ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 523257 Results

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1 The dense trees acted as a buffer against the heavy rain.
71% Answer Correctly
composed
cushion
antidote
serenity

Solution
The definition for buffer is "Protective barrier." Used in a sentence: The dense trees acted as a buffer against the heavy rain. The definition for composed is "calm.", the definition for antidote is "Something that relieves or counteracts.", and the definition for serenity is "Calmness."

2 The intricate poem baffled most readers with its numerous obscure metaphors.
74% Answer Correctly
commemorate
heinous
cunning
complicated

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The definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts." Used in a sentence: The intricate poem baffled most readers with its numerous obscure metaphors. The definition for heinous is "shockingly evil.", the definition for cunning is "Showing clever insight.", and the definition for commemorate is "To mark by a ceremony."

3 Claudia's implausible excuse failed to convince her teacher.
76% Answer Correctly
fickle
improbable
servile
entangle

Solution
The definition for implausible is "Unbelievable." Used in a sentence: Claudia's implausible excuse failed to convince her teacher. The definition for entangle is "to involve in trouble.", the definition for servile is "Fearfully submissive.", and the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable."

4 Veronique found that listening to French music was an antidote for her homesickness.
91% Answer Correctly
compulsion
nurture
gravity
cure

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The definition for antidote is "Something that relieves or counteracts." Used in a sentence: Veronique found that listening to French music was an antidote for her homesickness. The definition for nurture is "to further the development of.", the definition for gravity is "Importance, significance.", and the definition for compulsion is "An irresistible impulse."

5 Doreen decided to curtail her spending after she bounced a check.
79% Answer Correctly
aesthete
interminable
shorten
obnoxious

Solution
The definition for curtail is "To make less." Used in a sentence: Doreen decided to curtail her spending after she bounced a check. The definition for aesthete is "person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless.", and the definition for obnoxious is "Highly offensive."