ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 414537 Results

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1 Plaudits most nearly means:
55% Answer Correctly
flaunt
brandish
rhapsody
kudos

Solution
The definition for plaudits is "Enthusiastic approval." Used in a sentence: Allison's painting met with plaudits from the critics, who had dismissed her earlier work. The definition for rhapsody is "state of great happiness.", the definition for brandish is "To shake or wave menacingly.", and the definition for flaunt is "To display showily."

2 Sybil was frustrated by the deferment of her much anticipated vacation.
75% Answer Correctly
solace
inflammatory
apathetic
postponement

Solution
The definition for deferment is "The act of delaying." Used in a sentence: Sybil was frustrated by the deferment of her much anticipated vacation. The definition for inflammatory is "tending to excite anger.", the definition for solace is "Source of consolation.", and the definition for apathetic is "Showing little or no emotion."

3 The promote peace, the diplomat hosted a talk between the warring nations.
80% Answer Correctly
discern
mundane
stealth
advance

Solution
The definition for promote is "To contribute to the growth or prosperity of." Used in a sentence: The promote peace, the diplomat hosted a talk between the warring nations. The definition for mundane is "practical, ordinary.", the definition for stealth is "The act of moving secretly or unnoticed.", and the definition for discern is "To recognize as separate as distinct."

4 Illuminate most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
recrimination
epitaph
illuminate
elucidate

Solution
The definition for illuminate is "To make clear." Used in a sentence: Her excellent lecture illuminated the complicated subject of nuclear physics. The definition for illuminate is "to make clear.", the definition for epitaph is "Brief statement honoring a dead person.", and the definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation."

5 Disconcert most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
lurid
nurture
obnoxious
unnerve

Solution
The definition for disconcert is "To throw into confusion." Used in a sentence: Jennifer's outspoken criticism of the meal disoncerted the waiter. The definition for obnoxious is "highly offensive.", the definition for lurid is "Causing horror, shocking.", and the definition for nurture is "To further the development of."