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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
:
pcat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Shameless immorality
tamper
profligacy
imperturbable
venal
2. Uncommunicativeness
revere
reticence
indulge
cajole
3. Draw move back wince
flinch
tadpole
taunt
belabor
4. Laziness
deferential
indolence
provoke
disingenuous
5. Heavy bulky dull
retard
refine
ponderous
abysmal
6. Cruel
cloture
extenuate
sadastic
prodigal
7. Like a rock hard stony
finicky
recidivism
duplicity
petrous
8. A beginner
jabber
rivet
tyro
misogynist
9. Situated beyond
ulterior
involute
figurehead
evince
10. Trace or sign
vestige
imprecation
iconoclast
erudite
11. To speak harmful untruths about someone
renovate
exoneration
conciliatory
malign
12. Counterfeit
forgery
drawl
penury
pulchritude
13. Feeling doubt
slake
libertine
dubious
diaphanous
14. Display to obtain admiration or envy
perspicacity
relapse
gloat
ostentation
15. Quality of endurance or courage
odium
mettle
encapsulate
forbearance
16. Beginning
laudatory
incipient
countervail
recompense
17. Get to the root of
plumb
temperance
squat
exoneration
18. A sheet of floating ice
palpability
incessant
cogitate
floe
19. Substance used to absorb moisture
suppliant
rebuff
desiccant
sponge
20. Looking back on past
retrospective
ambrosial
serrated
plead
21. Destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
prevaricate
pest
ire
petulant
22. Challenged to be doubted
affable
garble
impugned
flimsy
23. Formal praise panegyric
predominate
iconoclast
eulogy
benevolence
24. Make thin and weak
emaciate
beatify
rife
reprobate
25. Severe criticism
warrant
spear
excoriation
inundate
26. Pedant authority on a subject
pundit
corporeal
expostulate
abeyance
27. Admit; declare openly
infuse
ubiquitous
avow
fagged
28. Repay give in return
indistinct
combustion
requite
discomfit
29. A loud domineering woman a scold or nag
sanction
cant
virago
massacre
30. See with an effort but clearly
coddle
contentious
hoodwink
discern
31. Unimportant
malinger
massacre
streak
trifling
32. Deification glorification to godliness
coy
apotheosis
perfidy
turbid
33. Causing grief or pain serious dire grave
grievous
indistinct
frenetic
debacle
34. Turmoil a bewildering jumble
plea
welter
defalcate
upbraid
35. Forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
spear
incite
complaisance
trenchant
36. Vexation
enzyme
obloquy
coda
chagrin
37. Written order
ignominious
writ
catalyst
floe
38. Pretend
feint
burnish
hirsute
ruffian
39. Gruesome suggesting death
myriad
macabre
labyrinthine
Palpable
40. Denounce as dangerous
engender
proscribe
introspection
doleful
41. Tidy/show self-satisfaction
equivocal
preen
malleable
propitious
42. Flattery coaxing
aberration
fetter
rueful
blandishment
43. Jargon slang
enduring
homiletics
impugned
argot
44. Widespread
quibble
apotheosis
xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl)
rife
45. Surprise and fear dismay
erudite
consternation
clinch
ostensible
46. Spend wastefully
cabal
detraction
squander
stygian
47. Causing no harm
ulterior
innocuous
cogitate
preponderance
48. A riddle dilemma enigma
glimmer
conundrum
agile
reciprocity
49. Lying; habitually dishonest
enervate
mendacious
contiguous
smolder
50. Talkative garrulous
defer
sere
loquacious
hapless