Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the…

Analogies of the pattern Noun : Adjective test word-formation: the adjective describes 'of, relating to, or occurring during' the time period named by the noun. English forms many such time-of-day adjectives (e.g. Night -> Nocturnal, from the same root sense of 'occurring at night').

Applying that pattern here: Night is a time period and Nocturnal is its adjective form. The third term, Morning, is also a time period, so its matching adjective must mean 'of, relating to, or occurring in the morning' -- that word is Matutinal.

• Slumbering names the act of sleeping, not a time-of-day adjective, so it does not mirror how Nocturnal is formed from Night.

• Meridian is associated with midday/noon, a different part of the day than the one the analogy calls for.

• Evening is itself a time-period noun, parallel to Night or Morning, not the derived adjective, so it breaks the noun-to-adjective pattern.

Matutinal completes the analogy, following the same noun-to-adjective, time-of-day relationship as Night : Nocturnal.