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Octogenarian
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All of the words in List A have something particular in common. There is a member in List B that shares this same common thread. What is the member from List B that does?
List A
Octogenarian
Hexagon
December
List B
November
Apropos
Binnacle
List A
Octogenarian
Hexagon
December
List B
November
Apropos
Binnacle
Hint
Hint: "I think I might expand my customer base, but not next month."Answer
The member of List B that shares the commonality with those in List A is BINNACLE.The words in List A all begin with a BASE abbreviation.
OCT=OCTAL (Disguised as OCTogenarian)
HEX=HEXADECIMAL (Disguised as HEXagon)
DEC=DECIMAL (Disguised as DECember)
BIN= BINARY (Disguised as BINnacle)
Hint:
I think I might expand my customer base, but not next month.
BASE of course, was the key word, and by saying 'NOT next MONTH' you would know the answer was not November. Left w/ two choices. You would have to (of course) have caught on to the first three letters sequence. APRopos was there as a decoy. (Just in case you were still thinking months: APRil)
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