Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use ItTrabue, Marion Rex
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Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It
Trabue, Marion Rex
Educational tests and measurements; Intelligence tests; Psychological tests
49. The branch of surgery that treats of adding artificial parts to the
body to replace natural parts which are wanting.
50. The dried tubers of various orchids, used for food, like tapioca.
_MENTIMETER NO. 15_: Word Discrimination.
_Any real difference_ named by the candidate between the two words to be
compared should be given credit _whether it appears in the following
list or not_. The list merely points out some of the outstanding
differences between the words of each pair, but does not attempt to list
all of the possible differences. Any difference mentioned by the
candidate which is confirmed by any standard dictionary should be
sufficient to give full credit.
1. A bird lives in the air : A fish lives in the water
flies swims
has feathers has scales
2. A snake is long : A fly is short
is a reptile is an insect
crawls flies
has no wings or legs has wings and legs
3. A pen writes only when it has : A pencil writes without ink
ink
is made of steel or is made of lead or soft
hard metal material
does not have to be has to be sharpened
sharpened
4. An eagle flies very high and : A chicken flies very low and but
long distances a short distance
is wild is domestic
is not good for food is good for food
5. A book usually has a hard cover : A magazine has a paper cover
is usually one story, is several stories, by
by one author different people
is published once is published
periodically
6. An orange has a reddish yellow : A lemon has a bright yellow
colour colour
is spherical in shape is oblong in shape
is usually larger than is usually smaller than
a lemon an orange
is usually sweet is usually sour
7. A teacher works in a school : A preacher works in a church
usually teaches usually addresses
children grown-ups
deals primarily with deals primarily with
academic subjects religious subjects
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