QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
ILL-MATCHED - HARMONIOUS Do these words
Have similar meanings?
Have contradictory meanings?
Mean neither the same nor opposite - ANSWERScontradictory meanings
A girl is 12 years old and her brother is twice her age. When the girl is 50 years old, how
old will her brother be? - ANSWERS62
Explanation the brother is 12 years older than the girl
When the girl is 50, her brother will still be 12 years older than her 50 +12=62
For $9, a shopkeeper buys 13 dozen pencils. However, 3 dozen broke in transit. At
what price per dozen must the shopkeeper sell the remaining pencils to make back 1/3
of the whole cost (enter monetary value e.g. $1.23) - ANSWERS$0.30
Explanation For $9, a shopkeeper buys 13 dozen pencils, However, 3 dozen broke in
transit. So, we know that there are 13 dozen - 3 dozen = 10 dozen
whole cost: 1/3 x 9 or 3 divided by 9 = $3.00.
So, to make back $3.00 total, the shopkeeper must sell each of the 10 remaining packs
for $3.00/10 =$0.30
VAST - IMMENSE - ANSWERSSIMILAR MEANINGS
BOTH MEAN LARGE OR GREAT EXTENT
GENTEEL - REFINED - ANSWERSHAVE SIMILAR MEANINGS
BOTH DESCRIBE A HUMANS BEHAVIOR
Two of the following proverbs have similar meanings. Which ones are they? -
ANSWERSHITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR AND NOTHING VENTURED,
NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED EACH EXPRESS THE IDEA THAT YOU
MUST BE BRAVE AND FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND YOU WILL BECOME
SUCCESSFUL
ACME IS THE OPPOSITE OF - ANSWERSBOTTOM ACME: THE POINT AT WHICH
SOMETHING IS AT ITS BEST OR MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED
IN THE FOLLOWING SET OF WORDS, WHICH WORD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
OTHERS? - ANSWERSLACKLUSTER, BLAND, INSIPID, INSUFFICIENT, VAPID
ANSWER INSUFFICIENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OTHER WORDS
DESCRIBE SOMETHING LACKING CONVICTION OR BRILLIANCE