Which of the following words will appear first in a dictionary?
2013
Which of the following words will appear first in a dictionary?
Answer: D. PRAY — To find which word comes first in a dictionary, compare the words letter by letter from the left. All four words start with the same two letters "PR". So…
- A.
PRISM
- B.
PRISON
- C.
PREY
- D.
PRAY
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Correct answer: D
To find which word comes first in a dictionary, compare the words letter by letter from the left.
All four words start with the same two letters "PR". So compare the third letter: PRAY → A, PREY → E, PRISM → I, PRISON → I.
In alphabetical order A comes before E, which comes before I. Therefore the dictionary order is: PRAY, PREY, PRISM, PRISON (PRISM before PRISON because the fifth letter M comes before O).
Hence PRAY appears first in the dictionary.