Chapter 4: Words of same sense but of diverse degrees

Carp, as we a saw, is a fish. 
But, as a verb , carp means to complain too much. 
When we carp, we complain constantly about some very unimportant matters. 
Carp in this sense is the opposite of compliment. 

If we get a pair of terms like

CARP: COMPLAIN

how do we connect them? 

The first term in the pair is undesirably higher in its degree of intensity than the second. The two terms basically mean the same, but are not exact synonyms. One is higher in degree than the other and undesirable as well. 

Again, this is a common kind of analogy that we encounter in the tests. 
A parallel example of the above can be

IMPORTUNE: REQUEST 

When we importune, we repeatedly request in an annoying manner.

Another example:

GRILL: QUESTION

When we grill someone, we question him/her too much, maybe, even using the third degree. 

Yet another example:

PRY: ENQUIRE

When we pry into some one's affairs, we enquire into them so deeply as to make it uncomfortable for him/her.

Here follow other examples of the same type of analogy :

(In some cases  the part of speech may change, but the link between the terms remains the same.)

GROVEL: PETITION

ENTANGLE: INVOLVE

GUZZLE : DRINK

GLARING: BRIGHT

DEAFENING: LOUD

EXHORT: SUGGEST

GOAD: DIRECT

PENURIOUS(miserly): FRUGAL(economical)

OBSEQUIOUS(obedient like a slave): COMPLIANT(willing to obey)

GARRULOUS: (intolerably talkative)TALKATIVE

CLOYING(intolerably sweet): SWEET

PARANOID(madly suspicious) SUSPICIOUS

IDOLATROUS( madly devoted): ADMIRING.

BELABOR( repeatedly state): ASSERT

FUSS: TEND(nurse)

QUIXOTIC(madly dreamy): IDEALISTIC

TOUCHY: SENSITIVE

ZEALOUS(fanatical): ENTHUSIASTIC

CHAUVINISTIC: PATRIOTIC

PRODIGAL: GENEROUS

ARROGANT: CONFIDENT

OFFICIOUS: ATTENTIVE

DOTE: LIKE

UPBRAID: REPROACH

GULLIBLE: TRUSTING

CREDULOUS: TRUSTING

QUERULOUS: COMPLAINING

PROFLIGATE: SPENDING

SERVILE: COMPLIANT