ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 529738 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.23
Score 0% 65%

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1 Clay began to cry as his irate manager railed at him for missing the deadline.
53% Answer Correctly
retroactive
finite
aesthete
upbraid

Solution
The definition for rail is "To scold in harsh language." Used in a sentence: Clay began to cry as his irate manager railed at him for missing the deadline. The definition for finite is "having definite limits.", the definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", and the definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition."

2 Even though I forgot his birthday, I hoe my father accepts my belated card.
81% Answer Correctly
tardy
penurious
obnoxious
epitaph

Solution
The definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time." Used in a sentence: Even though I forgot his birthday, I hoe my father accepts my belated card. The definition for penurious is "extrememly stingy.", the definition for obnoxious is "Highly offensive.", and the definition for epitaph is "Brief statement honoring a dead person."

3 Pallid most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
corrective
pale
comparable
turpitude

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 turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for corrective is "Intended to correct.", and the definition for comparable is "Similar, equivalent."

4 The burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger.
60% Answer Correctly
inflammatory
furtiveness
flaw
flagrant

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 flaw is "an imperfection.", the definition for inflammatory is "Tending to excite anger.", and the definition for flagrant is "Noticeably offensive."

5 The executive was fired for his flagrant abuse of the company expense account.
49% Answer Correctly
exasperation
glaring
egotist
inviolable

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 egotist is "self–important person.", the definition for inviolable is "Secure from assault of trespass.", and the definition for exasperation is "The state of being irritated."