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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. Directing the mind in a certain direction
cryptic
paradigm
inclined
dissolution
2. Frank straight-forward
candid
presage
salutary
sanctimony
3. Of the body
revere
incite
astringent
somatic
4. Coming into existence emerging
epiphany
renowned
indulge
nascent
5. Renounce disallow repudiate
benign
lugubrious
clientele
forswear
6. Gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
temerity
indulge
abate
shallow
7. Repeal or annul by authority
acumen
bewilder
abrogate
mellifluous
8. Unlucky
ambiguous
lionize
predominate
hapless
9. Taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
untoward
engrossing
inveigh
torment
10. Repulsive hateful
lament
odious
stolid
irresolute
11. Like a rock hard stony
edacious
negligent
aver
petrous
12. Show some inclination to accept (an offer)
abacus
falter
nibble
eddy
13. Dishes made of baked clay
teetotal
rife
bandy
earthenware
14. A lament a melancholy composition
resigned
profundity
elegy
rejuvenation
15. Present everywhere
tonic
ubiquitous
exigency
indefatigability
16. Aimless haphazard digressing at random
abacus
lustrous
appease
desultory
17. Repay give in return
distrait
reticence
requite
stifled
18. Stubborn unmanageable untractable
shallow
castigation
refractory
pluck
19. Excessive admiration of
reticent
lucubrate
detraction
idolatry
20. Hypnotize
timid
equivocate
imbroglio
mesmerize
21. Act with excessive enthusiasm
vain
rave
astute
ferocity
22. Speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind)
dissemble
precepts
trepidation
constrain
23. Walk with long steps
stride
obtain
candid
vitiate
24. Continue doing something without resting
plod
ecumenical
insensible
quirk
25. Widespread
rife
forfeit
mendicant
adulteration
26. Kind and gentle mild (climate)
benign
quell
calumny
immutable
27. Idleness
extinguish
muffler
vacuity
engender
28. Dishonesty
lassitude
stentorian
mendacity
covetous
29. Lost brightness
tarnished
centurion
picaresque
indigence
30. Disdainful characterized by haughty scorn
fervid
shrill
supercilious
prodigious
31. Stir up excite
dissemble
emote
censure
discredit
32. Additional strengthening evidence
corroboration
sententious
underbid
prosaic
33. Examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
profuse
diffidence
commemorate
overhaul
34. Intended to instruct
endearing
bedizen
malapropism
didactic
35. Complain or grumble (verb)
saturnine
grouse
fission
ambivalent
36. Producing sleep
abide
droll
euphoria
soporific
37. Transparent gauzy
diaphanous
gnaw
plead
telltale
38. Reserved; indifferent
repulsive
plethora
aloof
torque
39. Make (pain) easier to bear
malleable
panegyric
alleviate
husk
40. Paint portray
emote
coruscate
limn
penurious
41. To delight or entertain to feast
lionize
churlish
regale
grovel
42. Strong energetic
ruffian
tarnished
vigorous
vitiate
43. Harmful causing mischief
sanction
vestige
jocular
mischievous
44. Lowest weakest point
assiduous
stickler
nadir
paucity
45. Dullness/not allowing light to pass through
maudlin
opaqueness
unearth
eloquence
46. Calm sluggish temperament unemotional
sophistry
levee
retinue
phlegmatic
47. Cheap gaudy showy tacky
tawdry
slack
retard
mischievous
48. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious
fawn
exorbitant
extempore
obdurate
49. Worry irritation wear away
fret
imprecation
subdue
imperturbable
50. Outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
garble
gust
stride
cryptic