Embarrassed is to humiliated as frightened is to

• A. reckless
• B. terrified
• C. agitated
• D. courageous

Answer: (B)

If someone has been humiliated, they have been greatly embarrassed. If someone is terrified, they are extremely frightened. The answer is not choice b because an agitated person is not necessarily frightened. Choices c and d are incorrect because neither word expresses a state of being frightened.