Question

xenophobia : foreigners ::

A.
hydrophobia : sharks

B.
bibliophilia : books

C.
acrophobia : heights

D.
philanthropy : charity

Answer 1

Xenophobes stay away from people they don't know.
The right-hand word is the target of fear for those of the left-hand word.

Answer 2

I find it easier to put analogies into sentence form:

Xenophobia means the fear of foreigners, in the same way that...

A. hydrophobia means the fear of sharks
B. bibliophilia means the fear of books
C. acrophobia means the fear of heights
D. philanthropy means the fear of charity

Answer 3

I think I had a question like this

Answer 4

@Bacon - And then add the annotation...

A. hydrophobia means the fear of sharks -- Which it does not mean.
B. bibliophilia means the fear of books -- Which is entirely wrong.
C. acrophobia means the fear of heights -- We may have something, here.
D. philanthropy means the fear of charity -- Which is utterly silly.

Answer 5

Yeah I think it's C

Answer 6

mother : mater ::

A.
autonomy : autos

B.
genteel : ego

C.
egoist : anthropos

D.
virile : gyne

Answer 7

What say you? Please apply the @BaconBits/TKHunny method and figure it out.

1) Generally, one question per thread.
2) Always, do NOT post a question with not work of your OWN shown.

Answer 8

@BaconBits that helped me a lot