ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 456923 Results

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1 Buffoonery most nearly means:
62% Answer Correctly
perception
incumbent
servile
jocularity

Solution
The definition for buffoonery is "Foolish behavior." Used in a sentence: Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery. The definition for incumbent is "necessary as a duty or responsibility.", the definition for perception is "Capacity for seeing or understanding.", and the definition for servile is "Fearfully submissive."

2 The burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger.
60% Answer Correctly
insinuate
furtiveness
induce
indecorous

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 induce is "to influence or cause.", the definition for indecorous is "In bad taste.", and the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly."

3 Incumbent most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
nurture
condone
serenity
oblilgatory

Solution
The definition for incumbent is "Necessary as a duty or responsibility." Used in a sentence: It was incumbent on Jack to attend his father's retirement party. The definition for nurture is "to further the development of.", the definition for serenity is "Calmness.", and the definition for condone is "To treat as acceptable."

4 Ploy most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
strategem
interminable
lenient
mandate

Solution
The definition for ploy is "A contrived plan." Used in a sentence: Sarah thought George's ploy of borrowing her notes was a cowardly way to ask her out. The definition for lenient is "mild or tolerant.", the definition for mandate is "An official order or commission to do something.", and the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless."

5 Penurious most nearly means:
56% Answer Correctly
frugal
mediate
lenient
incisive

Solution
The definition for penurious is "Extrememly stingy." Used in a sentence: Ebenezer Scrooge was most penurious, refusing to give even a penny to charity. The definition for mediate is "to come between parties in order to reconcile.", the definition for lenient is "Mild or tolerant.", and the definition for incisive is "Impressively direct and decisive."