ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 893349 Results

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1 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
51% Answer Correctly
connoisseur
derivative
defiant
lurid

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 lurid is "causing horror, shocking.", the definition for defiant is "Showing bold resistance.", and the definition for derivative is "Lacking originality."

2 The turpitude of the villain in the movie offended most audiences.
60% Answer Correctly
accentuate
placebo
prominence
corruption

Solution
The definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity." Used in a sentence: The turpitude of the villain in the movie offended most audiences. The definition for placebo is "an inactive substance used in medical testing.", the definition for accentuate is "To emphasize.", and the definition for prominence is "Importance."

3 Conduit most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
moderate
channel
redouble
inviolable

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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 redouble is "to make twice as great.", the definition for moderate is "Tending toward the average.", and the definition for inviolable is "Secure from assault of trespass."

4 Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate.
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subside
lurid
flourish
hedonism

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The definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity." Used in a sentence: Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate. The definition for flourish is "to make bold, sweeping gestures.", the definition for lurid is "Causing horror, shocking.", and the definition for hedonism is "Belief that pleasure is the sole aim of life."

5 Jennifer's outspoken criticism of the meal disoncerted the waiter.
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unnerve
servile
lurid
repentant

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The definition for disconcert is "To throw into confusion." Used in a sentence: Jennifer's outspoken criticism of the meal disoncerted the waiter. The definition for servile is "fearfully submissive.", the definition for lurid is "Causing horror, shocking.", and the definition for repentant is "Feeling regret."