Question
Here are some words translated from an artificial
language. (a) mallonpimi means blue light (b) mallontifl means blue berry (e) arpantifl means raspberry Which word could means 'light house'?Solution
Mallon means blue; pimlmeans light; tifl means berry; and arpan means "rasp" in raspberry. The word piml, which means light, is required for the word lighthouse. That rules out choices a and c. Arpan in choice b means "rasp", so that rules out choice b. That leaves choice d the only possible answer.
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