ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 870009 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.38
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1 Euphoria most nearly means:
59% Answer Correctly
revive
augment
elation
negate

Solution
The definition for euphoria is "Feeling of great happiness." Used in a sentence: Cassandra was overcome with euphoria when she met her long–lost sister. The definition for revive is "to bring back to life.", the definition for augment is "To make greater.", and the definition for negate is "To make invalid."

2 Retroactive most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
exception
grandiose
retrograde
censure

Solution
The definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition." Used in a sentence: The retroactive law made even past infractions punishable. The definition for exception is "a case to which the rule does not apply.", the definition for grandiose is "With an affectation of grandeur.", and the definition for censure is "To find fault with."

3 Pathos most nearly means:
73% Answer Correctly
iridescent
gravity
compassion
turpitude

Solution
The definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity." Used in a sentence: The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for gravity is "Importance, significance.", and the definition for iridescent is "Having a lustrous or attractivve quality."

4 Duplicity most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
preclude
corroborate
deceit
archaic

Solution
The definition for duplicity is "Deceptive thought, speech, or action." Used in a sentence: The life of an undercover detective is filed with necessary duplicity. The definition for preclude is "to rule out in advance.", the definition for corroborate is "To support with evidence.", and the definition for archaic is "Characteristic of an earlier time."

5 Situated on a mountain, with sixteen–foot walls, the castle was inviolable.
84% Answer Correctly
drab
untouchable
periodic
flourish

Solution
The definition for inviolable is "Secure from assault of trespass." Used in a sentence: Situated on a mountain, with sixteen–foot walls, the castle was inviolable. The definition for periodic is "occurring at regular intervals.", the definition for flourish is "To make bold, sweeping gestures.", and the definition for drab is "Dull, monotonous."