ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 816855 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1 Pallid most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
corroborate
servile
pale
aesthete

Solution
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 servile is "fearfully submissive.", the definition for aesthete is "Person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty.", and the definition for corroborate is "To support with evidence."

2 Ernesto delivered a moving eulogy at his uncle's funeral.
66% Answer Correctly
ramble
facade
homage
procrastinate

Solution
The definition for eulogy is "Speech or writing in praise of deceased." Used in a sentence: Ernesto delivered a moving eulogy at his uncle's funeral. The definition for facade is "false or superficial appearance.", the definition for procrastinate is "To put off intentionally.", and the definition for ramble is "To wander, physically or in language."

3 The words to the song are elusive, as the singer tends to mumble.
66% Answer Correctly
mediate
evasive
turpitude
interminable

Solution
The definition for elusive is "Hard to grasp." Used in a sentence: The words to the song are elusive, as the singer tends to mumble. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for mediate is "To come between parties in order to reconcile.", and the definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless."

4 The intricate poem baffled most readers with its numerous obscure metaphors.
74% Answer Correctly
complicated
brandish
impenitent
dubious

Solution
The definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts." Used in a sentence: The intricate poem baffled most readers with its numerous obscure metaphors. The definition for dubious is "questionable.", the definition for brandish is "To shake or wave menacingly.", and the definition for impenitent is "Lacking remorse."

5 The con man's fraud involved selling swampland to gullible investors.
77% Answer Correctly
deceit
facade
stifle
penurious

Solution
The definition for fraud is "Trick." Used in a sentence: The con man's fraud involved selling swampland to gullible investors. The definition for stifle is "to repress or discourage.", the definition for penurious is "Extrememly stingy.", and the definition for facade is "false or superficial appearance."