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ASVAB Word List # ASVAB/W18

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Description of invincible (adjective: more invincible; most invincible; less invincible; least invincible)
unable to be conquered; impregnable; unbeatable

Samples of invincible
The castle was invincible to all attempts to conquer it.



   
Description of grim (adjective: grimmer; grimmest; less grim; least grim)
sternly forbidding (e.g. future)

Samples of grim
It looked grim for the outnumbered soldiers.



   
Description of sober (adjective: sober; more sober; most sober; less sober; least sober)
serious

Samples of sober
His wife's typical smiling face held a sober look and he wondered what she had heard on the telephone.



   
Description of lanky (adjective: lankier; lankiest; less lanky; least lanky)
tall and thin

Samples of lanky
He was lanky in build until he got out of his teens.
The tall lanky figure of Billy Tolboys was slouched in the comer seat by the fire.



   
Description of ambidextrous (adjective: more ambidextrous; most ambidextrous; less ambidextrous; least ambidextrous)
equally skilled at using both hands

Samples of ambidextrous
He has been ambidextrous his whole life.
Few of us are naturally ambidextrous but in terms of karate technique this can be achieved through training.

Determination of ambidextrous
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Description of latent (adjective: more latent; most latent; less latent; least latent)
hidden (e.g. talent)

Samples of latent
It wasn't until his thirties when the latent talent of being able to sing emerged.
What can be seen is that the attempt to correlate black youth and crime is a latent but definite element in the law and order debate.



   
Description of opulent (adjective: opulent; more opulent; most opulent; less opulent; least opulent)
describing riches; wealthy

Samples of opulent
His bedroom was quite opulent in its furnishings.
Life on board these opulent ships was claimed by one tourist to be "the perfection of human existence": electric light, carpets, libraries, ladies' saloons, gleaming brass, and white-robed servants with red tarbooshes to provide excellent service.



   
Description of nominal (adjective: nominal; more nominal; most nominal; less nominal; least nominal)
describing a small amount paid for a greater service or value

Samples of nominal
For a nominal charge, chocolate sauce is available with the ice cream.
Over the past decade productivity in Singapore has risen fast, but not nearly as fast as nominal wages.



   
Description of predominate (adjective: predominate; more predominate; most predominate; less predominate; least predominate)
leading; prevailing

Samples of predominate
The predominate party was now in power for four years.

Determination of predominate
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Description of staccato (adjective)
describing the breaks between successive sounds

Samples of staccato
The staccato gunfire was present every night in their neighborhood.
Gleaming French cars nosed along the cluttered roadway bearing corpulent Chinese and their bejewelled wives or concubines in their curtained interiors, and the staccato, unmelodious babble of the Cantonese dialect had entirely replaced the softer, sibilant tones of the Annamese language.



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