ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 260844 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.41
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1 Pathos most nearly means:
73% Answer Correctly
melee
censure
prominence
compassion

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 melee is "a tumultuous fight among several people.", the definition for censure is "To find fault with.", and the definition for prominence is "Importance."

2 The impatient Zoe found the longwinded lecture interminable.
68% Answer Correctly
ceaseless
discern
genial
eulogy

Solution
The definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless." Used in a sentence: The impatient Zoe found the longwinded lecture interminable. The definition for discern is "to recognize as separate as distinct.", the definition for genial is "Sympathetic, friendly.", and the definition for eulogy is "Speech or writing in praise of deceased."

3 The flighty Caroline could not be troubled with mundane tasks such as paying her bills.
56% Answer Correctly
frugal
entangle
commonplace
methodical

Solution
The definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary." Used in a sentence: The flighty Caroline could not be troubled with mundane tasks such as paying her bills. The definition for frugal is "thrifty, cheap.", the definition for methodical is "Performed in an orderly manner.", and the definition for entangle is "To involve in trouble."

4 Sinead, who did not like confrontation, insinuated that Beth was lying.
82% Answer Correctly
straddle
imply
mediate
distortion

Solution
The definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly." Used in a sentence: Sinead, who did not like confrontation, insinuated that Beth was lying. The definition for distortion is "the act of twisting out of shape.", the definition for straddle is "To favor opposing sides.", and the definition for mediate is "To come between parties in order to reconcile."

5 Conduit most nearly means:
62% Answer Correctly
interminable
impenitent
channel
methodical

Solution
The definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing." Used in a sentence: Jason, a notorious gossip, was a conduit for information about his friends. The definition for interminable is "never ending, or seemingly endless.", the definition for impenitent is "Lacking remorse.", and the definition for methodical is "Performed in an orderly manner."