogy. Similar pairs: cure – disease, repair – damage, quench – thirst, recover – loss.