ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 24875 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.86
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1 Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor.
74% Answer Correctly
authoritarian
brandish
intelligle
illuminate

Solution
The definition for comprehensible is "Understandable." Used in a sentence: Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor. The definition for brandish is "to shake or wave menacingly.", the definition for illuminate is "To make clear.", and the definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority."

2 My clever brother Jeffrey regaled the dinner guests with tales of his adventures.
72% Answer Correctly
commemorate
elusive
entertain
stealth

Solution
The definition for regale is "To amuse." Used in a sentence: My clever brother Jeffrey regaled the dinner guests with tales of his adventures. The definition for commemorate is "to mark by a ceremony.", the definition for stealth is "The act of moving secretly or unnoticed.", and the definition for elusive is "Hard to grasp."

3 Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day.
85% Answer Correctly
conduit
colossal
strict
benefactor

Solution
The definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority." Used in a sentence: Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day. The definition for colossal is "immense, enormous.", the definition for benefactor is "One who offers financial help.", and the definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing."

4 The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos.
73% Answer Correctly
corrosive
scamper
compassion
incumbent

Solution
The definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity." Used in a sentence: The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos. The definition for incumbent is "necessary as a duty or responsibility.", the definition for scamper is "To run quickly.", and the definition for corrosive is "Bitingly sarcastic."

5 Raspy most nearly means:
83% Answer Correctly
gruff
prune
harsh
defiant

Solution
The definition for raspy is "rough, grating." Used in a sentence: After shouting to his players through the long game, the coach's voice was raspy. The definition for gruff is "rough or stern in manner or speech.", the definition for prune is "To reduce by removing excess.", and the definition for defiant is "Showing bold resistance."