ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 524487 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.38
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1 Disdain most nearly means:
60% Answer Correctly
embellish
belated
onset
scorn

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 embellish is "to decorate.", the definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time.", and the definition for onset is "Beginning."

2 The effects of the massive hurricane were catastrophic.
92% Answer Correctly
devastating
belated
drub
authoritarian

Solution
The definition for catastrophic is "Relating to extreme misfortune." Used in a sentence: The effects of the massive hurricane were catastrophic. The definition for drub is "to defeat decisively.", the definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority.", and the definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time."

3 Sarah thought George's ploy of borrowing her notes was a cowardly way to ask her out.
61% Answer Correctly
solace
strategem
apathetic
heed

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 solace is "source of consolation.", the definition for heed is "To pay attention to.", and the definition for apathetic is "Showing little or no emotion."

4 Comprehensible most nearly means:
74% Answer Correctly
frugal
intelligle
beneficial
celebrated

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 beneficial is "helpful.", the definition for celebrated is "Widely known, respected.", and the definition for frugal is "Thrifty, cheap."

5 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
51% Answer Correctly
curtail
connoisseur
pretentious
extant

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 pretentious is "making unjustified claims.", the definition for curtail is "To make less.", and the definition for extant is "Currently existing."