ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 772778 Results

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1 The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing.
80% Answer Correctly
garish
pale
epistolary
turpitude

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The definition for pallid is "Lacking color." Used in a sentence: The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for garish is "Offensively bright.", and the definition for epistolary is "Contained or carried on in letters."

2 The shoebox filled with letters was the ony remains of Ming's epistolary friendship with Emile.
60% Answer Correctly
solace
comprehensible
fickle
written

Solution
The definition for epistolary is "Contained or carried on in letters." Used in a sentence: The shoebox filled with letters was the ony remains of Ming's epistolary friendship with Emile. The definition for comprehensible is "understandable.", the definition for solace is "Source of consolation.", and the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable."

3 Disdain most nearly means:
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heed
scorn
iridescent
regurgitate

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The definition for disdain is "Feeling of contempt." Used in a sentence: The arrogant writer did not hide his disdain for his uneducated dinner companion. The definition for iridescent is "having a lustrous or attractivve quality.", the definition for regurgitate is "To pour out or throw back.", and the definition for heed is "To pay attention to."

4 Deferment most nearly means:
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postponement
egotist
awe
camaraderie

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The definition for deferment is "The act of delaying." Used in a sentence: Sybil was frustrated by the deferment of her much anticipated vacation. The definition for camaraderie is "spirit of friendship.", the definition for egotist is "Self–important person.", and the definition for awe is "Emotion combining dread and wonder."

5 Censure most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
conduit
salvage
blame
manifest

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The definition for censure is "To find fault with." Used in a sentence: The critical teacher was quick to censure her students for even small mistakes. The definition for salvage is "to save from ruin.", the definition for manifest is "Obvious.", and the definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing."