Solving the Word Analogy: SECOND : CDENOS :: FIRST : ?

This type of question is a verbal analogy, where you need to find the relationship between the first pair of words and apply that same relationship to the third term to find the fourth term.

Let's analyze the relationship between the first pair: SECOND and CDENOS.

• The letters in the word SECOND are S, E, C, O, N, D.
• The letters in the word CDENOS are C, D, E, N, O, S.

Observing the letters in both words, we can see that they are exactly the same letters. The word CDENOS is a rearrangement of the letters in the word SECOND.

Let's check if there is a positional shift or a sorting pattern. If we arrange the letters of SECOND (S, E, C, O, N, D) in alphabetical order, we get:

C, D, E, N, O, S

This sequence of letters spells out CDENOS. So, the relationship between SECOND and CDENOS is that CDENOS is formed by arranging the letters of SECOND in alphabetical order.

Now, we need to apply this same relationship to the third term, FIRST.

Let's take the letters in the word FIRST: F, I, R, S, T.

Now, arrange these letters in alphabetical order:

F, I, R, S, T

Arranging the letters of FIRST alphabetically results in the word FIRST itself.

Therefore, the word related to FIRST in the same way that CDENOS is related to SECOND is FIRST.

Let's check the given options:

• IRFTS
• RFITS
• FIRTS
• FIRST

Our derived word is FIRST, which matches option 4.

The relationship is sorting the letters of the first word alphabetically to get the second word.

• SECOND → Alphabetical sort (C, D, E, N, O, S) → CDENOS
• FIRST → Alphabetical sort (F, I, R, S, T) → FIRST

So, the missing term is FIRST.