ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 272730 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.62
Score 0% 72%

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1 The words to the song are elusive, as the singer tends to mumble.
66% Answer Correctly
comprehensible
commemorate
evasive
naive

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 comprehensible is "understandable.", the definition for commemorate is "To mark by a ceremony.", and the definition for naive is "Lacking worldy wisdom."

2 Implausible most nearly means:
76% Answer Correctly
scapegoat
implausible
inauspicious
improbable

Solution
The definition for implausible is "Unbelievable." Used in a sentence: Claudia's implausible excuse failed to convince her teacher. The definition for inauspicious is "not favorable.", the definition for implausible is "Unbelievable.", and the definition for scapegoat is "Someone who bears the blame for others."

3 Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor.
74% Answer Correctly
pantomime
authoritarian
polarize
intelligle

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 pantomime is "telling a story through gestures.", the definition for polarize is "To break up into opposing groups.", and the definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority."

4 Prune most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
lurid
avian
composed
trim

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 avian is "relating to birds.", the definition for lurid is "Causing horror, shocking.", and the definition for composed is "Calm."

5 The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion.
76% Answer Correctly
iridescent
beat
antidote
curtail

Solution
The definition for drub is "To defeat decisively." Used in a sentence: The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion. The definition for curtail is "to make less.", the definition for iridescent is "Having a lustrous or attractivve quality.", and the definition for antidote is "Something that relieves or counteracts."