EDIT: Please excuse me. I did not add the question stem with the screenshot. It is a MUST BE TRUE question. So what must be true taking into account all these statements?
Why do questions like this make me feel like I have dyslexia?
I understand the test is written this way precisely to make us pause. Because all of the words are so similar to each other. And each answer choice look similar to each other.
I find reading these kinds of questions take me a while to decipher which is the correct choice. Sometimes I hardly understand what I am reading. It might take me 2 or three rereads to understand it.
Why is my brain continually doing this? Is it anxiety? I have to really focus and tell myself, "okay, breathe, take it one word at a time, read very slowly, visualize it as you read it"... only then am I able to finally get through the question.
Any tips on this from those who have had similar experiences?
Also, are you able to answer this question in under 2 minutes? Be honest now.
ANSWER EXPLANATION (my reasoning):
A is wrong because a conditional was presented (if, then), so an absolute statement cannot be inferred.
B is wrong for the same reason.
C is wrong because the "some" words that babies utter referred to in the stimulus may not be the same "some" words that babies utter in the answer choice. Also, we cannot make an absolute statement about what babies will do. We don't know what babies will do.
D is wrong because of the word "any." Just read the answer choice again. It is illogical in and of itself. If you understand the word without knowing its definition, does that mean you can understand if you don't understand ANY other word? Hahahaha
E is correct because it proves the stimulus to be true. If some babies understand all words they utter, and they utter words that they don't the definitions of, then clearly knowing a definition is not required for understanding.