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ASVAB Word List # ASVAB/M22

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Explanation of obstinate (adjective)
forms: obstinate; more obstinate; most obstinate; less obstinate; least obstinate
not easy to persuade; stubborn

Sample of obstinate
The man was obstinate about coming in from the rain.


   
Explanation of intricate (adjective)
forms: more intricate; most intricate; less intricate; least intricate
delicate; complicated; having many connecting factors

Sample of intricate
Atomic engines are quite intricate in design.


   
Explanation of barren (adjective)
forms: more barren; most barren; less barren; least barren
unfruitful

Sample of barren
Despite the farmer's work; he could not grow anything on the barren soil.


   
Explanation of infamous (adjective)
forms: more infamous; most infamous; less infamous; least infamous
having a bad reputation; well-known for something

Sample of infamous
The politician was infamous for his gambling and adulterous practices.
Chinese ladies used perfume from plants for their hair, the Romans used herbs of all kinds, especially lavender, for bathing -- even the ancient Britons used a plant for colouring their skins, the infamous woad, Isatis tinctoria, whose leaves, made into a paste, supplied a blue dye.


   
Explanation of deprive (verb)
forms: deprived; depriving; deprives
to keep someone from having or getting something

Sample of deprive
Boot camp will deprive someone of his or her freedom for a short time.
Whatever the nature of protection provided by registration, it is also a wise precaution for a chargee to deprive a company of the title deeds to its properties --; this is another advantage of having trustees who can take possession of the deeds.


   
Explanation of cumbersome (adjective)
forms: cumbersome; more cumbersome; most cumbersome; less cumbersome; least cumbersome
bulky

Sample of cumbersome
It was hard to fit the cumbersome couch through the front door.


   
Explanation of nonchalant (adjective)
forms: nonchalant; more nonchalant; most nonchalant; less nonchalant; least nonchalant
not excitable; very casual

Sample of nonchalant
The man was nonchalant even after hearing that his brother had died.
She begins to describe, in the most nonchalant tone of voice, the variety of hard and soft drugs: "I'm beginning to become familiar with them all, hashish, cannabis, heroin".


   
Explanation of apt (adjective)
forms apter; aptest: less apt; least apt
suitable or quick to learn and attentive

Sample of apt
The Combat Lifesaver class was full of apt pupils.
In British political life of the previous twenty years, latent anti-Jewish feeling had been apt to surface in response to particular events.


   
Explanation of agile (adjective)
forms: agile; agiler; agilest
nimble; able to move in a quick and easy way

Sample of agile
Children are usually more agile than adults.


   
Explanation of compatible (adjective)
forms: more compatible; most compatible; less colossal; least colossal
capable of getting along together

Sample of compatible
On their first date; they found each other quite compatible.
Unix International said last week that it has finalised its systems and network management requirements, focused on a single object-based model, making them compatible and interoperable with the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Management Environment (DME).


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