Asvab Word Knowledge Practice

Front 1

to make something less painful, severe, or serious

Back 1

alleviate

Front 2

the doctor has prescribed some drugs to ______ the pain.

Back 2

alleviate

Front 3

the U.N.'s most important objective is to _______ world poverty.

Back 3

alleviate

Front 4

a way of thinking or behaving that shows you care about other people and their interests more than you care about yourself.

Back 4

altruism

Front 5

not clear and therefore capable of being understood in more than one way,

the wording of his statement was highly _______

Back 5

ambiguous

Front 6

confusing or not definite, and therefore difficult to understand.

their position in society remains __________

Back 6

ambigous

Front 7

to walk in a slow relaxed way.

Back 7

amble

Front 8

visitors can _______ along miles of winding trails.

Back 8

amble

Front 9

a feeling of having no interest in or enthusiasm about anything, or of not being willing to make any effort to change things.

Back 9

apathy

Front 10

the problem of public ______ towards politics

Back 10

apathy

Front 11

someone who is _______ thinks they are better or more important than other people and behaves in a way that is rude and too confident.

Back 11

arrogant

Front 12

an ______ look/remark/manner

Back 12

arrogant

Front 13

his ________ disregard for other people's opinions

Back 13

arrogant

Front 14

how ______ of her to say that.

Back 14

arrogant

Front 15

able to express your thoughts, arguments, and ideas clearly and effectively.

she is a highly _______ woman.

Back 15

articulate

Front 16

_______ writing or speech is clear and easy to understand.

it gives an _______ description of the drug's effect.

Back 16

articulate

Front 17

BIOLOGY an ________ animal has joints (=parts of the body where two bones meet)

Back 17

articulate

Front 18

someone who helps a person or organization by giving them money.

Back 18

benefactor

Front 19

to make pain or another bad physical feeling less unpleasant.

use a cooling gel to _______ the discomfort of sunburn.
Your headaches can easily be ________ by regular aspirin.

Back 19

relieve(d)

Front 20

to replace someone when they finish work.

the night guards arrived to _______ the daytime crew.

Back 20

relieve

Front 21

FORMAL to free a castle or a town that has been surrounded by enemy forces.

Back 21

relieve

Front 22

to make a situation less boring

Reading helped to ______ the boredom while he was ill.

Back 22

relieve

Front 23

to make a problem or bad situation less serious.

The project is designed to _______ traffic congestion on the main routes into the city.

Back 23

relieve

Front 24

to become smaller in amount, level, importance, etc. or make something do this.

Back 24

lessen

Front 25

Traffic had ______ and the Mercedes was picking up speed.
Treatment will ______ the pain.

Back 25

lessen

Front 26

not clearly or fully explained.

some aspects of the law were somewhat ______ and ill-defined.
Witnesses gave only a ______ description of the driver.
The politicians made _______ promises about independence.

Back 26

vague

Front 27

someone who is ______ does not clearly or fully explain something

He was always _____ when I asked about deadlines. She was rather ______ about the details of the incident.

Back 27

vague

Front 28

a ______ feeling, memory, etc. is not complete, accurate, or fully formed.

Simon had only a ______ idea of where she worked.
I have a _______ memory of the hotel.
She had a _______ suspicion that something was wrong.

Back 28

vague

Front 29

a _____ shape is not clear or not easy to see

the ______ outline of a large animal

Back 29

vague

Front 30

lack of interest or sympathy

Back 30

indifference

Front 31

the campaign aims to combat public ________ to racial discrimination.

Back 31

indifference

Front 32

in a way that is clear to your senses.

He ______ heard her sigh.

Back 32

distinctly

Front 33

in a definite and clear way.

I _______ remember his putting the money in his pocket.

Back 33

distinctly

Front 34

carefully, so that what you say is easy to hear and understand.

When she spoke again it was slowly and _________.

Back 34

distinctly

Front 35

extremely

Lucy felt ________ uncomfortable.

Back 35

distinctly

Front 36

MEDICAL a _______ lump in your body or a ________ disease is not cancer and will not kill you

a ______ tumor

Back 36

benign

Front 37

FORMAL kind and nice

a ________ smile
a ________ old gentleman

Back 37

benign

Front 38

to change or remove the bad result of something.

This payment more than _________ for what we've lost.

Back 38

compensate

Front 39

to behave in a way that is intended to reduce the effects of a personal fault.

Lack of confidence is often __________ for by an aggressive manner.

Back 39

compensate(d)

Front 40

to pay someone money because they have suffered an injury or loss.

They were unlikely to be ___________ for the damage to the house.

Back 40

compensate(d)

Front 41

VERY FORMAL to pay someone for the work they do.

Back 41

compensate

Front 42

to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do.

Back 42

comply

Front 43

If you don't ________ you could face a penalty of $100.

Back 43

comply

Front 44

You are legally obliged to _______ fully with any investigations.

Back 44

comply

Front 45

to approve of behavior that most people think is wrong.

Back 45

condone

Front 46

the company does not _______ discrimination of any kind.

Back 46

condone

Front 47

to fail to notice or do something.

Accidents happen when safety checks are _________.

