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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. Very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
florid
pariah
pundit
ineffable
2. Weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
castigate
soot
spear
prolix
3. Causing grief or pain serious dire grave
conceal
facetious
grievous
grumble
4. Heavy bulky dull
dissent
extrovert
ponderous
streak
5. Person who tells anecdotes
petulant
plaintive
valiant
raconteur
6. Person who insists on importance of something
baleful
connote
stickler
ingest
7. Send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
restive
hack
clinch
shunt
8. Unaware having no memory
ruddy
manacle
concord
oblivious
9. Circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
plea
morose
gainsay
eddy
10. Cowardly
scurvy
craven
miser
portent
11. Take the place of
revere
dismal
servile
supersede
12. Trap
assail
imperious
snare
sanctimony
13. Easy-going trifle
arrogance
aversion
unencumbered
inured
14. Coming into existence emerging
tepid
stingy
incredulous
nascent
15. Take in by swallowing
prodigal
slake
ingest
endearing
16. Touch or scrape lightly in passing
graze
deprave
convoluted
scurvy
17. Bad-tempered person
churl
parsimonious
subsume
impede
18. Everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
discern
ambidextrous
poncho
prosaic
19. Something sharp
stymie
refulgent
sting
acumen
20. Conciliatory appeasing mitigating
arboreal
recondite
propitiatory
connotation
21. Something giving strength or energy
vagary
stickler
tonic
writ
22. Following; attendants
ossify
superimpose
shrill
retinue
23. Convincing firm belief
upbraid
conviction
pluck
coddle
24. Make or become silent
audacious
implicit
falter
hush
25. Make something (pain desire) less
pernicious
topple
acarpous
assuage
26. No longer active
extinct
dogmatic
insouciant
ambidextrous
27. Celebrated famous
dud
neophyte
rancorous
renowned
28. Lying on the back slow to act passive
extort
supine
sermon
nibble
29. Call together summon
gust
convoke
defiance
parenthesis
30. Having a desire to revenge
dormant
vindictive
variegate
disconcert
31. A riddle dilemma enigma
conundrum
diatribe
hapless
narcissism
32. A generator something that produces electric current
complaisant
precepts
dynamo
indigence
33. (adj) boorish
churlish
warmonger
glut
recitals
34. Suspended action
splenetic
abeyance
affinity
invincible
35. Confuse embarrass
discomfit
abeyance
euphoria
subsume
36. Make unfair selection from facts
garble
impugned
contumacious
lampoon
37. Insubordinate rebellious
abhor
equanimity
contumacious
impromptu
38. To delight or entertain to feast
somatic
parsimonious
sidestep
regale
39. Star light-giving body
divestiture
flop
obstreperous
luminary
40. Pale yellow (hair) a plant
serration
renovate
flax
desiccant
41. Gather facts in small quantities
manacle
jabber
glean
warrant
42. Person who hates mankind
edacious
insurrection
rescind
misanthrope
43. Brave
spear
valorous
curmudgeon
parenthesis
44. Worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
abhor
dainty
sophisticated
mundane
45. Unfortunate inconvenient
decorum
untoward
irate
tawdry
46. A sheet of floating ice
corroboration
enzyme
floe
quirk
47. Hurt by rough handling
torment
maul
ambiguous
garner
48. Fresh and green
legacy
implosion
verdant
burnish
49. Number of ships quick-moving
exuberance
fleet
ascend
presumption
50. To polish rub to a shine
ale
surcharge
cadge
burnish