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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
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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. Fluent speaking skillful use of language
eloquence
valorous
gullible
vigilant
2. Effete no longer fertile worn out
acarpous
exploit
repulsive
curmudgeon
3. Secret with a hidden meaning
castigate
denigrate
cryptic
finical
4. Attention/give notice to
heed
lackluster
empirical
credulity
5. Complicated coiled twisted
knit
convoluted
perjury
aggravate
6. Gruesome suggesting death
macabre
egress
prone
cornucopia
7. Not pretended sincere
concur
perilous
unfeigned
mien
8. In enjoy warmth and light
vilify
prim
halcyon
bask
9. Leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
centurion
squat
recast
didactic
10. Striped grooved or banded
pluck
stipple
limp
striated
11. Statement that damages reputation
goad
epicurean
barrage
libel
12. Take the place of
paucity
feud
supersede
ostentation
13. Deep-rooted. long-established
volubility
inveterate
asterisk
jagged
14. Substance that causes speeding up
gush
catalyst
loll
quack
15. Substance that shrinks
astringent
halcyon
barren
resort
16. Make quiet or calm
dearth
castigate
noisome
appease
17. Rubbed off worn away by friction
abraded
implicate
pyre
spear
18. Person who loves wealth and spends little
misogynist
atonement
miser
indistinct
19. Filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
contrite
gauche
chary
fledged
20. Written order
blase
constrain
writ
sober
21. Call together summon
desiccant
fleet
platitude
convoke
22. Devious/not straightforward
tortuous
quiescence
contemn
eclat
23. Quality of being unskillful
portent
ineptitude
desultory
churlish
24. Piece of linen worn as a necktie
ignoble
sluggard
overhaul
cravat
25. Dull and slow
patron
corroboration
torpid
enzyme
26. Show bodily or mental pain
turquoise
wince
loquacious
snub
27. Collapse bursting inward
implosion
tautology
perjury
truce
28. Not paying proper attention
inadvertent
virago
fragrant
divestiture
29. Laziness
piquant
harrow
indolence
figurehead
30. Overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
recompense
indefatigability
welter
ebullient
31. Loyalty accuracy
turmoil
apostate
fidelity
sanity
32. Discover by searching search
ferret
insipid
benefactor
odious
33. A scheme or plot a group of plotters
centurion
dogmatic
cabal
plethora
34. Sham counterfeit not genuine
pluck
decorum
reminiscent
bogus
35. Bequest or inheritance
precarious
legacy
supine
sidestep
36. Forgery
discern
palliate
counterfeit
dangle
37. Process of burning
commodious
imperturbable
coda
combustion
38. To protest object
inured
limp
liberality
remonstrate
39. Persevering
veneration
sedulous
hermetic
combustion
40. Make morally bad corrupt
demur
ferment
deprave
glimmer
41. Having a desire to revenge
vindictive
dislodge
fragrant
canvass
42. Boldness brashness intrepidness
dud
temerity
fervor
nascent
43. To mark with different shade or colors
retrospective
dulcet
puerile
variegate
44. Idleness
vacuity
manacle
provoke
effrontery
45. Drink deeply
coagulation
expatiate
cloture
quaff
46. Belief contrary to what is generally accepted
molt
boorish
impute
heresy
47. Person who is slow waste of time
discredit
dawdler
immutable
consternation
48. Appearing TRUE or real
grandiloquent
verisimilitude
imminent
hubris
49. Everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
liberality
iconoclast
prosaic
detraction
50. Bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
flamboyant
colander
ail
harangue