SELECT SYNONYMS I

Each word or phrase in GROUP A has a synonym that corresponds to a synonym of one of the words in GROUP B. The two synonyms are related in a very specific way. Can you determine what it is?

GROUP A
ASK
BUG
BREATHE
DREAM UP
DO A MUSE'S JOB
ENCROACH UPON
OPENING PRAYER
BRING ON ONESELF

GROUP B
TYPE OF BENEFIT
CHURCH TOPPER
ROBUST
24 SHEETS OF PAPER
CULT COUSIN
POUND HOUND
AERATE
CAREER

HINT:
DREAM UP goes with AERATE

Answers:

Each word or phrase in GROUP A has a synonym beginning with the prefix IN.  Each of these synonyms can be matched with a synonym of a word or phrase in GROUP B which is the same word without IN.

ASK - INQUIRE
24 SHEETS OF PAPER - QUIRE 
 
BUG - INSECT
CULT COUSIN - SECT

BREATHE - INHALE
ROBUST - HALE

DREAM UP - INVENT 
AERATE - VENT

DO A MUSE'S JOB - INSPIRE
CHURCH TOPPER - SPIRE

ENCROACH UPON - INFRINGE
TYPE OF BENEFIT - FRINGE

OPENING PRAYER - INVOCATION
CAREER - VOCATION

BRING ON ONESELF - INCUR
POUND HOUND - CUR 

Credit: GAMES Magazine
August, 1998
Gloria Rosenthal
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