As shitty is to turds.

[luciaelizabeth]

can someone please explain how you do these verbal ability things? 

I mean.

I always thought I liked words. But as it turns out.......

eg.

PHYLUM is to CLASSIFICATION as:

a) CAT is to FELINE
b) COMMITMENT is to VOW
c) LIE is to DECIET
d) MEDAL is to HONOR

[Trigger 11]

c)
 

[midlifeaspie]

can someone please explain how you do these verbal ability things? 

I mean.

I always thought I liked words. But as it turns out.......

eg.

PHYLUM is to CLASSIFICATION as:

a) CAT is to FELINE
b) COMMITMENT is to VOW
c) LIE is to DECIET
d) MEDAL is to HONOR

You want to replace "is to" with another phrase that also works and then apply to all other answers and get the correct one by POE.  A phylum is a type of classification.

Is a cat a type of feline? - No, they mean the same thing.
Is a commitment a type of vow?  No, a vow is a kind of commitment - scratch this one.
Is a lie a type of deceit?  Yes
Is a medal a type of honor?  No, this one isn't even close.

Answer is C

[luciaelizabeth]

Thanks

ARACHNIDS is to ANTRHOPOD as:

a) PARTICLE is to ATOM
b) SPEAR is to APERTURE
c) RAYON is to BENGALINE
d) THEOSPHY is to MONASTERY


It's D?


DOOR is to KEY as:

a) GEM is to RING
b) PERFUME is to AROMA
c) ENIGMA is to CLUE
d) EFFORT is to ACHIEVEMEN

A?

These are so heinous! FUN W/ WORDS.

[Trigger 11]

a) and c)

But what do I know?

[midlifeaspie]

Thanks

ARACHNIDS is to ANTRHOPOD as:

a) PARTICLE is to ATOM
b) SPEAR is to APERTURE
c) RAYON is to BENGALINE
d) THEOSPHY is to MONASTERY


It's D?


DOOR is to KEY as:

a) GEM is to RING
b) PERFUME is to AROMA
c) ENIGMA is to CLUE
d) EFFORT is to ACHIEVEMEN

A?

These are so heinous! FUN W/ WORDS.

The first one is hard.  I'll skip to the second one.

Flip the words around, so long as you also flip around the answers.

A Key unlocks a Door.

Does a Ring unlock a Gem?  No
Does an Aroma unlock a Perfume?  No
Does a Clue unlock an Enigma?  Yes
Does an Achievement unlock an Effort?  No, this one is backwards.

Answer is C.

Have to think on the first one some more.  My first few attempts led to zero answers.

[luciaelizabeth]

I was thinking like. a key goes in a door. and a gem goes in a ring? 

[midlifeaspie]

Okay - I had to look up Bengaline.

The classification Arachnid is part of what makes up the classification Arthropod.

Is a Particle part of the makup of an Atom?  No, backwards.
Is a Spear part of the makeup of an Aperture?  No.
Is Rayon part of the makeup of Bengaline?  Yes
Is Theosophy part of the makeup of a Monastary?  No.

Answer is C again.

[midlifeaspie]

I was thinking like. a key goes in a door. and a gem goes in a ring? 

But a Ring doesn't go in a Gem.  They throw those in as trick answers for if you lose track of the order of the words.  Key - Door is to Ring - Gem.  Not Gem - Ring.

[luciaelizabeth]

Asch! I must be retarded or something.

These fuck w/ my head SO MUCH.

I'm gonna go find some more to try.

[midlifeaspie]

Asch! I must be retarded or something.

These fuck w/ my head SO MUCH.

I'm gonna go find some more to try.

I spent several months learning how to do these and practicing them.  They make up 1/3rd of the LSAT questions.

[Trigger 11]

Ha ha! I got enigma and clue right!!! Too lazy to look up Bengaline or either thing in d), 'cause this Atheist don't do relgious stuff.

[luciaelizabeth]

I spent several months learning how to do these and practicing them.  They make up 1/3rd of the LSAT questions.

Yeah i heard that. someone told me they were the hardest part and i was like "uh, ok sure. lolz"

So i tried some. because i THOUGHT i liked words.

And er, yeah. Here we are.