SAT Vocab Builder

Answer: Choice (D) is correct.

Transmute and metamorphose both mean to change or alter. Therefore, look for the answer choice that contains synonyms. In choice (A), meander means to stroll or ramble, while scuttle means to hurry or rush. In choice (B), to masticate means to chew or crunch, not detest or hate. In choice (C), propagate means to spread or reproduce, which plants can do, but the relationship is not the same as in the first half of the analogy. Choice (D) is the only pair that contains synonyms, since to instigate means to stir up, or incite.