Back 47

overlook(ed)

Front 48

to fail to consider someone or something, or to fail to recognize success.

She claims that she was ________ for promotion because of her pregnancy.

Back 48

overlook(ed)

Front 49

to choose to ignore a mistake, fault, etc.

I'm prepared to ________ his indiscretions.

Back 49

overlook

Front 50

to have a view of something from above.

Our hotel ________ the Temple of Luxor and the river.

Back 50

overlook(ed)

Front 51

a feeling that someone or something is unimportant and deserves no respect

I have nothing but ________ for their ridiculous opinions.
She regarded the tabloid press with absolute _______.
I will treat that remark with the _______ it deserves.
How could she marry a man whom she holds in such utter _______?

Back 51

contempt

Front 52

failure to show appropriate respect for something that other people consider to be important.

He showed a complete ________ for other people's feelings.
their apparent ________ for international law

Back 52

contempt

Front 53

If someone or something is beneath ________ they are so bad or so unimportant that they do not deserve any attention

Back 53

beneath contempt

Front 54

to hate someone or something and have no respect for them.

Back 54

despise

Front 55

I ________ him for the way he treated his children.

Back 55

despised

Front 56

expressing criticism or disappointment in a way that is intended to make someone feel ashamed.

Back 56

reproachful

Front 57

the feeling that someone or something is not important and does not deserve any respect.

Back 57

disdain

Front 58

the broken pieces that are left when something large has been destroyed, especially by an explosion, fire, or accident.

Back 58

debris

Front 59

garbage or pieces of useless material that make a place messy.

Back 59

debris

Front 60

garbage

Back 60

rubbish

Front 61

things that someone says or writes that are not reasonable or sensible.

Most of the information in her article was utter _______
As usual, he was talking complete ________

Back 61

rubbish

Front 62

something that is useless, of no value, or of very low quality.

Critics have described the paintings as worthless ________.

Back 62

rubbish

Front 63

behavior that shows you respect someone and are willing to accept their opinion or decision.

Back 63

deference

Front 64

polite, especially in a formal way.

Back 64

courteous

Front 65

Hotel employees must be ________ at all times.

Back 65

courteous

Front 66

to reduce the amount of something or the number of things.

Back 66

deplete

Front 67

wars in the region have the country's food supplies.

Back 67

depleted

Front 68

the ________ of the forests in Uganda

Back 68

depletion

Front 69

to make someone decide not to do something.

Back 69

deter

Front 70

The : The rain didn't _______ people from coming to the game.

Back 70

deter

Front 71

to try to prevent something from happening, especially because you do not approve of it or think it is harmful.

measures to _______ the use of cars in cities
_________ someone from doing something:
We hope the bad weather won't _________ people from coming.

Back 71

discourage

Front 72

to make someone feel less confident or hopeful.

What she said didn't ________ me.

Back 72

discourage

Front 73

to treat someone unfairly because of their religion, race, or other personal features.

Employers are not allowed to ________ on the basis of gender.
Caulfield claimed they had _________ against him because of his nationality.

Back 73

discriminate

Front 74

to recognize the difference between things.

It can be difficult to _________ one sound from another.
Long-range missile attacks simply cannot __________ between military and civilian targets.

Back 74

discriminate

Front 75

FORMAL to be able to hear, see, smell, or taste something clearly.

Back 75

distinguish

Front 76

I could not ________ her face in the darkness.

Back 76

distinguish

Front 77

to do something very well so that people notice and respect you.

Back 77

distinguish yourself.

Front 78

he __________ himself during the war.

Back 78

distinguished

Front 79

an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people.

Ideally we'd choose judges who are without political _______
They were accused of _________ against people over 50.

Back 79

bias

Front 80

a special interest or ability in a particular thing, or a particular tendency.

a French course with a ________ toward the spoken language

Back 80

bias

Front 81

the edge of a piece of cloth cut at a slight angle to the fibers.

Back 81

bias

Front 82

a difference between things.

There is still a _________ in salaries among people doing the same job.

Back 82

disparity

Front 83

a situation in which people are not equal because some groups have more opportunities, power, money, etc. than others.

Back 83

inequality

Front 84

There are great __________ in health care across the country.

Back 84

inequality

Front 85

policies aimed at eliminating poverty, unemployment, and social ____________.

Back 85

inequality

Front 86

Her book is about the __________ between women and men.

Back 86

inequality

Front 87

to prove that something is not correct or true.

Back 87

disprove

Front 88

until now no one had been able to _______ the theory.

Back 88

disprove

Front 89

not sure about the truth or quality of something, or whether you should do something.

I'm very _______ about his ability to do the job.
We were _________ about signing the deal.

Back 89

dubious

Front 90

not completely good, safe, or honest.

I hear he has a ______ reputation in the business.
The story seemed a bit _______ to me.

Back 90

dubious

Front 91

used for saying that something is the opposite of the good thing you are describing it as.

I had the _________ pleasure of meeting him last night.

Back 91

dubious

Front 92

having doubts about something that other people think is true or right.

Harrison approved the plan, but Riley remained _______.
I'm very _______ about the results of the survey.

Back 92

skeptical