ynonyms

Which answer expresses the meaning of the specified word best?

1. reassuring

compassionate
comforting
explanatory
meddlesome

The correct answer is 'comforting'. Reassuring someone does not mean that you show
compassion, explain something or meddle in his/her affairs. Your answer was incorrect.

erbal reasoning test results

You answered 4 out of 11 questions correctly.

Your answers are shown below. An explanation is also provided.

1.

is
evening morning
to

as

is
dinner ?
to

breakfast
soup
 coffee
time

In the evening you eat dinner, in the morning you eat breakfast. Your answer
was correct.

2.

is
left right
to

as

is
horizontal ?
to

below
middle
down
vertical

The opposite of left is right, the opposite of horizontal is vertical. Your answer
was correct.

3.

is
all many
to

as

is
few ?
to
 some
never
none
always

The terms are related in quantity: The right term is a small decrement of the left term.
Your answer was incorrect.

4.

is
hip ankle
to

as

is
shoulder ?
to

knee
bone
wrist
joint

The first and third joint of the leg are the hip and ankle. The corresponding joints for the
arm are the shoulder and wrist. Your answer was incorrect.

5.

is
butcher knife
to

as
 is
hairdresser ?
to

scissors
hair
curls
blond

A butcher uses a knife, a hairdresser uses scissors. Your answer was correct.

6.

is
warm hot
to

as

is
old ?
to

oldest
history
years
antique

The superlative degree of warm is hot, the superlative of old is antique. Your answer
was incorrect.

7.

is
Europe Spain
to
 as

North is
?
America to

Alaska
Canada
Venezuela
New York

Spain is a country in Europe, Canada is a country in North America. Your answer

was incorrect.

8.

is
earth ball
to

as

is
pancake ?
to

flat
flag
soccer
disc

The earth has the shape of a ball, a pancake has the shape of a disc. Your answer
was incorrect.

9.
 is
bow arrow
to

as

is
? bullet
to

defend
lead
shoot
gun

You shoot arrow with a bow, you shoot bullets with a gun. Your answer was correct.

10 .

is
prose poetry
to

as

is
conversation ?
to

song
poem
language
listening

Poetry and prose are rhyming and non-rhyming written texts, song and conversation
are rhyming and non-rhyming spoken texts. Your answer was incorrect.

11 .
 is
bridge river
to

as

is
? ?
to

mountain : rails
subway : underground
tunnel : mountain
water : rock

A bridge is an aide for crossing a river, a tunnel is an aide for crossing a mountain.
Your answer was incorrect.