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ASVAB WORD KNOWLEDGE SECTION EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -32 Questions and Answers
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Question 1: David hoped that going to the amusement park would help him shake his melancholy mood.
Answer:
Sorrowful
Question 2: Abate most nearly means
Answer:
Terminate
Question 3: Inhabit
Answer:
Reside (have one's permanent home in a particular place)
Question 4: Deform most nearly means
Answer:
Contort (twist or bend out of the normal shape)
Question 5: Calamity most nearly means
Answer:
Disaster
Question 6: Eschew
Answer:
Shun (Avoid using or Reject)
Question 7: Estrange most nearly means
Answer:
Alienate (Isolated)
Question 8: Momentous
Answer:
Significant (Great importance or significance)
Question 9: Opposite of Keen (interested or enthusiastic)
Answer:
Reluctant (unwilling)
Question 10: Recapitulate
Answer:
Summarize (State again the main points)
Question 11: Obtrude
Answer:
Impose (Something unwelcome or unfamiliar)
Question 12: Opulent
Answer:
Lavish
Question 13: Salutary
Answer:
Beneficial (producing good effects)
Question 14: Beneficent most nearly means
Answer:
Kind
Question 15: Analogous
Answer:
Comparable, Similar, Corresponding
Question 16: Acclaim
Answer:
Enthusiastic approval
Question 17: Detractor most nearly means
Answer:
Critic (a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something)
Question 18: Afoul most nearly means
Answer:
Wrongly
Question 19: Kinetic
Answer:
Moving
Question 20: Opposite of Profound (intense)
Answer:
Mild
Question 21: Nominal
Answer:
Insignificant (Lower than the actual)
Question 22: The word most opposite in meaning to "forthright" (Outspoken) is
Answer:
Polite
Question 23: The word most opposite in meaning to blame is
Answer:
Exalt (Think or speak very highly of)
Question 24: Clemency
Answer:
Mercy (Passion or forgiveness)
Question 25: Avert
Answer:
Prevent
Question 26: Corroborate nearly means
Answer:
Confirm or give support
Question 27: He recoiled as if he had just seen a ghost
Answer:
Cringed
Question 28: Truncate nearly means
Answer:
To shorten or abbreviate
Question 29: His house was "Derelict"
Answer:
Run-Down (disuse or neglect)