ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 661325 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.24
Score 0% 65%

Review

1 Disdain most nearly means:
60% Answer Correctly
impenitent
antidote
aesthete
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 antidote is "something that relieves or counteracts.", the definition for impenitent is "Lacking remorse.", and the definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty."

2 The diffident student never raised her hand in class, even when she knew the answer.
70% Answer Correctly
garish
timid
comprehensible
buffer

Solution
The definition for diffident is "Lacking self–confidence." Used in a sentence: The diffident student never raised her hand in class, even when she knew the answer. The definition for comprehensible is "understandable.", the definition for garish is "Offensively bright.", and the definition for buffer is "Protective barrier."

3 Opportune most nearly means:
64% Answer Correctly
procrastinate
propitious
redouble
incongruous

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 redouble is "to make twice as great.", the definition for incongruous is "Not harmonious, incompatible.", and the definition for procrastinate is "To put off intentionally."

4 Audrey used her innocent baby brother as a scapegoat for the missing cookies.
56% Answer Correctly
dupe
fickle
apathetic
colossal

Solution
The definition for scapegoat is "Someone who bears the blame for others." Used in a sentence: Audrey used her innocent baby brother as a scapegoat for the missing cookies. The definition for apathetic is "showing little or no emotion.", the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable.", and the definition for colossal is "Immense, enormous."

5 The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos.
74% Answer Correctly
procrastinate
compassion
oblivious
flagrant

Solution
The definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity." Used in a sentence: The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos. The definition for oblivious is "lacking awareness.", the definition for flagrant is "Noticeably offensive.", and the definition for procrastinate is "To put off intentionally."