Analogy (semantic relationship): Choose the word that best completes the analogy “Life is to death as pleasure is to ______.” Identify the natural opposite in standard usage.

Difficulty: Easy

poverty
suffering
anguish
pain

Correct Answer: pain

Explanation:

Given data

Analogy form: A is to (opposite of A) as B is to (opposite of B).

Concept/Approach
“Life : death” is a direct antonym pair. The closest antonym pair to “pleasure” is “pain.”

Option analysis
pain — standard antonym of pleasure.suffering/anguish — related but broader/more intense states, not the set antonym.poverty — unrelated to pleasure vs. pain.

Common pitfalls
Over-selecting stronger emotive words (“anguish”) instead of the conventional antonym.

Final Answer
pain

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