ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 74069 Results

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1 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
51% Answer Correctly
buffer
insolence
connoisseur
drub

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 insolence is "boldness or rudeness.", the definition for buffer is "Protective barrier.", and the definition for drub is "To defeat decisively."

2 The teacher wanted us to examine ideas rather than to regurgitate memorized facts.
65% Answer Correctly
mediate
spew
liability
genial

Solution
The definition for regurgitate is "To pour out or throw back." Used in a sentence: The teacher wanted us to examine ideas rather than to regurgitate memorized facts. The definition for genial is "sympathetic, friendly.", the definition for liability is "A person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.", and the definition for mediate is "To come between parties in order to reconcile."

3 The extenuating circumstance of Calvin's illness caused the teacher to excuse his lateness.
54% Answer Correctly
mitigating
mandate
deferment
anthology

Solution
The definition for extenuating is "Partially excusing." Used in a sentence: The extenuating circumstance of Calvin's illness caused the teacher to excuse his lateness. The definition for mandate is "an official order or commission to do something.", the definition for deferment is "The act of delaying.", and the definition for anthology is "A collection of selected literary pieces."

4 Pathos most nearly means:
73% Answer Correctly
compassion
perception
penurious
grandiose

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 perception is "capacity for seeing or understanding.", the definition for grandiose is "With an affectation of grandeur.", and the definition for penurious is "Extrememly stingy."

5 Jade placed the fragile vase out of reach of her rambunctious boys.
87% Answer Correctly
commemorate
frail
pallid
incidental

Solution
The definition for fragile is "Delicate." Used in a sentence: Jade placed the fragile vase out of reach of her rambunctious boys. The definition for commemorate is "to mark by a ceremony.", the definition for incidental is "Minor.", and the definition for pallid is "Lacking color."