Select the word that completes the analogy:
Commence : Begin :: Bewilder : ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Confuse
Given pair: Commence : Begin → same meaning (both mean to begin or start)
| Pair | Relationship |
|---|---|
| (1) Bewilder : Clarify | opposites (to clarify is to make something clear and easy to understand) |
| (2) Bewilder : Frighten | not the same meaning (to frighten is to make someone afraid) |
| (3) Bewilder : Confuse (answer) | same meaning (to bewilder is to puzzle someone so much that he cannot understand what is going on) |
| (4) Bewilder : Ignore | not the same meaning (to ignore is to pay no attention to someone or something) |