ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 877934 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.49
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1 Benefactor most nearly means:
67% Answer Correctly
buffoonery
patron
methodical
prominence

Solution
The definition for benefactor is "One who offers financial help." Used in a sentence: Michael's aunt and benefactor paid his college tuition. The definition for prominence is "importance.", the definition for methodical is "Performed in an orderly manner.", and the definition for buffoonery is "Foolish behavior."

2 Corroborate most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
camaraderie
moderate
verify
surplus

Solution
The definition for corroborate is "To support with evidence." Used in a sentence: "Unless you can corroborate your story, it will not be admissible in court," the attorney told his client. The definition for moderate is "tending toward the average.", the definition for camaraderie is "Spirit of friendship.", and the definition for surplus is "Excess."

3 Hilda, to avoid squabbles, aimed for parity in the slices of birthday cake.
68% Answer Correctly
insinuate
sameness
grandiose
incidental

Solution
The definition for parity is "Equality." Used in a sentence: Hilda, to avoid squabbles, aimed for parity in the slices of birthday cake. The definition for incidental is "minor.", the definition for grandiose is "With an affectation of grandeur.", and the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly."

4 The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos.
73% Answer Correctly
raspy
compassion
drub
futile

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 drub is "to defeat decisively.", the definition for futile is "Without purpose, completely ineffective.", and the definition for raspy is "rough, grating."

5 Conduit most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
garish
abate
inflammatory
channel

Solution
The definition for conduit is "Means for transmitting or distributing." Used in a sentence: Jason, a notorious gossip, was a conduit for information about his friends. The definition for inflammatory is "tending to excite anger.", the definition for garish is "Offensively bright.", and the definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity."