Verbal Reasoning

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O B E T L T

If the following words were arranged in alphabetical order, which word would be second? Believe. Beast. Belief. Bereaved

• Believe

• Beast

• Belief

• Bereaved

Which word means "the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions"?

Which word means "preventing the growth of disease-causing microorganisms"?

Mark all that apply: What does palpable mean?

• using logical reasoning

• inquizitive

• able to be touched or felt

• tangible

Assume that:

No blups are pors. All fiys are hyats. All fiys are pors. No cips are giws. All hyats are cips.

Which of the following do we know is correct?

A: All pors are cips B: No cips are hyats C: All fiys are giws D:

No fiys are giws E: All hyats are giws

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Greg is larger than Eggbert but smaller than Craig. Fred is larger than Greg

but smaller than Liam. Liam is larger than Greg but smaller than

Craig.

Who is the smallest?

A: Craig B: Liam C: Fred D: Greg

E: Eggbert

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Greg is larger than Eggbert but smaller than Craig. Fred is larger than Greg

but smaller than Liam. Liam is larger than Greg but smaller than

Craig.

Who is the smallest?

A: Craig B: Liam C: Fred D: Greg

E: Eggbert

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Assume that:

All lars are blups.

All blups are fiys.

No cips are pirs.

All bips are lars.

All bips are fiys.

One of the above statements is unnecessary since it can be deduced from the

remaining statements. Which is it?

A: All lars are blups

B: All bips are fiys

C: All blups are fiys

D: All bips are lars

E: No cips are pirs

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Identify the literal meaning of the idiom in bold. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.