The correct answer is option (A):
Despoil: Beautiful
The original word pair, "Desecrate: Holy", establishes an antonymous relationship. "Desecrate" means to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect, thereby violating its holiness. The relationship is about violating or destroying a quality of the first word with the second word.
Now let's examine the options.
* "Despoil: Beautiful" is the correct answer. "Despoil" means to damage or ruin something, and the pair suggests the ruining of something beautiful. This mirrors the relationship between desecrate and holy, where something holy is violated.
* "Beautify: Ugly" establishes a relationship where beautify is the antonym of ugly.
* "Glamorize: Rich" represents a relationship where the first word exaggerates the second.
* "Damage: Corporeal" represents a relationship where the first word damages something that is material.
* "Improve: Dull" establishes an antonymous relationship.
Therefore, "Despoil: Beautiful" best mirrors the relationship in the original word pair by presenting the destruction or violation of a particular attribute associated with the second word.