ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 333675 Results

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1 Stern most nearly means:
88% Answer Correctly
pantomime
strict
mandate
commemorate

Solution
The definition for stern is "Harsh, severe." Used in a sentence: The stern principal canceled the prom after the seniors played a silly prank. The definition for pantomime is "telling a story through gestures.", the definition for commemorate is "To mark by a ceremony.", and the definition for mandate is "An official order or commission to do something."

2 Campers must use fire with great caution to prevent combustion of the parched brush.
82% Answer Correctly
intricate
genial
negate
igniting

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 genial is "sympathetic, friendly.", the definition for negate is "To make invalid.", and the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts."

3 "heed my advice," the fortuneteller warned Sebastian when he tried to ignore her prophecy.
70% Answer Correctly
heed
euphoria
mind
pallid

Solution
The definition for heed is "To pay attention to." Used in a sentence: "Heed my advice," the fortuneteller warned Sebastian when he tried to ignore her prophecy. The definition for euphoria is "feeling of great happiness.", the definition for pallid is "Lacking color.", and the definition for heed is "To pay attention to."

4 Stifle most nearly means:
75% Answer Correctly
dubious
proximity
suppress
colossal

Solution
The definition for stifle is "To repress or discourage." Used in a sentence: Amy tried ineffectively to stifle her giggles after she read Susan's note in class. The definition for dubious is "questionable.", the definition for proximity is "Closeness.", and the definition for colossal is "Immense, enormous."

5 Inauspicious most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
ominous
incongruous
comparable
conduit

Solution
The definition for inauspicious is "Not favorable." Used in a sentence: Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign. The definition for comparable is "similar, equivalent.", the definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing.", and the definition for incongruous is "Not harmonious, incompatible."