ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 488624 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.57
Score 0% 71%

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1 Comprehensible most nearly means:
74% Answer Correctly
deferment
insinuate
dubious
intelligle

Solution
The definition for comprehensible is "Understandable." Used in a sentence: Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor. The definition for dubious is "questionable.", the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly.", and the definition for deferment is "The act of delaying."

2 The old man affectionately referred to pigeons as his "avian friends."
78% Answer Correctly
aerate
finite
bird–like
proximity

Solution
The definition for avian is "Relating to birds." Used in a sentence: The old man affectionately referred to pigeons as his "avian friends." The definition for aerate is "to supply with air.", the definition for finite is "Having definite limits.", and the definition for proximity is "Closeness."

3 All the students know Mrs. Brown's strict precept; no talking in class.
76% Answer Correctly
aesthete
disdain
rule
rhapsody

Solution
The definition for precept is "A general rule of action." Used in a sentence: All the students know Mrs. Brown's strict precept; no talking in class. The definition for aesthete is "person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", the definition for rhapsody is "State of great happiness.", and the definition for disdain is "Feeling of contempt."

4 The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing.
80% Answer Correctly
pale
aesthete
incongruous
dubious

Solution
The definition for pallid is "Lacking color." Used in a sentence: The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing. The definition for aesthete is "person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", the definition for incongruous is "Not harmonious, incompatible.", and the definition for dubious is "Questionable."

5 Flagrant most nearly means:
49% Answer Correctly
defiant
rehash
pallid
glaring

Solution
The definition for flagrant is "Noticeably offensive." Used in a sentence: The executive was fired for his flagrant abuse of the company expense account. The definition for rehash is "to discuss again.", the definition for pallid is "Lacking color.", and the definition for defiant is "Showing bold resistance."