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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
The following words can be split into two groups of three words each. Can you find out what these groups are and why?
distasteful, untoward, mistake, dismember, misrepresent, untidy
distasteful, untoward, mistake, dismember, misrepresent, untidy
Answer
The groups are as follows -Group 1
distasteful
misrepresent
untidy
In this group, removing the prefix of the word gives the exact opposite of that word. Thus,
distasteful - tasteful
misrepresent - represent
untidy - tidy
Group 2
untoward
mistake
dismember
When the prefix of these words are removed, they are not opposites of the original words.
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The no comments thing was kinda depressing. I liked your group teaser, I haven't really explored them much, but I think it's a good idea!
Excellant, as usual!
it was fun and cool
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