ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 313547 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.50
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1 Advantageous most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
rancorous
favorable
redouble
retroactive

Solution
The definition for advantageous is "Giving an advantage." Used in a sentence: The house's location in the best school district was advantageous to the seller. The definition for redouble is "to make twice as great.", the definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition.", and the definition for rancorous is "Marked by deep ill–will."

2 Insolence most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
impudence
pretentious
prominence
impenitent

Solution
The definition for insolence is "Boldness or rudeness." Used in a sentence: The boy's insolence to the policeman embarrassed his mother. The definition for prominence is "importance.", the definition for pretentious is "Making unjustified claims.", and the definition for impenitent is "Lacking remorse."

3 Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate.
65% Answer Correctly
extant
subside
manifest
eulogy

Solution
The definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity." Used in a sentence: Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate. The definition for extant is "currently existing.", the definition for eulogy is "Speech or writing in praise of deceased.", and the definition for manifest is "Obvious."

4 Ebenezer Scrooge was most penurious, refusing to give even a penny to charity.
56% Answer Correctly
augment
pretense
frugal
preclude

Solution
The definition for penurious is "Extrememly stingy." Used in a sentence: Ebenezer Scrooge was most penurious, refusing to give even a penny to charity. The definition for pretense is "false intention or purpose.", the definition for preclude is "To rule out in advance.", and the definition for augment is "To make greater."

5 The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion.
76% Answer Correctly
beat
conduit
intricate
comparable

Solution
The definition for drub is "To defeat decisively." Used in a sentence: The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion. The definition for conduit is "means for transmitting or distributing.", the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts.", and the definition for comparable is "Similar, equivalent."