ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 686242 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.62
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1 Pantomime most nearly means:
60% Answer Correctly
apathetic
turpitude
incisive
charade

Solution
The definition for pantomime is "Telling a story through gestures." Used in a sentence: The jealous actress called her understudy's performance a ridiculous pantomime. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for incisive is "Impressively direct and decisive.", and the definition for apathetic is "Showing little or no emotion."

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

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 duplicity is "deceptive thought, speech, or action.", the definition for buffer is "Protective barrier.", and the definition for commemorate is "To mark by a ceremony."

3 Wanda read the dictionary every night to augment her vocabulary.
81% Answer Correctly
flaunt
condone
cunning
enhance

Solution
The definition for augment is "To make greater." Used in a sentence: Wanda read the dictionary every night to augment her vocabulary. The definition for flaunt is "to display showily.", the definition for condone is "To treat as acceptable.", and the definition for cunning is "Showing clever insight."

4 Ecstatic most nearly means:
88% Answer Correctly
mundane
dubious
authoritarian
overjoyed

Solution
The definition for ecstatic is "Overwhelmingly emotional." Used in a sentence: They were ecstatic when their team won the championship game in the last second. The definition for authoritarian is "favoring absolute obedience to authority.", the definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary.", and the definition for dubious is "Questionable."

5 Opportune most nearly means:
63% Answer Correctly
propitious
brandish
indecorous
repel

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 brandish is "to shake or wave menacingly.", the definition for repel is "To resist, reject.", and the definition for indecorous is "In bad taste."