Here are some words translated from an artificial language. migenlasan means cupboard lasanpoen means boardwalk cuopdansa means pullman Which word could mean "walkway"?
Options
A. poenmigen
B. cuopeisel
C. lasandansa
D. poenforc
Correct Answer
poenforc
Explanation
Migen means cup;
lasan means board;
poen means walk;
cuop means pull; and
dansa means man. The only possible choices, then, are choices a and d. Choice a can be ruled out because
migen means cup.
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1. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. moolokarn means blue sky wilkospadi means bicycle race moolowilko means blue bicycle Which word could mean "racecar"?
From
wilkospadi, you can determine that
wilko means bicicyle and
spadi means race. Therefore, the first part of the word that means racecar should begin with
spadi. That limits your choices to b and d. Choice b,
spadiwilko, is incorrect because we have already determined that wilkomeans bicycle. Therefore, the answer must be choice d,
spadivolo.
2. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. agnoscrenia means poisonous spider delanocrenia means poisonous snake agnosdeery means brown spider Which word could mean "black widow spider"?
In this language, the noun appears first and the adjectives follow. Since
agnos means spider and should appear first, choices a and d can be ruled out. Choice b can be ruled out because
delano means snake.
3. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. hapllesh means cloudburst srenchoch means pinball resbosrench means ninepin Which word could mean "cloud nine"?
Hapl means cloud;
lesh means burst;
srench means pin;
och means ball; and
resbo means nine.
Leshsrench (choice a) doesn't contain any of the words needed for cloud nine. We know that och means ball, so that rules out choices b and c. When you combine
hapl (cloud) with
resbo (nine), you get the correct answer
4. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. gorblflur means fan belt pixngorbl means ceiling fan arthtusl means tile roof Which word could mean "ceiling tile"?
Lightning is produced from a discharge of electricity, so electricity is essential. Thunder and rain are not essential to the production of lightning (choices b and d). Brightness may be a byproduct of lightning, but it is not essential (choice c).
6. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. godabim means kidney stones romzbim means kidney beans romzbako means wax beans Which word could mean "wax statue"?
In this language, the adjective follows the noun. From
godabim and
romzbim, you can determine that bim means kidney. From
romzbim and
romzbako, you can determine that
romz means beans. Therefore,
bako means wax. Because the adjective wax must come after the noun in this language,
wasibako is the only choice.
7. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. granamelke means big tree pinimelke means little tree melkehoon means tree house Which word could mean "big house"?
Grana means big;melkemeans tree; pini means little; hoonmeans house. Therefore, granahoon means big house.
8. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. daftafoni means advisement imodafta means misadvise imolokti means misconduct Which word could mean "statement"?
Dafta means advise;
foni is the same as the
suffix -ment; imo is the same as the prefix mis-; lokti means conduct. Since the only word in the answer choices that hasn't been defined is krata, it is reasonable to assume that
krata means state. Therefore,
kratafoni is the only choice that could mean statement.
9. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. lelibroon means yellow hat plekafroti means flower garden frotimix means garden salad Which word could mean "yellow flower"?
Leli means yellow;
broon means hat;
pleka means flower;
froti means garden;
mix means salad. Therefore,
lelipleka means yellow flower.
10. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. myncabel means saddle horse conowir means trail ride cabelalma means horse blanket Which word could mean "horse ride"?