ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 438622 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.53
Score 0% 71%

Review

1 Beneficial most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
solace
beneficial
advantageous
appalling

Solution
The definition for beneficial is "Helpful." Used in a sentence: there is no doubt that eating vegetables is beneficial to one's health. The definition for beneficial is "helpful.", the definition for appalling is "Inspiring dismay or disgust.", and the definition for solace is "Source of consolation."

2 Prune most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
duplicity
trim
polarize
insolence

Solution
The definition for prune is "To reduce by removing excess." Used in a sentence: The candidate pruned his speech so he would not exceed the time limit. The definition for duplicity is "deceptive thought, speech, or action.", the definition for insolence is "Boldness or rudeness.", and the definition for polarize is "To break up into opposing groups."

3 Arguing with Andrew is futile because he never changes his mind.
79% Answer Correctly
hopeless
extenuating
pomp
clarity

Solution
The definition for futile is "Without purpose, completely ineffective." Used in a sentence: Arguing with Andrew is futile because he never changes his mind. The definition for pomp is "showy display.", the definition for clarity is "Clearness.", and the definition for extenuating is "Partially excusing."

4 Equitable most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
impartial
beneficial
moderate
clarity

Solution
The definition for equitable is "Fair and equal." Used in a sentence: The judge made an equitable decision dividing the estate evenly among the sisters. The definition for clarity is "clearness.", the definition for moderate is "Tending toward the average.", and the definition for beneficial is "Helpful."

5 The burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger.
60% Answer Correctly
iridescent
comprehensible
incumbent
furtiveness

Solution
The definition for stealth is "The act of moving secretly or unnoticed." Used in a sentence: The burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger. The definition for comprehensible is "understandable.", the definition for iridescent is "Having a lustrous or attractivve quality.", and the definition for incumbent is "Necessary as a duty or responsibility."