Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: Insult : Humiliation
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This analogy question focuses on cause and effect relationships between words. The pair Blizzard : Freeze suggests that a blizzard, which is a very severe snowstorm, causes or results in freezing conditions. The second part Blizzard : Freeze :: ? : ? asks you to find another pair where the first term typically causes or leads to the emotional or situational state described by the second term. This tests understanding of how events and experiences translate into feelings or consequences.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
The central idea is that a blizzard often produces freezing weather conditions. It is not a synonym or opposite, but rather a cause that leads to an effect. Following this, we need another pair where the first word is an action or event and the second word is the resulting feeling or condition. Among the options, Insult : Humiliation fits this pattern well. An insult directed at someone often causes that person to feel humiliated. The other options either link words by similarity or opposition rather than a clear cause and effect chain.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Interpret Blizzard : Freeze. A blizzard is a severe storm, and when one occurs, freezing weather or a freeze can result.
Step 2: Express the pattern as “event : its effect or outcome”.
Step 3: Examine Insult : Humiliation. An insult is a rude or offensive remark, and it can cause humiliation, which is a feeling of deep shame or embarrassment.
Step 4: Check Bad : Immoral. These two words are similar in sense and both describe negative moral qualities, so they are closer to synonyms than cause and effect.
Step 5: Check Caution : Careless. Caution is carefulness, and careless is the opposite, so this pair represents antonyms rather than cause and effect.
Step 6: Check Jealousy : Respect. Jealousy is envy, and respect is admiration; these are unrelated and certainly not in a cause and effect relation.
Step 7: Conclude that Insult : Humiliation is the only option that shows a clear cause and resulting emotional effect, as required.
Verification / Alternative check:
To verify, consider the type of sentence we can form. “A blizzard leads to a freeze” shows a natural cause and effect statement. For the correct option we should be able to say “An insult leads to humiliation”, which is also a natural sentence and matches real situations. Saying “Bad leads to immoral” is awkward, as they are not cause and effect but overlapping descriptions. “Caution leads to careless” is contradictory and does not express a normal relationship. “Jealousy leads to respect” is generally false and goes against typical emotional patterns. Therefore, only the insult and humiliation pair mirrors the structure of blizzard and freeze.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Bad : Immoral connects two adjectives that both describe negative qualities. One does not generally cause the other; they are near synonyms in many contexts. Caution : Careless expresses a kind of opposition, because cautious people are the opposite of careless people. Jealousy : Respect links two different emotions, one negative and one positive, with no standard causal link in everyday language. None of these pairs capture the idea of an event causing a state in the way that insult causes humiliation or blizzard causes a freeze.
Common Pitfalls:
Some students misread analogies and focus on similarity or opposition instead of the specific type of link in the base pair. Because Blizzard and Freeze are related to cold weather, it may be tempting to search for another pair of similar meaning words, but here the connection is an event leading to its consequence. Always restate the base pair relationship clearly, then ensure the candidate pair reflects the same logic. Doing this prevents confusion between synonyms, antonyms and cause effect relationships.
Final Answer:
Just as a blizzard can cause a freeze, an insult can cause humiliation, so Insult : Humiliation is the correct completion of the analogy.
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