Verbal Test #1 (1 Viewer)

[chet]

I've included the first five four questions--there are 40 total questions. I don't have the answers. If there's enough interest, I may set up a series of polls and submit the most popular answers for screening.

GO!

Directions

Choose the ONE synonym that is closest to the meaning of the stimulus word.

Number your answers in chronological order.

Report the number of your answer (1, 2, or 3) per item and not the word itself.

No aid (person, book, computer, etc.) allowed.

1. SOAK:: (1) saturate (2) immerse (3) imbrue

2. GAY:: (1) bright (2) animated (3) jocund

3. BRIGHT:: (1) luminous (2) resplendent (3) refulgent

4. ODD:: (1) quaint (2) fantastic (3) eccentric

 

[TheAristocrat]

1. 2

2. 3

3. 1

4. 3

5. 1

 

[D in the D]

1. 2

2. 2

3. 1

4. 3

5. 1

 

[randall146]

1, 3, 1, 3, 1

 

[Cjw_55106]

1. 2

2. 3

3. 1

4. 3

5. 1

 

[chet]

I decided to add a poll and was limited to four questions. Therefore, I eliminated the 5th question. Please vote in the poll.

TIA

 

[VA703]

I win

 

[chet]

I win

X

 

[sbonomo]

Is this one of those personality tests?

ETA 1, 1, 1 & 3 - Am I the only person that did not know what Jocund was, be honest?

 

[McGarnicle]

The doctor is the boy's mother.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

1, 3, 1, 3

 

[chet]

Is this one of those personality tests?

No. It was published in a journal called Vidya and was introduced as a verbal IQ test for the benefit of readers interested in psychometrics.

 

[NutterButter]

1313 but I guessed on jocund

 

[johnnycakes]

I read a lot of Henry Ford posts, so I should do pretty good on this one.

 

[McGarnicle]

I got question 1 wrong because of a misspelling.

 

[chet]

I got question 1 wrong because of a misspelling.

FIXED

 

[Cjw_55106]

1,3,1,3

 

[Christo]

1, 3, 1, 3

 

[Leroy Hoard]

1, 3, 1, 3

 

[Bucky86]

1. 1

2. 2

3. 1

4. 3

 

[Bucky86]

Is this one of those personality tests?

ETA 1, 1, 1 & 3 - Am I the only person that did not know what Jocund was, be honest?

No. I'm sure more than a few simply followed the most popular answers.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I'm in the 1-3-1-3 group.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I went 2-3-1-3 but I can see the 1-3-1-3 logic

Anything else is unacceptable

Disclaimer: had no idea what jocund meant but neither of the other 2 choices fit all that well

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Does the word "jocular" seem too exotic too?

 

[bushdocda]

1

2

1

3

 

[shuke]

1-2-1-3

I don't have a ####ing clue what jocund means.

 

[joffer]

Does the word "jocular" seem too exotic too?

Father Mulcahy loved it

 

[joffer]

1-2-1-3

I don't have a ####ing clue what jocund means.

apparently it means gay

 

[cosjobs]

this thread is jocund

 

[Das Boot]

Well this is a gay, odd test.

 

[tdoss]

1313

 

[tdoss]

It's not 2313

Immerse does not mean soak. You can immerse something without soaking it.

I'm not sure how you'd saturate something without soaking it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

1

3

1

3

Period

 

[cosjobs]

1

3

1

3

Period

Duh

 

[Dan Lambskin]

It's not 2313

Immerse does not mean soak. You can immerse something without soaking it.

I'm not sure how you'd saturate something without soaking it.

Made me think of soaking (immersing) dishes in the sink or someone soaking (immersing themselves)in a tub...the dishes aren't getting saturated (the person might but I don't think that's the goal)

On the contrary I can spray a towel with a power washer and saturate it without soaking it

 

[Mr. Pickles]

It's not 2313

Immerse does not mean soak. You can immerse something without soaking it.

I'm not sure how you'd saturate something without soaking it.

Made me think of soaking (immersing) dishes

I think I see the problem.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Take these Amy Winehouse lyrics from You Know I'm No Good

"I'm in the tub, you on the seat,

Lick your lips as I soak my feet"

What's a better substitute there...immerse or saturate?

 

[kentric]

I was helping my daughter study her 10th grade Vocabulary words and was like "WOW". There were some words she was covering that I had never heard/seen before. She's in a HH class, but still, its not an AP class. It made jocund look like "see spot run".

 

[Spin]

Is this one of those personality tests?

ETA 1, 1, 1 & 3 - Am I the only person that did not know what Jocund was, be honest?

 

[Insein]

Saturate the walls

 

[Road Warriors]

1,3,1,3

 

[Road Warriors]

Is this one of those personality tests?

ETA 1, 1, 1 & 3 - Am I the only person that did not know what Jocund was, be honest?

Same, but by process of elimination determined it to be the best answer anyway.

 

[Bucky86]

Is there going to be an oral exam? :snicker:

 

[IC FBGCav]

1313

 

[Leroy Hoard]

1313

What is The Munster's street address Alex?

 

[sn0mm1s]

1313

 

[Treynwreck3]

1,3,1,3

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

3,1,2,3

 

[Psychopav]

3

3

2

2

 

[kutta]

1,3,1,3