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Odd Adjective Out
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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
Which word does not belong in the group below? Why?
excellent
extinct
ideal
identical
infinite
excellent
extinct
ideal
identical
infinite
Hint
It has nothing to do with the spelling of or the number of syllables in the words.Answer
excellentAll of the words in the group are adjectives, but this is the only word in the group which may be used in the comparative or superlative. For example, you may say "more excellent", but not "more extinct", because "extinct" denotes an absolute condition.
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