ASVAB Word Knowledge

Adversity most nearly means

• Help

• Hardship

• Love

• Ease

Caustic most nearly means

• Smooth

• Corrosive

• Soft

• Heavy

They tired not to mar the furniture

• Spoil

• Move

• Overturn

• Sell

Zest most nearly means

• Enjoyment

• Sadness

• Stealth

• Annoyance

Several of the people in the audience began to sway

• Tumble head-over-heals

• Move back and forth

• Laugh

• Jump around

Enigma most nearly means

• Pleasure

• Discomfort

• Celebration

• Mystery

Punctual most nearly means

• Missing

• Prompt

• Late

• Quick

Loiter most nearly means

• Dawdle

• Dive

• Enlarge

• Lose

Fortunately they had an auxiliary light.

• Bright

• Helping

• Halogen

• Welcoming

You could tell that the carpenter was deft with his tools.

• Angry

• Foreign

• Skillful

• Carless