Question 1

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"?

Accepted Answer

Gorbl means fan; flur means belt; pixn means ceiling; arth means tile; and tusl means roof. Therefore, pixnarth is the correct choice.

Question 2

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. hapllesh means cloudburst srenchoch means pinball resbosrench means ninepin Which word could mean "cloud nine"?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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"?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

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"?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. migenlasan means cupboard lasanpoen means boardwalk cuopdansa means pullman Which word could mean "walkway"?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 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"?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 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"?

Accepted Answer

Grana means big;melkemeans tree; pini means little; hoonmeans house. Therefore, granahoon means big house.

Question 8

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. daftafoni means advisement imodafta means misadvise imolokti means misconduct Which word could mean "statement"?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 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"?

Accepted Answer

Leli means yellow; broon means hat; pleka means flower; froti means garden; mix means salad. Therefore, lelipleka means yellow flower.

Question 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"?

Accepted Answer

Myn means saddle; cabel means horse; cono means trail; and wir means ride. Therefore, cabelwir is the correct answer.

Question 11

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. dionot means oak tree blyonot means oak leaf blycrin means maple leaf Which word could mean "maple syrup"?

Accepted Answer

In this language, the adjective follows the noun. From dionot and blyonot, you can determine that 'onot' means oak. From blyonot and blycrin, you can determine that bly means leaf. Therefore, crin means maple. Because the adjective maple comes after the noun, patricrin is the only possible choice.

Question 12

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. tamceno means sky blue cenorax means blue cheese aplmitl means star bright Which word could mean "bright sky"?

Accepted Answer

Tam means sky; ceno means blue; rax means cheese; apl means star; and mitl means bright. So, mitltam means bright sky.

Question 13

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. gemolinea means fair warning gerimitu means report card gilageri means weather report Which word could mean "fair weather"?

Accepted Answer

Gemo means fair; linea means warning; geri means report;mitumeans card; and gilameans weather. Thus, gemogila is the correct choice.

Question 14

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. slar means jump slary means jumping slarend means jumped Which word could mean "playing"?

Accepted Answer

According to this language, slar means jump. The suffix -ing is represented by -y. Since choice b is the only one that ends in the letter y, this is the only possible option.

Question 15

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. jalkamofti means happy birthday moftihoze means birthday party mentogunn means goodness Which word could mean "happiness"?

Accepted Answer

Jalka means happy;moftimeans birthday; hoze means party; mento means good; and gunn means the suffix –ness. We know the answer must include the suffix –ness. The only choice that uses that suffix is choice a.

Question 16

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. plekapaki means fruitcake pakishillen means cakewalk treftalan means buttercup Which word could mean "cupcake"?

Accepted Answer

Pleka means fruit; paki means cake; shillen means walk; treftmeans butter; and alanmeans cup. Therefore, alanpaki means cupcake.

Question 17

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. malgauper means peach cobbler malgaport means peach juice moggagrop means apple jelly Which word could mean "apple juice"?

Accepted Answer

Malga means peach; uper means cobbler; port means juice; mogga means apple; and grop means jelly. Therefore, moggaport means apple juice.

Question 18

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. peslligen means basketball court ligenstrisi means courtroom oltaganti means placement test Which word could mean "guest room"?

Accepted Answer

Pesl means basketball; ligen means court; strisi means room; olta means placement; and ganti means test. Because strisimeans room, it must be present in the answer, so that rules out choice c. Choices a and d are incorrect because pesl means basketball and olta means placement. That leaves choice b as the only possible answer.

Question 19

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. mallonpiml means blue light mallontifl means blueberry arpantifl means raspberry Which word could mean "lighthouse"?

Accepted Answer

Mallon means blue; pimlmeans light; tifl means berry; and arpan means "rasp" in raspberry. The word piml, which means light, is required for the word lighthouse. That rules out choices a and c. Arpan in choice b means "rasp", so that rules out choice b. That leaves choice d the only possible answer.

Question 20

Here are some words translated from an artificial language. briftamint means militant uftonel means occupied uftonalene means occupation Which word could mean "occupant"?

Accepted Answer

Brift means the root word mili–; the suffix amint means the same as the English suffix –tant; the root word ufton– means occupy; el means the suffix –ied of occupied; and alene means the suffix –tion. (Because ufton means occupy, choices a, c, and d can be easily ruled out.)

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