ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 768829 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.99
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1 Obnoxious most nearly means:
55% Answer Correctly
archaic
illuminate
objectionable
clarity

Solution
The definition for obnoxious is "Highly offensive." Used in a sentence: The manager asked the obnoxious diner to leave the restaurant. The definition for clarity is "clearness.", the definition for illuminate is "To make clear.", and the definition for archaic is "Characteristic of an earlier time."

2 Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery.
62% Answer Correctly
brandish
servile
jocularity
melee

Solution
The definition for buffoonery is "Foolish behavior." Used in a sentence: Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery. The definition for servile is "fearfully submissive.", the definition for melee is "A tumultuous fight among several people.", and the definition for brandish is "To shake or wave menacingly."

3 Composed most nearly means:
59% Answer Correctly
penurious
serene
conduit
comprehensible

Solution
The definition for composed is "Calm." Used in a sentence: Although her stomach was in knots, the actress appeared perfectly composed when she took the stage. The definition for penurious is "extrememly stingy.", the definition for comprehensible is "Understandable.", and the definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing."

4 Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign.
66% Answer Correctly
frugal
onset
authoritarian
ominous

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 authoritarian is "favoring absolute obedience to authority.", the definition for frugal is "Thrifty, cheap.", and the definition for onset is "Beginning."

5 The singer's prominence ensured that the concert would sell out.
57% Answer Correctly
trove
renown
compulsion
pretentious

Solution
The definition for prominence is "Importance." Used in a sentence: The singer's prominence ensured that the concert would sell out. The definition for compulsion is "an irresistible impulse.", the definition for trove is "Valuable collection.", and the definition for pretentious is "Making unjustified claims."