ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 897493 Results

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1 Pallid most nearly means:
80% Answer Correctly
turpitude
pale
apathetic
regale

Solution
The definition for pallid is "Lacking color." Used in a sentence: The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for regale is "To amuse.", and the definition for apathetic is "Showing little or no emotion."

2 The soldiers cherished the kindly Nurse Nightingale for her pathos.
74% Answer Correctly
cunning
compassion
unscrupulous
genial

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 cunning is "showing clever insight.", the definition for unscrupulous is "Lacking principles.", and the definition for genial is "Sympathetic, friendly."

3 Interminable most nearly means:
68% Answer Correctly
unscrupulous
gravity
fickle
ceaseless

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 fickle is "lacking constancy, changeable.", the definition for gravity is "Importance, significance.", and the definition for unscrupulous is "Lacking principles."

4 The loud blast of the cannon induced an avalanche.
72% Answer Correctly
incite
aerate
recrimination
incumbent

Solution
The definition for induce is "To influence or cause." Used in a sentence: The loud blast of the cannon induced an avalanche. The definition for incumbent is "necessary as a duty or responsibility.", the definition for aerate is "To supply with air.", and the definition for recrimination is "A retaliatory accusation."

5 Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day.
85% Answer Correctly
corrosive
buffer
strict
gruff

Solution
The definition for authoritarian is "Favoring absolute obedience to authority." Used in a sentence: Marco's authoritarian mother never allowed him to watch more than one hour of television a day. The definition for corrosive is "bitingly sarcastic.", the definition for gruff is "Rough or stern in manner or speech.", and the definition for buffer is "Protective barrier."