Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Fumble means grope, mishandle, drop, mistake, blunder, bungle.

Finesse means skill, grace, elegance, assurance, diplomacy, discretion.

So, they are opposites.

Similarly,

Malign means slander or criticize.

Extol means being kind or good-natured. A person without finesse often fumbles. A person without extol in his heart often maligns.

Extol means praise or exalt, benevolence

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth letters of th word are respectively moved two, three, four, five, six and seven steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.

In the given analogy, elated and despondent are opposite to each other. Hence, opposite of enlightened is ignorant.

Thus, Elated is to despondent as enlightened is to Ignorant.

The correct order is :

Skull  Face  Neck  Shoulder  Hand  Chest  Stomach  Thigh  Knee  Heel

     3        9        4           2            10          6            8             7         5          1

Given number series 131 + 17 = 148 148 + 19 = 167 167 + 23 = 190 190 + 29 = 219 219 + 37 = 256

Here addition is based on 17 + 2= 19, 19 + 4 = 23, 23 + 6 = 29, 29 + 8 = 37