Analogy/FRANK: SECRETIVENESS

Mmmmmmmmmh... Not sure... E would be my choice... Confident as in 'self assured' = Intrepid as in 'having no fear'... So they are not antonyms but rather synonyms don't you think ?

Mmmm ... Yet being "frank" and being "secretive" isn't quite the same...

Isn't it rather the opposite?

I hesitate between A. and D. But "frank" is a positive value...

"frank" suggests "willing to reveal"
"secretive" suggests "unwilling to reveal"
These two are adjectives.
The corresponding nouns are "frankness" and "secretiveness", "the quality or property of being frank", "the quality or property of being secretive".

(A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness' is not simply that of

(A noun cannot be the antonym of an adjective, so the relationship 'frank: secretiveness' is not simply that of opposites.)

I know, CJ.

callow: maturity seems to be the only similar combination.

So you think D is right too?

I believe that's the only logical choice.

Thanks!

So do you think I argued well with this point:

"I thought A would be closer. But I didn't choose it becuase "theft" suggests an act (of stealing) while maturity suggests a state (so does secretiveness). You know being in what kind of state. For example, maturity evinces in the state of being mature, and secretiveness in the state of being secretive."

Yes. That's a good argument. CJ