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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
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pcat
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english
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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. Move quickly suddenly and with force
scalding
plunge
graze
disdain
2. Humorous funny jocular
gloat
facetious
snub
assail
3. Draw together unite firmly
knit
hoax
disparate
craven
4. Rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
graze
grovel
subsume
loll
5. Frank straight-forward
obstreperous
reticent
succor
candid
6. Include under a rule
philanthropist
subsume
apprise
entangle
7. Flag/badge
wean
ensign
churlish
indigenous
8. Large pile of wood for burning
contentious
auspicious
Palpable
pyre
9. (agreement) stop of fighting for a time
mettlesome
disproof
blandness
truce
10. Catalyst
urbane
bolster
entice
enzyme
11. Fix firmly by repetition
aversion
tout
inculcate
crush
12. Learned scholarly
intransigent
erudite
coerce
contiguous
13. Make tight or smaller
constrict
meretricious
intransigent
counterfeit
14. To be stained or discredited
vacillation
asperity
peremptory
sullied
15. A person who is attracted to foreign peoples cultures
limn
xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl)
consequential
elegy
16. Fallacious reasoning faulty logic
summarily
warmonger
sophistry
ebullient
17. Deep-rooted. long-established
inveterate
aggravate
tangential
blase
18. Skill (esp. in handling)
dexterity
idiosyncrasy
piquant
travesty
19. Abundant supply
submerge
deter
succumb
cornucopia
20. To portray depict sketch out
trudge
crease
delineate
boisterous
21. Dig up from the earth
extralegal
disinter
suffocate
cohort
22. Change direction
fracas
truce
commuter
veer
23. Arrogant pride
hubris
bereft
suborn
blandness
24. Calm and peaceful
fustian
mite
sobriquet
halcyon
25. Carved image on the prow of a ship
veracity
figurehead
interim
crease
26. Induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
heretic
suborn
odium
legacy
27. Representing the whole Christian world
ecumenical
stray
foible
excoriation
28. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer
sober
alacrity
ale
extinct
29. One who loves mankind
elaborate
sycophant
philanthropist
stickler
30. Opposing progress
reactionary
sophomoric
contiguous
grave
31. Temporary fleeting
matriculation
sententious
transient
penury
32. Noisy quarrel
regale
fracas
resort
sash
33. Traveling about wandering
cornucopia
peregrination
tepid
malinger
34. Reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
invincible
agglutinate
extenuate
gloat
35. Very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
macabre
florid
exoneration
ferocity
36. Arrogance
dawdler
turbulence
incredulous
presumption
37. Brief and to the point
terse
paradigm
elaborate
skiff
38. Outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
effluvia
substantiation
cavalcade
aberration
39. Involving clever rogues or adventurers
stingy
visceral
picaresque
recluse
40. Sparkle
coruscate
aberration
emaciate
churl
41. Sealed by fusion
fawn
strut
hermetic
flak
42. Noisy and rough
blatant
inculcate
lull
nadir
43. Reserved untalkative silent taciturn
reticent
epicurean
alacrity
dynamo
44. Intended to instruct
vindictive
haughty
vilify
didactic
45. Proof to the contrary
disproof
philanthropist
palpability
decorum
46. Succession connected line of
sequence
rant
amortize
penitent
47. Stinking
negligent
lassitude
importune
fetid
48. Made up of different kinds
topple
imperviousness
brook
heterogeneous
49. Lower the quality weaken the strength
vitiate
inured
intransigent
cursory
50. Pronounce (words)/express a theory
exigency
enunciate
presage
misanthrope