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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. Denounce as dangerous
matriculation
proscribe
hubris
fledgling
2. Write one's name on the back of
enmity
endorse
cordon
heed
3. Tightly stretched
taut
travesty
baneful
rift
4. Taking off getting rid of giving up
propagation
divestiture
abut
sequence
5. Showing respect
deferential
forfeit
ascend
lampoon
6. Magnificent
plummet
palatial
subsume
petrified
7. Slow way of speaking
ebullient
drawl
craven
tassel
8. Strong dislike
intrepid
grievous
convoluted
aversion
9. Person who loves wealth and spends little
parley
doggerel
miser
precepts
10. Short piece of humorous writing
aseptic
amalgamate
sanguine
skit
11. Member of a vigilance committee
vigilant
obviate
petulant
perch
12. Attract - lure
sever
entice
connote
astute
13. Arrogant conceited
haughty
hypocrisy
exigency
recast
14. Of connected with trees
cognizant
noisome
arboreal
valiant
15. Feeling or showing deep respect
benefactor
reverent
condone
flaunting
16. Forcefulness
vehemence
arrogance
weigh
dirge
17. Pure
endearing
mollify
equilibrium
chaste
18. Have more power than others
gist
provoke
craven
predominate
19. Based on error
volatile
fallacious
stygian
rumple
20. Watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
maverick
nonplused
vigilance
impromptu
21. Distracted
knit
distrait
maladroit
recitals
22. Dangerous
pivotal
ascertain
presentiment
perilous
23. In a state of inactivity but awaiting development
erudite
obloquy
dormant
insensible
24. Greenish-blue precious stone
salubrious
turquoise
epicurean
levity
25. Man owning small estate; middle-class farmer
calipers
sanguine
harbinger
yeoman
26. Bitter quarrel over a long period of time
feud
germane
soot
commemorate
27. Skill (esp. in handling)
recast
volubility
impending
dexterity
28. Careful/prudent
derision
calipers
satiate
discreet
29. Roughness of manner or of surface
asperity
disingenuous
ebullience
console
30. Annoy distress trouble
vex
spear
ramify
abacus
31. Crime of killing a king
vex
regicide
mien
abate
32. One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
amalgamate
malleable
apostate
hallow
33. Have a mutual relation
mollify
duress
correlate
inclined
34. Sensitiveness
excoriation
indefatigability
susceptibility
succor
35. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt
malapropism
conviction
boggle
tadpole
36. Crouch shrink back
ferment
bewilder
cower
lithe
37. Heavy bulky dull
distrait
ponderous
lament
encapsulate
38. Asking humbly beseeching
suppliant
pitfall
meticulous
bolster
39. Trivial poorly constructed verse
disdain
doggerel
parsimonious
rift
40. Unlucky
manacle
hapless
churl
floe
41. Brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
onerous
garner
exploit
figurehead
42. Cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
toady
sheath
epitome
propagation
43. Leather case for a pistol
holster
wean
discourse
rebus
44. Examining one's own thoughts and feelings
raconteur
introspection
inimitable
inane
45. Burn slowly without flame
smolder
importune
turpitude
veracity
46. Make shorter then was planned
curtail
jagged
reproach
veracity
47. A carefree episode or experience
idyll
fatuous
eloquence
divestiture
48. Involving clever rogues or adventurers
castigation
rumple
picaresque
impassive
49. Tale story fibers for knitting
yarn
dissent
shunned
deposition
50. Showing self-control
argot
temperate
goad
constrict