ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 768655 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.66
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1 Authoritarian most nearly means:
85% Answer Correctly
ethical
strict
raspy
comparable

Solution
The definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority." Used in a sentence: Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day. The definition for raspy is "rough, grating.", the definition for ethical is "Conforming to accepted standards.", and the definition for comparable is "Similar, equivalent."

2 Appalling most nearly means:
70% Answer Correctly
derivative
dreadful
insinuate
turpitude

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 turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for derivative is "Lacking originality.", and the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly."

3 Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign.
66% Answer Correctly
perception
drub
ominous
compulsion

Solution
The definition for inauspicious is "Not favorable." Used in a sentence: Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign. The definition for drub is "to defeat decisively.", the definition for compulsion is "An irresistible impulse.", and the definition for perception is "Capacity for seeing or understanding."

4 The fireman was publicly exalted for his heroism.
77% Answer Correctly
extenuating
glorify
genial
recrimination

Solution
The definition for exalt is "To elevate by praise." Used in a sentence: The fireman was publicly exalted for his heroism. The definition for extenuating is "partially excusing.", the definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation.", and the definition for genial is "Sympathetic, friendly."

5 Simone, an expert in African sculpture, was asked to appraise the ambassador's collection of masks.
68% Answer Correctly
aesthete
pretentious
lurid
assess

Solution
The definition for appraise is "To evaluate the worth of." Used in a sentence: Simone, an expert in African sculpture, was asked to appraise the ambassador's collection of masks. The definition for pretentious is "making unjustified claims.", the definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", and the definition for lurid is "Causing horror, shocking."