ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 149460 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.19
Score 0% 64%

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1 The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet.
57% Answer Correctly
insinuate
proximity
facade
complement

Solution
The definition for foil is "One that enhances or underscores by contrast." Used in a sentence: The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet. The definition for proximity is "closeness.", the definition for facade is "false or superficial appearance.", and the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly."

2 Elusive most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
euphoria
fraud
evasive
awe

Solution
The definition for elusive is "Hard to grasp." Used in a sentence: The words to the song are elusive, as the singer tends to mumble. The definition for awe is "emotion combining dread and wonder.", the definition for fraud is "Trick.", and the definition for euphoria is "Feeling of great happiness."

3 Fraud most nearly means:
77% Answer Correctly
deceit
garish
ecstatic
aesthete

Solution
The definition for fraud is "Trick." Used in a sentence: The con man's fraud involved selling swampland to gullible investors. The definition for aesthete is "person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", the definition for ecstatic is "Overwhelmingly emotional.", and the definition for garish is "Offensively bright."

4 The manager asked the obnoxious diner to leave the restaurant.
55% Answer Correctly
procrastinate
objectionable
unscrupulous
extenuating

Solution
The definition for obnoxious is "Highly offensive." Used in a sentence: The manager asked the obnoxious diner to leave the restaurant. The definition for extenuating is "partially excusing.", the definition for procrastinate is "To put off intentionally.", and the definition for unscrupulous is "Lacking principles."

5 Sheila, who could not resist bragging, flaunted the "A" marked on her test paper.
64% Answer Correctly
parade
clairvoyance
unscrupulous
futile

Solution
The definition for flaunt is "To display showily." Used in a sentence: Sheila, who could not resist bragging, flaunted the "A" marked on her test paper. The definition for clairvoyance is "ability to see things beyond ordinary perception.", the definition for futile is "Without purpose, completely ineffective.", and the definition for unscrupulous is "Lacking principles."