ASVAB Study

Question 1

Commemorate

Answer 1

recall and show respect for (someone or something)

Question 2

Negligent

Answer 2

failing to take proper care in doing something

Question 3

Remiss

Answer 3

lacking care or attention to duty; negligent

Question 4

Unfettered

Answer 4

unrestrained or uninhibited

Question 5

Inhibit

Answer 5

hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)

Question 6

Resuscitate

Answer 6

revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death

Question 7

Immobilize

Answer 7

prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal

Question 8

Terse

Answer 8

sparing in the use of words; abrupt

Question 9

Succinct

Answer 9

(especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed

Question 10

Interminable

Answer 10

endless (often used hyperbolically)

Question 11

Perpetual

Answer 11

never ending or changing

Question 12

Precipitous

Answer 12

dangerously high or steep

Question 13

Deter

Answer 13

discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences; stop

Question 14

Endemic

Answer 14

native; native and restricted to a certain place

Question 15

Benevolent

Answer 15

kind; well-meaning and kindly

Question 16

Ameliorate

Answer 16

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

Question 17

Augment

Answer 17

enhance; make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

Question 18

Lassitude

Answer 18

fatigue; a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

Question 19

Propinquity

Answer 19

proximity; the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

Question 20

Emanate

Answer 20

exude; of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source)

Question 21

Exude

Answer 21

discharge (moisture or a smell) slowly and steadily; strongly open (person)

Question 22

Adulation

Answer 22

adoration; obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise

Question 23

Obsequious

Answer 23

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 24

Enigma

Answer 24

mystery; a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

Question 25

Antipathy

Answer 25

dislike; a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion

Question 26

Detest

Answer 26

dislike intensely; hate

Question 27

Belligerent

Answer 27

hostile and aggressive

Question 28

Irascible

Answer 28

irritable; having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Question 29

Obtuse

Answer 29

dull; annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Question 30

Disparate

Answer 30

different; essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

Question 31

Sagacity

Answer 31

wisdom; (sagacious) having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd.