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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Crouch shrink back
cower
infuse
indulgent
accretion
2. Too eager to obey or serve
edify
ubiquitous
obsequious
enmity
3. Not normal or usual
detraction
wince
preternatural
mundane
4. Frank straight-forward
propinquity
candid
insinuate
preen
5. Nurture care for
malapropism
inadvertent
odium
foster
6. Short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
sheath
plea
suppliant
sententious
7. Showing self-control
dud
concur
temperate
ameliorate
8. Lying on the back slow to act passive
thrift
underbid
supine
equable
9. To cause to adhere - as with glue
irresolute
agglutinate
hapless
odious
10. Varied motley greatly diversified
idolatry
inundate
insurrection
multifarious
11. Care economy thriving prosperous
smolder
thrift
implosion
facile
12. Meticulous
deter
disproof
punctilious
quibble
13. Wickedness shamefulness
turpitude
affinity
repudiate
rubicund
14. Say or do again several times
inculcate
reiterate
condense
petulant
15. Formidable causing fear
sober
salubrious
redoubtable
propitious
16. Wasteful reckless with money
abacus
prodigal
esoteric
erudite
17. Rules establishing standards of conduct
precepts
vanquish
transitory
clinch
18. Having a desire to revenge
clot
vindictive
mercurial
feud
19. Trick mislead
idyll
hoodwink
grumble
obstreperous
20. Half-solid lump formed from liquid
burgeon
argot
fervid
clot
21. Have nothing to do reject or refuse
spurn
levity
ascertain
pedestrian
22. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer
ale
matriculation
moribund
impervious
23. Taken away power (to think feel act)
purvey
petrified
conciliatory
vituperate
24. Something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
condense
luculent
impediment
fallacious
25. Measure hoe heavy something is
weigh
yarn
misanthrope
engrave
26. To praise highly
invincible
extol
perfunctory
gregarious
27. Mislead or delude; cheat; pass time
beguile
repel
pernicious
ford
28. A supporting bar
strut
pique
recant
sobriquet
29. Taste flavor something
lassitude
enunciate
savor
chaste
30. See with an effort but clearly
supercilious
partisan
felicitous
discern
31. Sparkle
pulchritude
chicanery
coruscate
embezzle
32. Smell favor reputation
deviance
odor
ambivalent
craven
33. Lazy slow-moving person
guile
sluggard
stipulate
catalyst
34. Blocked up
quack
burgeon
salubrious
occluded
35. Speech lecture
officious
discourse
aggravate
balk
36. Incapable of failure or error
foolproof
bewilder
drowsiness
tortuous
37. Waver/move in an uncertain manner
profuse
falter
ignominious
denigrate
38. Make or become pure cultural
foster
conviction
refine
ramify
39. Careful forethought
desiccant
rescind
propagation
prudence
40. Quick hurried
libel
labyrinthine
cursory
idyll
41. Heavy bulky dull
ponderous
dubious
coax
plod
42. Use extravagant language
recitals
rant
reprobate
arboreal
43. End (a debt) by setting aside money
heinous
disheveled
amortize
impiety
44. Letter
sedulous
idolatry
apropos
epistle
45. Hide keep secret
garble
transient
conceal
canvass
46. To be stained or discredited
sullied
swerve
egress
inept
47. To chastise correct by punishing
intrepid
castigate
doggerel
mellifluous
48. Skeptical unwilling to believe
trepidation
incredulous
indulgent
conspicuous
49. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
retard
epicurean
mince
sycophant
50. Voracious devouring
sobriety
indolence
edacious
rant