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Swap three words below in order to arrange the three groups such that each group of words shares a common characteristic.
The linking characteristic for one of the groups is the opposite of the linking characteristic for one of the other groups.
The remaining group is a hybrid of the other two groups, with a linking characteristic that combines the attributes of both of the other two groups.
Group A:
order
story
straw
arm
Group B:
division
fuse
list
account
Group C:
shot
distance
haul
gun
The linking characteristic for one of the groups is the opposite of the linking characteristic for one of the other groups.
The remaining group is a hybrid of the other two groups, with a linking characteristic that combines the attributes of both of the other two groups.
Group A:
order
story
straw
arm
Group B:
division
fuse
list
account
Group C:
shot
distance
haul
gun
Answer
The three words that must be swapped are "arm", "fuse", and "haul". Once swapped, the three groups are as follows:The words in Group A form collocations exclusively with the word "short" (i.e. not also with its opposite "long").
The words in Group C form collocations exclusively with the word "long" (i.e. not also with its opposite "short").
And the words in Group B form collocations with both the word "short" and the word "long" (i.e. Group B is a hybrid of Group A and Group C).
Group A:
order ==> short order
story ==> short story
straw ==> short straw
FUSE ==> short fuse
Group B:
division ==> short/long division
HAUL ==> short/long haul
list ==> short/long list
account ==> short/long account
Group C:
shot ==> long shot
distance ==> long distance
ARM ==> long arm
gun ==> long gun
The words that have been swapped are capitalized.
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