ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 635368 Results

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1 Aesthete most nearly means:
52% Answer Correctly
preclude
combustion
connoisseur
illuminate

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 combustion is "act of burning.", the definition for illuminate is "To make clear.", and the definition for preclude is "To rule out in advance."

2 Clairvoyance most nearly means:
58% Answer Correctly
curtail
divination
recrimination
precept

Solution
The definition for clairvoyance is "Ability to see things beyond ordinary perception." Used in a sentence: Rosa used her clairvoyance to help Alexander find his lost keys. The definition for precept is "a general rule of action.", the definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation.", and the definition for curtail is "To make less."

3 Hector found his roommate's habit of leaving his dirty socks on the floor appalling.
70% Answer Correctly
mandate
dreadful
prudent
preclude

Solution
The definition for appalling is "Inspiring dismay or disgust." Used in a sentence: Hector found his roommate's habit of leaving his dirty socks on the floor appalling. The definition for prudent is "marked by wisdom, shrewd.", the definition for mandate is "An official order or commission to do something.", and the definition for preclude is "To rule out in advance."

4 Discern most nearly means:
71% Answer Correctly
belated
comparable
detect
stern

Solution
The definition for discern is "To recognize as separate as distinct." Used in a sentence: The pastry connoisseur was able to discern Swiss from Belgian chocolate. The definition for stern is "harsh, severe.", the definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time.", and the definition for comparable is "Similar, equivalent."

5 The singer's prominence ensured that the concert would sell out.
57% Answer Correctly
interminable
turpitude
turmoil
renown

Solution
The definition for prominence is "Importance." Used in a sentence: The singer's prominence ensured that the concert would sell out. The definition for turmoil is "extreme confusion, agitation.", the definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity.", and the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless."