Analogy — Select the closest parallel: Frankness : Blunt

Introduction / Context:“Frankness : Blunt” captures a degree/intensity relation: bluntness is an excess or extreme form of frankness that can feel harsh. We need an option where the second term is a stronger, more extreme or terminal state on the same spectrum as the first.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Frankness is candor; bluntness is overly direct candor.
• We prefer same-scale escalation rather than opposites or unrelated pairs.

Concept / Approach:Identify pairs where the second item is a more intense culmination of the first along a continuum.

Step-by-Step Solution:(a) Rise : Awake → action vs state; not a degree relation.(b) Weep : Laugh → antonyms; not intensification.(c) Sickness : Death → progression where death can be an extreme/terminal outcome of illness; mirrors “mild candor → extreme candor.”(d) Rest : Activity → antonyms; not degree.

Verification / Alternative check:Both pairs reflect movement toward a terminal/stronger state on a shared continuum (communication directness; health severity).

Why Other Options Are Wrong:(a) No scalar intensification; (b) and (d) are opposites, not degrees.

Common Pitfalls:Reading “blunt” as antonym of “frank” (it is not); it is a harsher form of being frank.

Final Answer:Sickness : Death