ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 848160 Results

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1 Intricate most nearly means:
74% Answer Correctly
prune
fickle
complicated
insolence

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 fickle is "lacking constancy, changeable.", the definition for prune is "To reduce by removing excess.", and the definition for insolence is "Boldness or rudeness."

2 The writer was thrilled when his story was included in an anthology of American masterpieces.
80% Answer Correctly
rehash
parity
collection
ecstatic

Solution
The definition for anthology is "A collection of selected literary pieces." Used in a sentence: The writer was thrilled when his story was included in an anthology of American masterpieces. The definition for rehash is "to discuss again.", the definition for ecstatic is "Overwhelmingly emotional.", and the definition for parity is "Equality."

3 Pantomime most nearly means:
60% Answer Correctly
gargantuan
adversary
cunning
charade

Solution
The definition for pantomime is "Telling a story through gestures." Used in a sentence: The jealous actress called her understudy's performance a ridiculous pantomime. The definition for cunning is "showing clever insight.", the definition for adversary is "One who opposes or resists.", and the definition for gargantuan is "Gigantic."

4 The story about the actress in the gossip column was a distortion of the truth.
61% Answer Correctly
contortion
turmoil
penurious
insinuate

Solution
The definition for distortion is "The act of twisting out of shape." Used in a sentence: The story about the actress in the gossip column was a distortion of the truth. The definition for insinuate is "to suggest indirectly.", the definition for penurious is "Extrememly stingy.", and the definition for turmoil is "Extreme confusion, agitation."

5 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
51% Answer Correctly
pathos
incumbent
connoisseur
augment

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 augment is "to make greater.", the definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity.", and the definition for incumbent is "Necessary as a duty or responsibility."