ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 920569 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.69
Score 0% 54%

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1 Garish most nearly means:
59% Answer Correctly
extant
gaudy
mundane
discern

Solution
The definition for garish is "Offensively bright." Used in a sentence: The garish wallpaper offended Jerome, who preferred subtle colors. The definition for mundane is "practical, ordinary.", the definition for extant is "Currently existing.", and the definition for discern is "To recognize as separate as distinct."

2 The manager asked the obnoxious diner to leave the restaurant.
55% Answer Correctly
cunning
insolence
objectionable
mundane

Solution
The definition for obnoxious is "Highly offensive." Used in a sentence: The manager asked the obnoxious diner to leave the restaurant. The definition for mundane is "practical, ordinary.", the definition for cunning is "Showing clever insight.", and the definition for insolence is "Boldness or rudeness."

3 Inauspicious most nearly means:
66% Answer Correctly
turpitude
promote
aerate
ominous

Solution
The definition for inauspicious is "Not favorable." Used in a sentence: Gary believed the black foreboding sky was an inauspicious sign. The definition for promote is "to contribute to the growth or prosperity of.", the definition for aerate is "To supply with air.", and the definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity."

4 Consuela's friends called her an aesthete when she claimed that Monet's paintings made her cry.
51% Answer Correctly
flagrant
apathetic
perception
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 apathetic is "showing little or no emotion.", the definition for perception is "Capacity for seeing or understanding.", and the definition for flagrant is "Noticeably offensive."

5 Critics panned the movie as a derivative version of last year's Best Picture.
38% Answer Correctly
liability
banal
catastrophic
rail

Solution
The definition for derivative is "Lacking originality." Used in a sentence: Critics panned the movie as a derivative version of last year's Best Picture. The definition for liability is "a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.", the definition for catastrophic is "Relating to extreme misfortune.", and the definition for rail is "To scold in harsh language."