Lock
Sure
Guard
Conserve
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
The correct answer is guard.
- Safe and secure are synonyms, meaning free from harm or danger.
- Protect and guard are also synonyms, meaning to keep safe from harm or danger.
- Lock is a physical barrier that can be used to secure something, but it is not the same as protecting or guarding something.
- Sure is an adjective meaning certain or confident, but it is not the same as protecting or guarding something.
- Conserve means to protect or preserve something, but it is not the same as protecting or guarding something.
In the analogy, safe is to secure as protect is to guard. This means that the answer must be a word that means to keep something safe from harm or danger,
just like guard means to keep something safe from harm or danger. The answer must also be a word that is similar in meaning to protect, just like secure is similar in meaning to safe. Of the four options, only guard meets both of these criteria.