ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 817766 Results

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1 Pallid most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
flaw
exalt
compulsion
pale

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 flaw is "an imperfection.", the definition for exalt is "To elevate by praise.", and the definition for compulsion is "An irresistible impulse."

2 Heinous most nearly means:
63% Answer Correctly
appraise
authoritarian
recrimination
odious

Solution
The definition for heinous is "Shockingly evil." Used in a sentence: Eduardo's heinous betrayal of Lydia shocked even Latasha, who knew his evil ways. The definition for authoritarian is "favoring absolute obedience to authority.", the definition for appraise is "To evaluate the worth of.", and the definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation."

3 Wanda read the dictionary every night to augment her vocabulary.
81% Answer Correctly
opportune
enhance
incidental
clairvoyance

Solution
The definition for augment is "To make greater." Used in a sentence: Wanda read the dictionary every night to augment her vocabulary. The definition for incidental is "minor.", the definition for clairvoyance is "Ability to see things beyond ordinary perception.", and the definition for opportune is "Suitable or convenient."

4 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
52% Answer Correctly
fragile
proximity
connoisseur
gargantuan

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 fragile is "delicate.", the definition for gargantuan is "Gigantic.", and the definition for proximity is "Closeness."

5 Periodic most nearly means:
81% Answer Correctly
commemorate
epitaph
repeated
turpitude

Solution
The definition for periodic is "Occurring at regular intervals." Used in a sentence: The periodic innterruptions of the cuckoo clock prevented Li from concentrating. The definition for epitaph is "brief statement honoring a dead person.", the definition for commemorate is "To mark by a ceremony.", and the definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity."