ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 848735 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.63
Score 0% 73%

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1 Advantageous most nearly means:
84% Answer Correctly
prominence
favorable
awe
disdain

Solution
The definition for advantageous is "Giving an advantage." Used in a sentence: The house's location in the best school district was advantageous to the seller. The definition for disdain is "feeling of contempt.", the definition for awe is "Emotion combining dread and wonder.", and the definition for prominence is "Importance."

2 After the fire, Mrs. Han tried to salvage her family photos from the wreckage.
84% Answer Correctly
epistolary
rescue
raucous
moderate

Solution
The definition for salvage is "To save from ruin." Used in a sentence: After the fire, Mrs. Han tried to salvage her family photos from the wreckage. The definition for epistolary is "contained or carried on in letters.", the definition for moderate is "Tending toward the average.", and the definition for raucous is "Noisy, rowdy."

3 The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet.
57% Answer Correctly
intricate
complement
eloquent
hedonism

Solution
The definition for foil is "One that enhances or underscores by contrast." Used in a sentence: The sweet cookie was a perfect foil to the sour lemon sorbet. The definition for hedonism is "belief that pleasure is the sole aim of life.", the definition for intricate is "Having complex and interrelated parts.", and the definition for eloquent is "Fluent, expressive."

4 The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion.
76% Answer Correctly
preclude
beat
epitaph
curtail

Solution
The definition for drub is "To defeat decisively." Used in a sentence: The powerful young boxer drubbed the longtime champion. The definition for preclude is "to rule out in advance.", the definition for epitaph is "Brief statement honoring a dead person.", and the definition for curtail is "To make less."

5 The school decided to take corrective measures to prevent truancy.
62% Answer Correctly
remedial
pathos
egotist
flourish

Solution
The definition for corrective is "Intended to correct." Used in a sentence: The school decided to take corrective measures to prevent truancy. The definition for flourish is "to make bold, sweeping gestures.", the definition for egotist is "Self–important person.", and the definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity."