ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 461564 Results

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1 Disdain most nearly means:
60% Answer Correctly
scorn
corrective
turpitude
melee

Solution
The definition for disdain is "Feeling of contempt." Used in a sentence: The arrogant writer did not hide his disdain for his uneducated dinner companion. The definition for melee is "a tumultuous fight among several people.", the definition for corrective is "Intended to correct.", and the definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity."

2 Jonah regretted entangling Parker in his legal difficulties.
61% Answer Correctly
implausible
combative
aerate
embroil

Solution
The definition for entangle is "To involve in trouble." Used in a sentence: Jonah regretted entangling Parker in his legal difficulties. The definition for aerate is "to supply with air.", the definition for implausible is "Unbelievable.", and the definition for combative is "Eager to fight."

3 Retroactive most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
redouble
retrograde
composed
plaudits

Solution
The definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition." Used in a sentence: The retroactive law made even past infractions punishable. The definition for redouble is "to make twice as great.", the definition for plaudits is "Enthusiastic approval.", and the definition for composed is "Calm."

4 Impenitent most nearly means:
47% Answer Correctly
obdurate
archetypal
prune
extant

Solution
The definition for impenitent is "Lacking remorse." Used in a sentence: The impenitent criminal received a harsh penalty, but his remorseful accomplice was released. The definition for prune is "to reduce by removing excess.", the definition for archetypal is "Characteristic of the original model or perfect example.", and the definition for extant is "Currently existing."

5 Aesthete most nearly means:
52% Answer Correctly
nurture
manifest
moderate
connoisseur

Solution
The definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty." Used in a sentence: Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry. The definition for moderate is "tending toward the average.", the definition for nurture is "To further the development of.", and the definition for manifest is "Obvious."