Embarrassed is to humiliated as frightened is to

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

Answer: (C)

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.