ASVAB Vocabulary # ASVAB/M19

adj. null
(a) equally skilled at using both hands
(b) not easy to persuade; stubborn
(c) easily read (e.g. print)
(d) having no effect; devoid of effects; void
 
v. abscond
(a) to eat up greedily
(b) to pay out; to give away, usually funds
(c) to blot out; to erase; to remove
(d) to leave quickly and secretly and hide, especially to avoid prosecution
 
n. detergent
(a) usually a brick or stone structure constructed for support or reinforcement
(b) a person who acts like he or she has knowledge or high skill but does not
(c) a little cavern; small cave
(d) cleaning product or agent
 
adj. destitute
(a) poverty-stricken
(b) educated to the point of being able to read and write (e.g. person)
(c) following the exact words or intended meaning of the original (e.g. translation)
(d) cancerous or harmful (usually a growth)
 
v. diverge
(a) to starve; to endure severe hunger; to starve to death
(b) to break up
(c) to keep someone from having or getting something
(d) to go in different directions

adj. concise
(a) plentiful; large in supply
(b) believable
(c) capable of getting along together
(d) brief but complete
 
v. abdicate
(a) to drive away
(b) to slowly inject ideas into the mind
(c) to formally take over high power, office or responsibility
(d) to bring out; to summon; to recall to memory; to create new thoughts
 
n. charlatan
(a) a person who acts like he or she has knowledge or high skill but does not
(b) high attainment; peak of achievement
(c) horror; disgust
(d) appearance especially facial expressions; the face and its features
 
adj. pertinent
(a) of importance; relevant
(b) having to do with beauty; pertaining to beautiful appearances
(c) easily fooled; naive
(d) unreasonable; illogical; groundless
 
adj. sluggish
(a) without any preparation (e.g. remarks); unrehearsed
(b) slow moving
(c) unkempt; not clean and untidy
(d) bulky