Mensa Verbal Reasoning 5

Question 1

Which pair of words has the most SIMILAR relationship to TEPID : BOILING?

Accepted Answer

Damp : Soaked

Answer

Tepid (slightly warm) and boiling represent a mild versus extreme degree of the same quality, just as damp and soaked represent mild versus extreme wetness.

Question 2

PERNICIOUS most nearly means:

Accepted Answer

Harmful

Answer

Pernicious means having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Question 3

Rearrange the words to form a logical sentence: 'quickly | ran | to | the | fire | children | away | the | from'

Accepted Answer

The children ran quickly away from the fire.

Answer

The grammatically correct and logically coherent sentence is 'The children ran quickly away from the fire.'

Question 4

Which word CANNOT be formed using only the letters in LEGISLATURE?

Accepted Answer

GRILL

Answer

GRILL requires two L's, but the word LEGISLATURE contains only one L, making it impossible to form.

Question 5

The statement 'All that glitters is not gold' means:

Accepted Answer

Attractive appearances can be deceiving.

Answer

The proverb warns that something appealing or shiny in appearance is not necessarily as valuable or genuine as it seems.

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Mensa Verbal Reasoning 5