ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 450823 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.60
Score 0% 72%

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1 The burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger.
60% Answer Correctly
furtiveness
immoderate
indecorous
moderate

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 moderate is "tending toward the average.", the definition for immoderate is "Beyond usual or proper limits.", and the definition for indecorous is "In bad taste."

2 Serena, who preferred quiet conversation, left the rancous party.
82% Answer Correctly
aesthete
rowdy
extenuating
combative

Solution
The definition for raucous is "Noisy, rowdy." Used in a sentence: Serena, who preferred quiet conversation, left the rancous party. The definition for combative is "eager to fight.", the definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", and the definition for extenuating is "Partially excusing."

3 Extenuating most nearly means:
54% Answer Correctly
comprehensible
buffer
mitigating
avian

Solution
The definition for extenuating is "Partially excusing." Used in a sentence: The extenuating circumstance of Calvin's illness caused the teacher to excuse his lateness. The definition for buffer is "protective barrier.", the definition for comprehensible is "Understandable.", and the definition for avian is "Relating to birds."

4 Belated most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
fickle
pomp
tardy
flagrant

Solution
The definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time." Used in a sentence: Even though I forgot his birthday, I hoe my father accepts my belated card. The definition for flagrant is "noticeably offensive.", the definition for pomp is "Showy display.", and the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable."

5 Inviolable most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
facade
insinuate
inflammatory
untouchable

Solution
The definition for inviolable is "Secure from assault of trespass." Used in a sentence: Situated on a mountain, with sixteen–foot walls, the castle was inviolable. The definition for inflammatory is "tending to excite anger.", the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly.", and the definition for facade is "false or superficial appearance."