Could anyone help me? Vindictive is to revenge as ...

Crikey! that's a hard one I think that it's unanimous and consensus as they are an adjective and noun pair that are related to the same concept in the same way as vindictive and revenge. all the others are also adjective noun pairs but are opposites, unrelated or only tenuously related.

Vindictive (adjective) is to Revenge (noun) as Unanimous (adjective) is to Consensus (noun). Vindictive and Revenge are connected because they both relate to the idea of "revenge." Unanimous and Consensus are connected because the both realte to the idea of "agreement."

Thoughtful leads to response. Why? Vindictiveness is a mindset which provokes revenge. Thoughtfulness is a mindset which provokes a response. But I can see E being true for the same reason.

I think it’s the first one The example gives an adjective and a noun which are semantically linked So if you are unanimous, you have consensus (A response does not have to be thoughtful)

What kind of test is that? Looks like a cool resource to learn from.

Ok so vindictive is of someone or something that is prone to or enjoys revenge. A consensus requires a majority but is often unanimous. Haughty is someone not inclined toward humility. Definitely not that. A quandary is often moral in nature, but they aren’t innately associated. A response is often thoughtful, but they aren’t innately associated. A rendition is innately artistic in nature, but artful would only apply to a good rendition. I think it’s either the first or last. None of these have the exact implications of vengeful and revenge as a pair but those are the closest to that innate pairing. I lean in favor of artful to rendition, because the ideal form of a rendition is innately artful but I honestly can’t tell. Not to blame test makers for my own shortcomings but with two nearly exact matches like that I do wonder a little if there may have been a mixup with the exact implications of the words on those last two.

First one as it's the only option that is remotely synonymous.

Thoughtful is to Response.

I would say E. When you get revenge, you are being vindictive. When you create a rendition, you are being artful. Not all responses are thoughtful, so I wouldn't say D.

Bad question. It could be unanimous consensus. It doesn’t feel quite right because a person can’t be unanimous, only a group (whereas revenge is more often taken by an individual). But a consensus is generally innately unanimous, as revenge must be vindictive. Thoughtful response feels right in that someone who is vindictive takes revenge, and someone who is thoughtful makes a response. However, responses don’t have to be thoughtful, and revenge feels like it has to be vindictive.

I'm pretty sure it's unanimous to consensus. Artful to rendition kind of works but I think it's the worse answer.

Unanimous/Consensus. Vindictive and Revenge are similar in meaning. The others don't really make sense as synonyms.

I don’t think any of them work. “Vindictive” is the adjective that describes “revenge”, and they two words are inherently paired. Revenge is by definition a vindictive act. A vindictive act is by definition an act of revenge. “Unanimous” can describe “consensus”, but not always - a consensus means an agreement, but it may only mean a majority opinion, not a unanimous opinion. “Haughty” and “humility” are opposites. “Moral” can describe a “quandary”, but it isn’t the only kind of quandary. “Thoughtful” can describe a “response”, but it isn’t the only type of response. “Artful” could describe “rendition”, but it’s not the only type of rendition. If I had to pick, I’d pick “unanimous” and “consensus”, but it’s weird because unanimous is not an adjective that inherently describes what consensus means, and vindictive does inherently describe revenge. But, it’s at least fair to say that if there is a decision that is unanimous, there is consensus, even if it’s not true the other way around like is true for vindictive and revenge.

Revenge is an action, and vindictive is the associated feeling. So, I like "artful is to rendition", because artful is intentional, it's a human/psychological motivation, if you will, for a rendition. Unfortunately, "rendition" is very generic, so it's not perfect. The "unanimous is to consensus" choice kind of works--it's a pretty straightforward adjective-noun construction that parallels the given phrase. But consensus doesn't require unanimity--unanimity is more like one particular type of consensus. Also, both words are devoid of any action or emotion. Also, if this were some sort of SAT-like test, I'd be suspicious of "unanimous is to consensus" being the "trap" choice.

Moral is to quandary is really funny lol

I had to think about this a lot, but my reasoning is renditions don’t have to be artful; responses don’t have to be thoughtful; quandaries don’t have to be moral, and humility can’t be haughty, but revenge does have to be vindictive. That leaves consensus as the best option, which doesn’t have to be unanimous, but does at least have to approach it. Saying “unanimous consensus” is essentially a tautology (or close enough) as would be saying “vindictive revenge,” so, I’m going with that one.

This thread is neither UNANIMOUS nor in CONSENSUS

I'm genuinely surprised at the number of people getting this wrong. It's definitely not an "easy" question but the correct answer is the first one: Unanimous is to consensus. The thought process is... revenge is borne of vindictiveness whose adjective is vindictive. Consensus is borne of unanimity whose adjective is unanimous. This pattern does not fit any of the other choices.

None of these are analogous to the example. Vindictive is a feeling. Revenge is the behavior that can stem from that particular feeling. Haughty and thoughtful are feelings or states of mind. But what follows each is not a corresponding behavior that stems naturally from that feeling. The closest one is response, but a response can come from any feeling, so it’s a poor fit. It’s a bad question, which you can see from the answers you are getting that are all over the place.

D is a classic analogies trap if you think it's D, you're doing it wrong

I lean toward "thoughtful/response." Vindictive and thoughtful are both states of mind; revenge is an action that can give effect to vindictiveness, and response is an action that can give effect to thoughtfulness.

What the hell is this question?? I guess you have to be unanimous to achieve a consensus and you have to be vindictive to get revenge? You don’t have to be thoughtful to respond so I guess that’s out… to solve a quandary you have to follow your morals but that’s not quite as close, maybe? To make a good artistic rendition you have to be artful I guess but that’s not really what anyone would say naturally. They’d call it an artful rendition maybe. Haughty is not an exact antonym to humble but it’s usually negative so I think that’s automatically out. Very weird question… where did you come across it?

Vindictive (an adjective) is to Revenge (a noun, a possible outcome of vindictiveness) Unanimous (an adjective) is to Consensus (a noun, a probable outcome of unanimity) Haughty (an adjective) is to Humility (a noun, antonym to haughtiness) Moral (an adjective or a noun) is to Quandary (a noun, 'a moral quandary' can be a subset of quandaries) Thoughtful (an adjective) is to Response (a noun, 'a thoughtful response' can be a subset of responses) Artful (an adjective) is to Rendition (a noun, 'an artful rendition' can be a subset of renditions) The best answer seems to be Unanimous/Consensus.

F: None of the above.

Vindictive means disposed to seek revenge. It can't be Artful and Rendition, because an artful person is cunning and deceptive, not disposed to be artistic.

I'd pick #4, though I'm not completely comfortable with it. "Vindictive" is a feeling, and "revenge" is action based on that feeling. #1 is the closest match for the relationship between the two words, but "unanimous" is not a feeling. "Thoughtful" is a feeling and "response" is an action that could result, so that's a match. I'm not happy with it because while you wouldn't seek revenge without feeling vindictive, you can certainly give a response that's not thoughtful. So to me there are two bad choices, and I picked the one I think is least bad.

I'd go for the top one but this is a fucking awful question.

I think the last one, Artful Rendition. The definition of "Vindictive" means "prone to revenge", so it's a pairing of adjective and noun where they both mean the same thing. Haughty and Humility are out because those meanings are contradictory. Consensus, Quandary, and Response are often Unanimous, Moral, or Thoughtful, but they don't have to be. A Rendition though has to be Artful (to use one meaning of the term meaning a performance or depiction)

My answer is Vindictive is to Revenge as Artful is to Rendition. The reason for this is both nouns inherently embody the adjective. All revenge is vindictive; all renditions are artful. The same cannot be said for the other options (e.g. a consensus is not necessarily unanimous)