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Some of the Word Knowledge questions you’ll see on the ASVAB don’t have any context that can offer you clues about their meaning (some are in sentences, which can make them easier to decode). The good news: You may be able to give a word your own context, and when you do, you may find that you actually know the answer.

When you see a word you don’t know, try to place it in context. Ask yourself, “Have I heard this word before?”

Afoul most nearly means

(A) correctly.

(B) wrongly.

(C) easily.

(D) disgusting.

Have you heard the word afoul in a sentence before? If you’ve heard of someone “running afoul of the law,” you can surmise that the word doesn’t mean correctly, easily, or disgusting — and that leaves you with Choice (B), which happens to be the right answer. It might be a fuzzy definition, but sometimes that’s all you need.

Think of phrases you’ve heard that include these words (or variations of them), and then see whether you can guess their meanings.

 Abstain: “We had abstinence-only education in school.”

 Deduce: “I’ll try to deduce the answer based on what I know.”

 Malignant: “The tumor is malignant.”

 Credible: “Can you back that up with a credible source?”

(Abstain is a verb that means to restrain oneself from doing something. Deduce is a verb that means to arrive at a conclusion by reasoning. Malignant is an adjective that means life-threatening, spiteful, or mean. Credible is an adjective that means believable.)