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Example Question #951 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
delta
mountain
plateau
coast
silt
silt
"Silt" does not belong with the other words. "Silt" is a type of fine sand or dirt, usually found in a body of water. All of the other words are types of geographic features. A "plateau" is a relatively flat place of high ground. (Think of a hill or mountain with the top cut off.) A "mountain" is a large, steep hill. A "delta" is usually a triangular shaped deposit of rich sediment at the mouth of a river. A "coast" is where any land meets the ocean.
Example Question #43 : Verbal Classifications
Which word does not belong with the others?
peas
broccoli
cabbage
spinach
beets
beets
Although all of these words are a type of vegetable, "beets" are red. All of the other vegetables listed are green.
Example Question #44 : Verbal Classifications
Which word does not belong with the others?
cake
ice cream
pizza
pie
mousse
pizza
"Pizza" does not belong with the other words because it is not a kind of dessert. All four of the other words are eaten for dessert. ("Mousse" is a kind of creamy pudding.)
Example Question #952 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
Europe
Canada
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Canada
"Canada" does not belong with the other words because it is a country, while of the other words are continents. There are seven continents: Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, South America and North America. "Canada" is a country in North America. "Australia" is both a country and a continent.
Example Question #46 : Verbal Classifications
Which word does not belong with the others?`
pansy
rose
corn
marigold
daisy
corn
All of these words are a type of plant. "Corn" is a grain. "Marigolds," "pansies," "daisies" and "roses" are types of flowers. "Corn" does not belong with the other words.
Example Question #953 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
aunt
mother
brother
sister
grandmother
brother
All of these words describe a family member. "Brother" does not belong with the other words because it describes a male family member. "Grandmother," "mother," "aunt," and "sister" all describe female family members.
Example Question #954 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
Echo
Vestige
Reflection
Utterance
Reverberation
Utterance
All of the related words pertain to some kind of subsequent presentation of an event. A reverberation or an echo are the “replayed” sound of some original action of making a noise. A reflection is the redisplaying of an image—as in the mirror that reflects an image that first was “in” the person seen therein or in a metallic surface that reflects light that had originated from another source. Finally, even a vestige is a “representation” of something, for it is a “leftover” that outlasts an original event. (A footprint is a vestige of an action of walking that happened before. Indeed, “vestige” comes from the Latin for footprint). Only “utterance” describes an originating, non-repeated, non-representational activity.
Example Question #955 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
intervene
operate
insinuate
mediate
translate
operate
All of the related words here have to do with some process of “standing between” two things. Someone “mediates” by attempting to help two parties agree. (More generally, the term can mean “to be a link between two things”). An intervention is an action by which something is stopped by means of some obstacle (literally or metaphorically). To translate is “carry” the meaning from one language to another. (The “-late” portion " the word literally means “carry”!). To insinuate can mean “to make a suggestion indirectly;” however, it can also mean “to manipulate a situation so as to place oneself into some favorable position.” Only “operate” does not convey this sense of “mediation” found in all the other options.
Example Question #956 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
determine
describe
recount
explicate
specify
recount
Each of the related words describes some action of making an idea more specific or explicit. For instance, to specify the details of an order is to “spell out” the exact details of that order. A description can be seen as an itemizing or something in order to make it known in its details. When we “determine” to do something, we choose a certain actual thing to do after having had a number of potential activities. To explicate is to explain, often implying detailed analysis. Only “recount” has little to do with any of these other words. It means to “retell” as in “recounting a story.” This might be a nice detailed account, but the word does not necessarily signify such detail.
Example Question #957 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Which word does not belong with the others?
trip
stumble
shuffle
lurch
blunder
shuffle
All of the words provided indicate some state of affairs when someone is unable to walk in a proper manner; however, note that the incorrect options all pertain to somewhat disastrous types of fumbling about. When someone stumbles, he or she nearly falls while walking about. A blundering person is clumsy. Someone lurching is uncontrolled in his or her movement. To “shuffle along” merely means to walk without picking up your feet. While not the best way of transporting oneself, this is not quite so extreme as the other cases.
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