✅ PROFLIGATE is a synonym of EXTRAVAGANT, both meaning spending money recklessly. ✅ Similarly, EPHEMERAL is a synonym of TRANSIENT, both describing something lasting for a very short time. ❌ Permanent and Lasting are antonyms of EPHEMERAL, meaning enduring for a long time. ❌ Robust means strong and healthy, which is unrelated to the meaning of EPHEMERAL.

✅ The relationship between EXAGGERATE and AMPLIFY is one of strong similarity, where to exaggerate is to amplify aspects of something. Therefore, a word that has a similar synonym or intensify/lessen relationship with ABATE (meaning to become less intense or widespread) is DIMINISH, which means to make or become less. ❌ Increase is an antonym for Abate and Diminish, meaning to become greater in size, amount, or intensity. ❌ Intensify is also an antonym for Abate and Diminish, meaning to make or become more intense. ❌ Grow implies an increase in size or quantity, which is the opposite of Abate.

✅ The relationship between ELOQUENT and ARTICULATE is that they are synonyms. ✅ Similarly, COPIOUS means abundant or plentiful, and PROFUSE is a direct synonym, meaning given or produced in great quantity. ❌ SPARSE is an antonym of COPIOUS, meaning thinly dispersed or scattered. ❌ SUFFICIENT means adequate or enough, which does not convey the excess or abundance of COPIOUS. ❌ MINIMAL is an antonym of COPIOUS, meaning the least possible.

✅ The analogy establishes a synonym relationship between the first pair of words; GARRULOUS is a synonym for TALKATIVE. Therefore, the correct answer must be a synonym for AMELIORATE, and ENHANCE means to improve the quality, value, or extent of, making it a fitting synonym. ❌ "Exacerbate" means to make a problem or situation worse, which is an antonym of ameliorate. ❌ "Diminish" means to make or become less, which is opposite in meaning to ameliorate. ❌ "Obscure" means to make unclear or hide, which is unrelated to the meaning of ameliorate.

✅ The relationship between AMELIORATE and IMPROVE is that they are synonyms; 'ameliorate' means to make something better or improve it. ✅ Following this pattern, the second pair requires a word that is a synonym for 'decry', which means to publicly denounce or condemn. ❌ Options A, C, and D (Approve, Uphold, Compliment) are antonyms or have a positive connotation, directly opposing the meaning of 'decry'. ❌ Therefore, 'Condemn' is the correct answer as it is a direct synonym for 'decry'.