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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. As an installment
interim
arabesque
articulate
mesmerize
2. Little known abstruse
recondite
drowsiness
stifled
empirical
3. Make angry
incense
amortize
unfeigned
ominous
4. Speech lecture
discourse
arabesque
grouse
dangle
5. One who considers himself smarter than others
reverent
aleck
doleful
arrant
6. Plot scheme (esp. evil)
cordial
machination
expostulate
fission
7. Inclined to indulge
arrogance
augury
indulgent
stride
8. End (a debt) by setting aside money
refractory
propagation
amortize
arduous
9. Cheerful person
jocular
extrovert
enthral
cohort
10. To favor or approve of
prune
benign
rescind
countenance
11. Abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
obtuse
epithet
temperance
misogynist
12. Reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
shun
aberration
flout
officious
13. Plundering
gallant
incursion
depredation
impending
14. Conquer
vanquish
restive
chary
foster
15. Likely to come or happen soon
obfuscate
imminent
veer
frugal
16. Draw out
elicit
resort
veer
jagged
17. Irritable easily angered
lassitude
recast
serrated
irascible
18. Presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
soporific
extol
overweening
synopsis
19. Pretend
libel
plumb
feint
blatant
20. Getting farther apart from a point
incipient
insularity
panegyric
divergence
21. To take in marriage
thrift
reprobate
precursory
espouse
22. Lying on the back slow to act passive
gullible
stint
supine
harbinger
23. To distress create stress or torment
quibble
fidelity
putrefaction
harrow
24. Ridicule mockery deriding
prone
hubris
harangue
derision
25. Ready and smooth but not sincere
impending
platitude
heresy
glib
26. To remove obscenity purify censor
expurgate
broach
expedient
discountenance
27. Hairy shaggy
hirsute
blandishment
didactic
germane
28. Think deeply mediate
knit
froward
discredit
cogitate
29. Food for horses and cattle
fawn
tenacity
forage
inferno
30. A very small amount - portion - or particle
gouge
supplicate
sobriquet
mite
31. Show some inclination to accept (an offer)
dirge
palpability
sober
nibble
32. Severe pain or suffering
conspicuous
insipid
gullible
torment
33. Greatness in number strength weight
flout
nibble
stolid
preponderance
34. Secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
collusion
molt
indulge
extinguish
35. To hinder obstruct or block
stymie
fluster
duress
luminary
36. Twisting force causing rotation
inclined
surcharge
torque
brass
37. Having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
mince
chaste
impetuous
cower
38. Likely to be useful for a purpose
expedient
nadir
efficacy
cower
39. Substance become excited
ferment
chauvinist
imperious
inquest
40. Speak comprehensively become wider large
surcharge
gloat
collusion
dilate
41. Disdainful characterized by haughty scorn
sobriety
supercilious
exuberance
overhaul
42. Meticulous
concord
condone
punctilious
introvert
43. One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
whimsical
apostate
insouciant
streak
44. Being bright polished
lustrous
petrified
vigilant
hush
45. Rough awkward
prudence
combustion
uncouth
convoluted
46. Draw move back wince
dubious
dud
sobriety
flinch
47. Humorous funny jocular
impermeable
provoke
facetious
contentious
48. Curse abuse in words
cantankerous
frenetic
chicanery
vituperate
49. Diligent hard-working sedulous
slake
assiduous
coeval
turbid
50. Engrave make a cut in
incise
wag
denouement
entreat