ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test 962768 Results

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1 Retroactive most nearly means:
61% Answer Correctly
onset
camaraderie
retrograde
comprehensible

Solution
The definition for retroactive is "effective as of a prior time or condition." Used in a sentence: The retroactive law made even past infractions punishable. The definition for camaraderie is "spirit of friendship.", the definition for onset is "Beginning.", and the definition for comprehensible is "Understandable."

2 The impatient Zoe found the longwinded lecture interminable.
68% Answer Correctly
absolve
ceaseless
precept
corroborate

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 corroborate is "to support with evidence.", the definition for precept is "A general rule of action.", and the definition for absolve is "To forgive; to free from guilt."

3 Polarize most nearly means:
68% Answer Correctly
divide
belated
curtail
fidelity

Solution
The definition for polarize is "To break up into opposing groups." Used in a sentence: Thelma tended to polarize discussions rather than to encourage compromise. The definition for belated is "past the normal or proper time.", the definition for curtail is "To make less.", and the definition for fidelity is "State of being faithful."

4 The nurse was worried by the patient's pallid face and shallow breathing.
80% Answer Correctly
trove
pantomime
pale
melee

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 pantomime is "telling a story through gestures.", the definition for trove is "Valuable collection.", and the definition for melee is "A tumultuous fight among several people."

5 Professor Tan rambled during his lectures, frequently straying from the subject.
72% Answer Correctly
fickle
roam
turpitude
serenity

Solution
The definition for ramble is "To wander, physically or in language." Used in a sentence: Professor Tan rambled during his lectures, frequently straying from the subject. The definition for serenity is "calmness.", the definition for fickle is "Lacking constancy, changeable.", and the definition for turpitude is "Essential baseness, depravity."