ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 424364 Results

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1 Aesthete most nearly means:
51% Answer Correctly
heinous
straddle
perception
connoisseur

Solution
The definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty." Used in a sentence: Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry. The definition for perception is "capacity for seeing or understanding.", the definition for heinous is "Shockingly evil.", and the definition for straddle is "To favor opposing sides."

2 They were ecstatic when their team won the championship game in the last second.
88% Answer Correctly
exasperation
raucous
overjoyed
raspy

Solution
The definition for ecstatic is "Overwhelmingly emotional." Used in a sentence: They were ecstatic when their team won the championship game in the last second. The definition for raucous is "noisy, rowdy.", the definition for exasperation is "The state of being irritated.", and the definition for raspy is "rough, grating."

3 The story about the actress in the gossip column was a distortion of the truth.
61% Answer Correctly
contortion
incidental
parity
accentuate

Solution
The definition for distortion is "The act of twisting out of shape." Used in a sentence: The story about the actress in the gossip column was a distortion of the truth. The definition for accentuate is "to emphasize.", the definition for incidental is "Minor.", and the definition for parity is "Equality."

4 Authoritarian most nearly means:
85% Answer Correctly
strict
interminable
prudent
servile

Solution
The definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority." Used in a sentence: Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day. The definition for prudent is "marked by wisdom, shrewd.", the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless.", and the definition for servile is "Fearfully submissive."

5 The windstorm caused such turmoil in the lake that the sailboat capsized.
83% Answer Correctly
disconcert
epistolary
revoke
chaos

Solution
The definition for turmoil is "Extreme confusion, agitation." Used in a sentence: The windstorm caused such turmoil in the lake that the sailboat capsized. The definition for epistolary is "contained or carried on in letters.", the definition for disconcert is "To throw into confusion.", and the definition for revoke is "To cancel by taking back."