The Word Knowledge section of the ASVAB practice test assesses your understanding of word meanings, synonyms, and antonyms. It’s an important section for your AFQT score. Our ASVAB Word Knowledge practice test contains 16 questions that must be answered within 8 minutes.


1. Antipathy most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

2. Rigid most nearly means the opposite of:

 
 
 
 

3. She did not condone his insubordination.

 
 
 
 

4. The teenager abandoned his job because he found it to be onerous.

 
 
 
 

5. Quiescent most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

6. Mitigate most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

7. Terse most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

8. Adversary most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

9. The new senator was a man of candor.

 
 
 
 

10. The word most opposite in meaning to tranquil is:

 
 
 
 

11. Happy most nearly means the opposite of:

 
 
 
 

12. Ambiguous most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

13. Contrived most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

14. Disparate most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

15. The word most opposite in meaning to rescind is:

 
 
 
 

16. Ebullient most nearly means:

 
 
 
 

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