WORD KNOWLEDGE ASVAB EXAM

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WORD KNOWLEDGE ASVAB EXAM

UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH

CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

SUBSUME most nearly means

• understate
• Absorb
• include
• Belong - correct answer- C. include

To subsume means to include within a larger class or order.

Our committee reached CONSENSUS

• accord
• Abridgement
• presumption
• quota - correct answer- A. accord

Consensus, like accord, means agreement

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ALTERCATION most nearly means

• defeat
• concurrence
• quarrel
• Vexation - correct answer- C. quarrel

Altercation, like quarrel, means a disagreement

Don't accuse him of being IRRESOLUTE

• wavering
• insubordinate
• impudent
• unobservant - correct answer- A. wavering

Irresolute, like wavering, means to hesitate between choices

LACONIC most nearly means

• slothful
• concise
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• melancholy - correct answer- B. concise

Laconic, like concise, means to express much in a few words.

AUDITION most nearly means

• Reception
• contest.
• Hearing
• Display - correct answer- C. Hearing

Audition, like hearing, means an opportunity to be heard.

The job was filled by a NOVICE

• Volunteer
• expert
• beginner
• amateur - correct answer- C. beginner

Novice designates one who has no training or experience in a specific field or activity, and hence is a beginner.

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A CONCILIATORY attitude sometimes helps

• pacific
• contentious
• obligatory
• offensive - correct answer- A. pacific

Pacific, like conciliatory, implies trying to preserve or obtain peace.

The drug will COUNTERACT any effect

• undermine
• censure
• preserve
• neutralize - correct answer- D. neutralize

To neutralize, as to counteract, means to render ineffective.

PRECEDENT most nearly means

• Example
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