Friday, November 25, 2011

Help with the following two pairs of GRE words that have similar relationships?

EXPERIENCE : GREEN = PELT : IMPECUNIOUS





Can someone explain to me why second pair of word is similar to the first pair?





ThanksHelp with the following two pairs of GRE words that have similar relationships?
If you have experience it means you're not green. If you have a pelt (?) you are not impecunious (poor.)





That's pretty odd, especially the word 'pelt.' The root of the word 'impecunious' originally meant 'without cattle,' i.e., 'poor.' So literally if you have a pelt (animal skin) you must have animals/cattle and are not impecunious.Help with the following two pairs of GRE words that have similar relationships?
Since the first set of words are related by opposites, then that's the same relationship for the other two words. I think it's trying to make the comparison that a pelt is something you own if you have a lot of money because the other word means that you're very poor. I think it's a poor analogy.

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