ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 163150 Results

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1 Disconcert most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
intricate
implausible
unnerve
cunning

Solution
The definition for disconcert is "To throw into confusion." Used in a sentence: Jennifer's outspoken criticism of the meal disoncerted the waiter. The definition for cunning is "showing clever insight.", the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts.", and the definition for implausible is "Unbelievable."

2 The life of an undercover detective is filed with necessary duplicity.
61% Answer Correctly
deceit
prominence
flourish
futile

Solution
The definition for duplicity is "Deceptive thought, speech, or action." Used in a sentence: The life of an undercover detective is filed with necessary duplicity. The definition for prominence is "importance.", the definition for flourish is "To make bold, sweeping gestures.", and the definition for futile is "Without purpose, completely ineffective."

3 Campers must use fire with great caution to prevent combustion of the parched brush.
82% Answer Correctly
igniting
pallid
demeanor
interminable

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 pallid is "lacking color.", the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless.", and the definition for demeanor is "Behavior towards others."

4 Crocuses bloom at the onset of spring, sometimes even before the snow melts.
88% Answer Correctly
surplus
augment
frugal
start

Solution
The definition for onset is "Beginning." Used in a sentence: Crocuses bloom at the onset of spring, sometimes even before the snow melts. The definition for frugal is "thrifty, cheap.", the definition for augment is "To make greater.", and the definition for surplus is "Excess."

5 Recrimination most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
pallid
extenuating
fickle
counterclaim

Solution
The definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation." Used in a sentence: Frank, who was wounded by Sally's remark, made a bitter recrimination. The definition for pallid is "lacking color.", the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable.", and the definition for extenuating is "Partially excusing."