ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 677706 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.39
Score 0% 68%

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1 Beneficial most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
retroactive
illuminate
advantageous
moderate

Solution
The definition for beneficial is "Helpful." Used in a sentence: there is no doubt that eating vegetables is beneficial to one's health. The definition for moderate is "tending toward the average.", the definition for illuminate is "To make clear.", and the definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition."

2 Flagrant most nearly means:
49% Answer Correctly
composed
glaring
flaw
scapegoat

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 scapegoat is "someone who bears the blame for others.", the definition for composed is "Calm.", and the definition for flaw is "An imperfection."

3 Jason, a notorious gossip, was a conduit for information about his friends.
61% Answer Correctly
genial
channel
entangle
fragile

Solution
The definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing." Used in a sentence: Jason, a notorious gossip, was a conduit for information about his friends. The definition for entangle is "to involve in trouble.", the definition for fragile is "Delicate.", and the definition for genial is "Sympathetic, friendly."

4 Abate most nearly means:
65% Answer Correctly
subside
raucous
prune
exalt

Solution
The definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity." Used in a sentence: Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate. The definition for exalt is "to elevate by praise.", the definition for prune is "To reduce by removing excess.", and the definition for raucous is "Noisy, rowdy."

5 Periodic most nearly means:
81% Answer Correctly
regale
epitaph
repeated
colossal

Solution
The definition for periodic is "Occurring at regular intervals." Used in a sentence: The periodic innterruptions of the cuckoo clock prevented Li from concentrating. The definition for epitaph is "brief statement honoring a dead person.", the definition for colossal is "Immense, enormous.", and the definition for regale is "To amuse."