Asvab Vocab

Abate

to lessen or reduce

Abhor

to hate deeply

Abrupt

sudden and unexpected

Abundant

plentiful

Accord

agreement

Acute

sharp or severe

Adept

highly skilled

Adhere

to stick to

Adverse

harmful or unfavorable

Advocate

to support publicly

Affluent

wealthy

Aggravate

to make worse

Alleviate

to ease or relieve

Ambiguous

having more than one meaning; unclear

Amiable

friendly

Apathy

lack of interest

Arduous

difficult and tiring

Audible

loud enough to be heard

Austere

plain and strict

Benevolent

kind and generous

Blatant

obvious and unashamed

Brevity

shortness

Brittle

easily broken

Candid

honest and direct

Capacious

roomy

Cease

to stop

Coerce

to force

Cohesive

sticking together

Commend

to praise

Compel

to force

Concise

brief and clear

Concur

to agree

Condone

to overlook or excuse

Conspicuous

easy to notice

Cordial

warm and friendly

Covert

secret

Credible

believable

Cumbersome

bulky and awkward

Dearth

a shortage

Debris

scattered remains

Deceive

to mislead

Decipher

to figure out

Defer

to delay or yield

Deplete

to use up

Deter

to discourage

Diligent

hardworking and careful

Diminish

to make smaller

Discreet

careful not to attract attention

Dispel

to drive away

Docile

easily managed

Dormant

inactive

Durable

long-lasting

Elated

very happy

Elude

to escape or avoid

Emulate

to imitate

Endorse

to approve or support

Enhance

to improve

Erratic

unpredictable

Evade

to avoid

Exempt

free from a duty

Exorbitant

far too expensive

Expedite

to speed up

Feasible

possible

Feeble

weak

Fortify

to strengthen

Frugal

thrifty

Futile

useless

Gregarious

sociable

Haughty

arrogant

Hazardous

dangerous

Hinder

to get in the way of

Hostile

unfriendly

Impartial

fair; not taking sides

Impede

to block or slow

Imply

to suggest indirectly

Inept

unskilled

Inevitable

certain to happen

Infer

to conclude from evidence

Innate

inborn

Integrity

honesty

Intrepid

fearless

Jeopardy

danger

Lament

to mourn

Lethargic

sluggish

Lucid

clear

Meager

small or inadequate

Meticulous

very careful about details

Mitigate

to make less severe

Negligent

careless

Novice

a beginner

Obsolete

out of date

Obstinate

stubborn

Ominous

threatening

Opaque

not see-through

Pacify

to calm

Paramount

most important

Perilous

dangerous

Placid

calm

Plausible

believable

Prudent

wise and careful