ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 145664 Results

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Correct 0 3.49
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1 Advantageous most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
eulogy
catastrophic
favorable
parity

Solution
The definition for advantageous is "Giving an advantage." Used in a sentence: The house's location in the best school district was advantageous to the seller. The definition for parity is "equality.", the definition for catastrophic is "Relating to extreme misfortune.", and the definition for eulogy is "Speech or writing in praise of deceased."

2 Campers must use fire with great caution to prevent combustion of the parched brush.
82% Answer Correctly
procrastinate
immoderate
cunning
igniting

Solution
The definition for combustion is "Act of burning." Used in a sentence: Campers must use fire with great caution to prevent combustion of the parched brush. The definition for cunning is "showing clever insight.", the definition for immoderate is "Beyond usual or proper limits.", and the definition for procrastinate is "To put off intentionally."

3 Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery.
62% Answer Correctly
precept
extant
jocularity
repel

Solution
The definition for buffoonery is "Foolish behavior." Used in a sentence: Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery. The definition for repel is "to resist, reject.", the definition for extant is "Currently existing.", and the definition for precept is "A general rule of action."

4 Aesthete most nearly means:
51% Answer Correctly
epistolary
connoisseur
ploy
disdain

Solution
The definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty." Used in a sentence: Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry. The definition for epistolary is "contained or carried on in letters.", the definition for disdain is "Feeling of contempt.", and the definition for ploy is "A contrived plan."

5 Prune most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
trim
clarity
derelict
regale

Solution
The definition for prune is "To reduce by removing excess." Used in a sentence: The candidate pruned his speech so he would not exceed the time limit. The definition for derelict is "abandoned.", the definition for regale is "To amuse.", and the definition for clarity is "Clearness."