Translate from an imaginary language into English. Then, look for the word elements that appear both on the list and in the answer choices.
1. | Here are some words translated from an artificial language. |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Krekin means work; blaf means force; drita means ground; and alti means place. Drita means ground, so that rules out choices b and d. Choice c isn't correct because blaf means force. That leaves choice a as the only possible answer. |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Apta means first; ose means base; epta means second; larta means ball; and buk means park. Thus, oselarta means baseball. |
3. | Here are some words translated from an artificial language. |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: In this language, the root word taga, which means care, follows the affix (relf, o–, or fer–). Therefore, in the word aftercare, the root word and the affix would be reversed in the artificial language. The only choice, then, is tagazen, because tagafer would mean less care. |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Morpir means bird; quat means house; beel means blue; clak means bell. Choice c, which begins with quat, is the only possible option. |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: 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.) |
6. | Here are some words translated from an artificial language. |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: 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. |
7. | Here are some words translated from an artificial language. |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: 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. |
8. | Here are some words translated from an artificial language. |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Malga means peach; uper means cobbler; port means juice; mogga means apple; and grop means jelly. Therefore, moggaport means apple juice.
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