OLSAT OLSAT Verbal Reasoning 1

Question 1

Which word does NOT belong: joyful, elated, miserable, gleeful?

Accepted Answer

Miserable

Answer

Joyful, elated, and gleeful all mean happy; miserable means very unhappy.

Question 2

Complete the analogy: Arid is to desert as frigid is to ___.

Accepted Answer

Tundra

Answer

Arid describes the climate of a desert; frigid describes the climate of a tundra.

Question 3

If no cats are reptiles and all reptiles are cold-blooded, which must be true?

Accepted Answer

None of the above must be true

Answer

Cats could still be cold-blooded through another reason; we can only conclude cats are not reptiles.

Question 4

Which word is a synonym for 'candid'?

Accepted Answer

Honest

Answer

Candid means frank and honest.

Question 5

Novel : Fiction :: Sonnet : ___

Accepted Answer

Poem

Answer

A novel is a type of fiction just as a sonnet is a type of poem.

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