PICAT ASVAB STUDY GUIDE 2026 GENERAL
SCIENCE AND VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What does anachronistic most nearly mean?
Answer: obsolete
◉ What does incisive most nearly mean?
Answer: penetrating
◉ What does fortuitous most nearly mean?
Answer: happening by chance
◉ What does spite most nearly mean?
Answer: malice
◉ What does glean most nearly mean?
Answer: gather
◉ What does staunch most nearly mean?
, Answer: determined
◉ What does schism most nearly mean?
Answer: division
◉ What does willowy most nearly mean?
Answer: sinuous
◉ What does feisty most nearly mean?
Answer: high-spirited
◉ What does invariably most nearly mean?
Answer: customarily
◉ What does erratic most nearly mean?
Answer: unpredictable
◉ What does terse most nearly mean?
Answer: brief
◉ What does suppress most nearly mean?
Answer: stifle
SCIENCE AND VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What does anachronistic most nearly mean?
Answer: obsolete
◉ What does incisive most nearly mean?
Answer: penetrating
◉ What does fortuitous most nearly mean?
Answer: happening by chance
◉ What does spite most nearly mean?
Answer: malice
◉ What does glean most nearly mean?
Answer: gather
◉ What does staunch most nearly mean?
, Answer: determined
◉ What does schism most nearly mean?
Answer: division
◉ What does willowy most nearly mean?
Answer: sinuous
◉ What does feisty most nearly mean?
Answer: high-spirited
◉ What does invariably most nearly mean?
Answer: customarily
◉ What does erratic most nearly mean?
Answer: unpredictable
◉ What does terse most nearly mean?
Answer: brief
◉ What does suppress most nearly mean?
Answer: stifle