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Introduction

In Word Association Pair, the candidates are given a set of 4 words, which contain one pair that mostly nearly mean the same or the opposite of each other.
The candidates are required to choose the option with the correct pair.

How to approach Word Association Pair?

It’s easy to master the Word Association Pair questions, if your vocabulary is good, especially knowledge in synonyms and antonyms.

  • Synonyms: Words that have exact/similar meaning as that of the other word.
  • Antonyms: Word that have opposite meaning as that of the other word.

For example:

  • Synonyms of the word Massive are: Gigantic, Huge, Giant, Great.
  • Antonyms of the word Massive are: Tiny, Small
    • Approach 1: Read the given words one by one and check if the other words are their synonyms/antonyms.
    • Approach 2: Check the given options (pairs) one by one, and choose the one which has a synonym/antonym pairing.
  • Use the second approach when you’re running out of time.

Tips to improve

  • Whenever you come across a new word, look up its synonyms & antonyms online
  • Learn synonyms and antonyms of common English words
  • Refer to ‘Word Power Made Easy’ by Norman Lewis to improve your vocabulary
  • The best resource to learn synonyms and antonyms is the thesaurus
  • Practice Word mapping: Write your word in a circle, connect it with circles containing similar words (image to the right)
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