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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. To make unnecessary get rid of
obviate
extempore
pusillanimous
raconteur
2. Lying; habitually dishonest
mendacious
indulge
edible
clamor
3. A number of performance of music
involute
decree
propitiatory
recitals
4. Practicing self-denial austere stark
ascetic
impermeable
middling
dangle
5. The mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
obtuse
asterisk
reminiscent
attune
6. Prohibit forbid
splenetic
interdict
ambrosial
cogitate
7. Like a slave lacking independence
misogynist
cogitate
machination
servile
8. Burst out suddenly/talk ardently
rebuff
esoteric
gush
endeavor
9. Brave -behaves well with women
gallant
diffidence
flout
disseminate
10. See with an effort but clearly
mettle
spurious
sting
discern
11. Stubborn narrow-minded person
bigot
dupe
contrite
rancorous
12. Blunt/stupid
scent
soar
brittle
obtuse
13. Easily injured broken or destroyed
foster
fragile
console
puerile
14. Press lose shape subdue overwhelm
ramify
elaborate
crush
abate
15. Take the whole attention - enslave
enthral
minatory
deprave
acclaimed
16. Mix combine unite societies
torpid
quandary
amalgamate
innocuous
17. Fit to be eaten/not poisonous
luminary
edible
undulate
suffice
18. Pale yellow (hair) a plant
grovel
incorrigibility
flax
slur
19. Free from encumbrance
restive
mite
abate
disencumber
20. Arousing sensual pleasures
turbid
voluptuous
scent
underbid
21. Severely moral and strict simple and plain
woo
voluptuous
hirsute
austere
22. Cheerful confident optimistic
sanguine
aplomb
strive
presage
23. Open disobedience or resistance
defiance
sanity
provisional
lackluster
24. Great brilliance - as of performance or achievement
acumen
remonstrate
eclat
attenuate
25. Hasty rush cheeky saucy
deplete
counterfeit
subdue
brash
26. Stone used for sharpening tools
nibble
machination
hone
brash
27. Without sense foolish self-satisfaction
dormant
misogynist
supplicate
fatuous
28. (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
squander
legacy
frantic
simper
29. Request
fallacious
plea
discreet
extinct
30. Imminent being about to happen expected
harbinger
sluggard
dissolution
impending
31. Seeming appearing as such professed
pied
ostensible
intransigent
taunt
32. Depth
droll
supine
middling
profundity
33. Representing the whole Christian world
veneration
ecumenical
reprobate
husk
34. Overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
ebullient
retrograde
temerity
pariah
35. Put under water liquid sink out of sight
fustian
convoke
abraded
submerge
36. Make shorter then was planned
affinity
rivet
curtail
calipers
37. Firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
provoke
constrict
tenacity
jagged
38. Being fully aware of
idolatry
iconoclast
cognizant
abscond
39. To debase by mixing with something inferior
extrovert
boggle
alloy
virago
40. Mob crowd the lower classes of populace
soar
prevaricate
gainsay
rabble
41. Show much fondness center one's attention
sycophant
snare
dote
obtuse
42. Prevent from being known put an end to
extinct
suppress
obdurate
satiate
43. Causing grief or pain serious dire grave
odium
invective
plaintive
grievous
44. Admit; declare openly
vacuity
evoke
atonement
avow
45. Incapable of being discovered or understood
coruscate
vain
inscrutable
onerous
46. Having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
profligacy
nexus
countenance
sagacious
47. Approval
coy
odium
approbation
congeal
48. Bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
fagged
colander
calisthenics
assuage
49. Made of brass
soot
acarpous
blandishment
brazen
50. Touch or scrape lightly in passing
graze
officious
pristine
crease