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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.
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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. Become strong after illness loss exhaustion
pith
recuperate
forfeit
fission
2. Incapable of being discovered or understood
inscrutable
minatory
entreat
deprecate
3. Being bright polished
ardor
lithe
lustrous
approbation
4. Repayment death of Jesus
boorish
pristine
atonement
imbroglio
5. Have more power than others
impermeable
malleable
predominate
stickler
6. To assuage to satisfy allay
specious
slake
gnaw
animosity
7. Transparent easy to understand
pellucid
hew
perch
entreat
8. Speech lecture
punctilious
discourse
livid
inept
9. Severely moral and strict simple and plain
remonstrate
austere
verdant
miser
10. Soft light delicate material
assiduous
gossamer
cower
moderation
11. To distress create stress or torment
harrow
tadpole
streak
engrossing
12. To cut out cut away
impromptu
exscind
quirk
fixate
13. Suggest something in the past
ardor
feint
ford
reminiscent
14. Forcefulness
centurion
allegiance
vehemence
exculpate
15. Easy-going trifle
lampoon
unencumbered
sententious
legacy
16. Lack of seriousness
indigence
calipers
levity
approbation
17. Over-high opinion of too much pride
cordial
conceit
mesmerize
propagation
18. Slow way of speaking
august
clot
extenuate
drawl
19. Puzzle in which pictures stand for words
rebus
contiguous
ensign
fission
20. Lukewarm
boorish
cling
tepid
visceral
21. Make thin. weaken enervate
snub
reprobate
attenuate
travesty
22. Patience willingness to wait
vigorous
pellucid
forbearance
incite
23. To frequently visit
precursors
ascetic
resort
lien
24. Jesting
complaisant
vanquish
libertine
droll
25. Producing sleep
quell
calipers
soporific
upbraid
26. Having plenty of space for what is needed
recondite
colander
bask
commodious
27. Very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
hollow
obloquy
florid
harangue
28. Voracious devouring
reticence
interim
edacious
atonement
29. Bad-tempered person
tarnished
sophistry
curmudgeon
limp
30. Polloi the masses the rabble
descry
enunciate
didactic
hoi
31. Waver/move in an uncertain manner
falter
taut
accrue
congeal
32. The process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup
accretion
recant
tonic
jagged
33. Meticulous
immaculate
punctilious
beatify
agog
34. Slander aspersion
impermeable
epithet
inveterate
calumny
35. Wickedness shamefulness
torque
dismal
rant
turpitude
36. The mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
garrulous
canvass
chary
asterisk
37. Lowest weakest point
acumen
fledgling
nadir
teetotal
38. Hardship
privation
cogitate
obfuscate
inimical
39. Strong dislike
aversion
torpid
discreet
rebuff
40. Fearless brave undaunted
grumble
esoteric
inferno
intrepid
41. Cause produce give rise to
yarn
ignoble
decry
engender
42. Well-suited; quick-witted
inadvertent
bandy
derivative
apt
43. Succession connected line of
sequence
desuetude
meticulous
seminal
44. Lasting
astringent
flimsy
wan
enduring
45. Finical
probity
extempore
finicky
underbid
46. Person who stirs up war
warmonger
toady
vigilance
eschew
47. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
dogmatic
aleck
ensconce
complaisance
48. Sticky/semi-fluid
emaciate
benefactor
viscous
sagacious
49. Without preparation or forethought
feckless
florid
imbroglio
offhand
50. Enclose in capsule
impiety
libertine
encapsulate
remonstrate