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GATE 2020 AG – Question 3

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Select the word fitting the analogy: Explicit : Implicit :: Express : ______.

  1. Impress
  2. Repress
  3. Compress
  4. Suppress

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Correct answer: (B) Repress

Explanation

Explicit and implicit contrast open statement with what is unexpressed. Correspondingly, to express is to bring out or articulate, while to repress is to restrain expression. The intended opposite relationship gives B, repress, rather than the unrelated impress or compress.

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