ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 900765 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
pretentious
ramble
pathos
connoisseur

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 ramble is "to wander, physically or in language.", the definition for pretentious is "Making unjustified claims.", and the definition for pathos is "Sympathetic pity."

2 Grandiose most nearly means:
56% Answer Correctly
fraud
ramble
pretentious
combative

Solution
The definition for grandiose is "With an affectation of grandeur." Used in a sentence: The sweeping, grandiose staircase looked preposterous in the modest entry hall. The definition for ramble is "to wander, physically or in language.", the definition for combative is "Eager to fight.", and the definition for fraud is "Trick."

3 Pathos most nearly means:
73% Answer Correctly
heinous
compassion
pretense
demean

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 demean is "to lower status.", the definition for heinous is "Shockingly evil.", and the definition for pretense is "False intention or purpose."

4 Ethical most nearly means:
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revive
abate
honorable
mundane

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The definition for ethical is "Conforming to accepted standards." Used in a sentence: Mary did the ethical thing and turned in the diamond necklace she found. The definition for revive is "to bring back to life.", the definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity.", and the definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary."

5 The critical teacher was quick to censure her students for even small mistakes.
66% Answer Correctly
embellish
garish
blame
combustion

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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 combustion is "act of burning.", the definition for garish is "Offensively bright.", and the definition for embellish is "To decorate."