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although Contrast “Although she was hesitant, Cheryl voted to reopen the school.” but Contrast “The class is difficult but fun.” despite Contrast “The dog ate the ice cream despite having eaten 10 minutes before.” however Contrast “Sadie applied at several colleges. However, only one accepted her.” rather than Contrast “The movie is boring rather than enjoyable.” while Contrast “Many troops are resourceful, while others are unimaginative.”

       They recoiled as if they had just seen a ghost.

      (A) cringed

      (B) laughed

      (C) shouted

      (D) endured

      The signal phrase in the question is “as if,” which is very similar to “like.” Knowing that, what’s the most likely answer? If you saw a ghost, you probably wouldn’t laugh, shout, or endure. (I’d run.) The most correct answer is Choice (A), cringed, because that’s far more likely to be your response than any of the other choices are.

      One of these things is not like the other: Ruling out wrong answers

One of the most successful ASVAB strategies involves ruling out answers that aren’t likely to be correct before settling on the one you think is right. When two answer choices mean almost the same thing, or when some choices don’t match the prefix, suffix, or root word, you can cross them off as possibilities.

       Inhabit most nearly means

      (A) vacate.

      (B) reside.

      (C) depart.

      (D) leave.

      Choices (A), (C), and (D) are all very similar in meaning, leaving only Choice (B), reside, as the clear front-runner.

      On the ASVAB, your choices aren’t likely to be this obvious, but you may be able to rule out two choices and give yourself a 50-50 chance of finding the correct answer.

       Deform most nearly means

      (A) cure.

      (B) heal.

      (C) contort.

      (D) tragedy.

      Choices (A) and (B) are essentially the same, so you can eliminate those two. Now look at the prefix, de-, and compare it to what you find in Table 4-2 or other words that begin with the same prefix. De- means “away from.” In Table 4-4, you can see that the root word form means “shape.” That means Choice (C), contort, is the right answer for this question. (Combining ASVAB test-taking strategies gives you an extra edge!)

      Mind filling in? Replacing the word with the answer choices

      When you encounter a Word Knowledge question that asks you to define a word in a sentence, you may find that swapping out the underlined word with each of your choices leads you to the correct answer.

       The CDC hasn’t been able to identify the pathogen that these people ingested before turning into zombies.

      (A) person

      (B) carrier

      (C) event

      (D) bacteria

      Replace pathogen with person, carrier, event, and bacteria. (The word ingested is a big clue. The words person, carrier, and event just don’t make sense in the sentence.)

      This strategy can work in conjunction with other strategies, too:

       Maria was worried that the cockroaches in the apartment would have a deleterious effect on her daughter’s health.

      (A) helpful

      (B) harmful

      (C) erasing

      (D) backward

Replace deleterious with each of the answer choices. Choice (B), harmful, is the only one that makes sense — especially because the sentence says, “Maria was worried,” which shows you that the correct answer won’t be something positive.

      Say what? Parts of speech matter

When you see a Word Knowledge question that asks you to define a word in a sentence, you might be able to weed out one or two incorrect choices by knowing the parts of speech. Table 4-6 lists the eight parts of speech, notes what roles they play in sentences, and gives you some examples.

TABLE 4-6 Parts of Speech

Part	Role	Examples
Noun	Names a person, place, thing, or idea	Mr. Hall, lawyer, United States, suffix
Verb	Expresses an action or state of being	to write, to read, to eat, to play, to be
Adjective	Describes a noun	green, sleepy, hungry, fast, beautiful
Adverb	Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb	tremendously, very, cautiously, dangerously, sneakily
Pronoun	Replaces a noun	he, she, they, it, this, I, you
Preposition	Relates a noun or pronoun to another word	in, on, around, after, under
Conjunction	Connects clauses to sentences	and, but, if
Interjection	Expresses emotions or feelings	cool, awesome, holy cow, uh-oh, eek

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