ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 894148 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.56
Score 0% 71%

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1 After the fire, Mrs. Han tried to salvage her family photos from the wreckage.
84% Answer Correctly
appalling
illuminate
rescue
stern

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 stern is "harsh, severe.", the definition for illuminate is "To make clear.", and the definition for appalling is "Inspiring dismay or disgust."

2 The critical teacher was quick to censure her students for even small mistakes.
66% Answer Correctly
embellish
unscrupulous
blame
beneficial

Solution
The definition for censure is "To find fault with." Used in a sentence: The critical teacher was quick to censure her students for even small mistakes. The definition for beneficial is "helpful.", the definition for embellish is "To decorate.", and the definition for unscrupulous is "Lacking principles."

3 Comprehensible most nearly means:
74% Answer Correctly
intelligle
untenable
incidental
recrimination

Solution
The definition for comprehensible is "Understandable." Used in a sentence: Shannon spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor. The definition for recrimination is "a retaliatory accusation.", the definition for incidental is "Minor.", and the definition for untenable is "Not able to be defended."

4 Interminable most nearly means:
68% Answer Correctly
regurgitate
ceaseless
retroactive
brandish

Solution
The definition for interminable is "Never ending, or seemingly endless." Used in a sentence: The impatient Zoe found the longwinded lecture interminable. The definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition.", the definition for regurgitate is "To pour out or throw back.", and the definition for brandish is "To shake or wave menacingly."

5 Iridescent most nearly means:
65% Answer Correctly
shimmering
proximity
mediate
finite

Solution
The definition for iridescent is "Having a lustrous or attractivve quality." Used in a sentence: The movie star's iridescent presence charmed even the hardened reporter. The definition for finite is "having definite limits.", the definition for proximity is "Closeness.", and the definition for mediate is "To come between parties in order to reconcile."