ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 445191 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1 The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet.
57% Answer Correctly
complement
eloquent
melee
corrosive

Solution
The definition for foil is "One that enhances or underscores by contrast." Used in a sentence: The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet. The definition for corrosive is "bitingly sarcastic.", the definition for eloquent is "Fluent, expressive.", and the definition for melee is "A tumultuous fight among several people."

2 Brandish most nearly means:
58% Answer Correctly
flourish
supple
drub
epitaph

Solution
The definition for brandish is "To shake or wave menacingly." Used in a sentence: The baseball player was fined for brandishing his bat at the opposing pitcher. The definition for supple is "flexible.", the definition for drub is "To defeat decisively.", and the definition for epitaph is "Brief statement honoring a dead person."

3 Gravity most nearly means:
73% Answer Correctly
implement
naive
seriousness
incisive

Solution
The definition for gravity is "Importance, significance." Used in a sentence: Understanding the gravity of his error, Ken offered his humblest apology. The definition for incisive is "impressively direct and decisive.", the definition for naive is "Lacking worldy wisdom.", and the definition for implement is "To carry out or accomplish."

4 Ecstatic most nearly means:
88% Answer Correctly
straddle
authoritarian
overjoyed
fidelity

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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 authoritarian is "favoring absolute obedience to authority.", the definition for fidelity is "State of being faithful.", and the definition for straddle is "To favor opposing sides."

5 Critics panned the movie as a derivative version of last year's Best Picture.
37% Answer Correctly
intricate
retroactive
banal
mandate

Solution
The definition for derivative is "Lacking originality." Used in a sentence: Critics panned the movie as a derivative version of last year's Best Picture. The definition for mandate is "an official order or commission to do something.", the definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition.", and the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts."