ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 550960 Results

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Correct 0 3.16
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1 Opportune most nearly means:
64% Answer Correctly
propitious
composed
liability
corroborate

Solution
The definition for opportune is "Suitable or convenient." Used in a sentence: Quan stepped onto the platform at the most opportune time, just as the train pulled in. The definition for liability is "a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.", the definition for corroborate is "To support with evidence.", and the definition for composed is "Calm."

2 Inflammatory most nearly means:
50% Answer Correctly
stealth
seditious
oblivious
antidote

Solution
The definition for inflammatory is "Tending to excite anger." Used in a sentence: Garth's inflammatory remarks at the party made Gwen furious. The definition for stealth is "the act of moving secretly or unnoticed.", the definition for antidote is "Something that relieves or counteracts.", and the definition for oblivious is "Lacking awareness."

3 The jewel thief entered the mansion under the pretense of fixing a leaky faucet.
62% Answer Correctly
cover
penurious
exception
aerate

Solution
The definition for pretense is "False intention or purpose." Used in a sentence: The jewel thief entered the mansion under the pretense of fixing a leaky faucet. The definition for penurious is "extrememly stingy.", the definition for aerate is "To supply with air.", and the definition for exception is "A case to which the rule does not apply."

4 Some consider Clint Eastwood the greatest extant American director.
66% Answer Correctly
mundane
induce
nurture
living

Solution
The definition for extant is "Currently existing." Used in a sentence: Some consider Clint Eastwood the greatest extant American director. The definition for induce is "to influence or cause.", the definition for nurture is "To further the development of.", and the definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary."

5 Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor.
74% Answer Correctly
intricate
intelligle
corrective
iridescent

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 iridescent is "having a lustrous or attractivve quality.", the definition for corrective is "Intended to correct.", and the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts."