verbal reasoning
Thinking with words
Verbal reasoning is the ability to understand, analyze, and draw conclusions from language.
It involves grasping relationships between words, following logical arguments in text, and solving problems presented in written form.
Verbal reasoning tests appear frequently in job applications and academic admissions: The exam includes sections on verbal reasoning and quantitative analysis.
- analogiesComparative resemblances drawn
- abstract thinkingCognition beyond physical reality
- processing speedMental information-handling rate
- deductionConclusion from premises
- standardized testExam with fixed scoring
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- cognitionthinking, thought, cognition, remembering, memory retrieval
- thinking skillslogic, logical thinking, reason, critical thinking, analytical thinking
- comprehensionreading comprehension, inference, meaning, word meaning, context clues
- Entrance Examsentrance exams, admission test, admission tests, SAT, ACT
- intelligence problemsIQ tests, brain teasers, logic puzzles, aptitude tests, analogies
- mental testsIQ test, cognitive test, intelligence, aptitude test, mental ability
verbal reasoningnumerical reasoning
Logic applied to numbers
quantitative reasoning · mathematical reasoning · spatial reasoning · abstract reasoning · pattern recognition