ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 430038 Results

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1 Benevolent most nearly means:
50% Answer Correctly
altruistic
perception
interminable
drab

Solution
The definition for benevolent is "Kind, helpful." Used in a sentence: Sherman revealed his benevolent side when he offered to help Carter with his homework. The definition for interminable is "never ending, or seemingly endless.", the definition for perception is "Capacity for seeing or understanding.", and the definition for drab is "Dull, monotonous."

2 Curtail most nearly means:
79% Answer Correctly
fraud
pathos
mundane
shorten

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The definition for curtail is "To make less." Used in a sentence: Doreen decided to curtail her spending after she bounced a check. The definition for fraud is "trick.", the definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity.", and the definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary."

3 Jennifer's outspoken criticism of the meal disoncerted the waiter.
61% Answer Correctly
unnerve
avian
archaic
stern

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 avian is "relating to birds.", the definition for archaic is "Characteristic of an earlier time.", and the definition for stern is "Harsh, severe."

4 Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign.
67% Answer Correctly
pathos
prudent
ominous
stealth

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The definition for inauspicious is "Not favorable." Used in a sentence: Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign. The definition for pathos is "sympathetic pity.", the definition for prudent is "Marked by wisdom, shrewd.", and the definition for stealth is "The act of moving secretly or unnoticed."

5 Dubious most nearly means:
68% Answer Correctly
mediate
frugal
absolve
suspect

Solution
The definition for dubious is "Questionable." Used in a sentence: Karl found Kevin's claim that he was sick dubious, as he had just seen him playing football. The definition for absolve is "to forgive; to free from guilt.", the definition for mediate is "To come between parties in order to reconcile.", and the definition for frugal is "Thrifty, cheap."