Choose the word that will replace the question mark:
Accelerate : Decelerate :: Ebb : ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Flow
Given pair: Accelerate : Decelerate → opposites (to accelerate is to go faster, to decelerate is to slow down)
| Pair | Relationship |
|---|---|
| (1) Ebb : Flow (answer) | opposites (at ebb the sea goes back from the shore, at flow the water comes in and rises) |
| (2) Ebb : Recede | same meaning (to recede is to move back or go away) |
| (3) Ebb : Tide | part : whole (the tide is the regular rise and fall of the sea, ebb and flow are its two parts) |
| (4) Ebb : Shore | not opposites (the shore is the land along the edge of the sea) |