Question

Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence:

Fire fighters make a distinction between motivations of people who set fires deliberately: ______________________, which is an uncontrollable urge, and arson, or ________________________, which is an act of revenge motivated by self-interest, such as setting one's own property on fire to collect the insurance.


inflammation . . . conflagration


pyromania . . . incendiarism


flagrance . . . flamboyance


cautery . . . pyrotechnics


fervor . . . scintillation

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The best pair of words that completes the sentence is:

**pyromania . . . incendiarism**

This choice accurately reflects the psychological urge to set fires (pyromania) and the act of setting fires for self-interested motives (incendiarism).