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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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1. To attack verbally denounce deprecate
congeal
inveigh
equivocate
glut
2. Prevent from carrying out contrast
heresy
foil
equivocal
assail
3. Abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
ambivalent
temperance
implacable
machination
4. Eager and cheerful readiness
chauvinist
servile
alacrity
figurehead
5. Talk excitedly utter rapidly
centurion
jabber
flout
expurgate
6. Calm not capable of being excited
striated
overhaul
imperturbable
centurion
7. Worked out with much care in great detail
tawdry
churl
imprecation
elaborate
8. Of great importance (others depend on it)
disheveled
impugned
pivotal
garner
9. Stare at
propitiatory
exoneration
reactionary
fixate
10. Short piece of humorous writing
desultory
impecunious
skit
obstreperous
11. Look on with contempt
overhaul
glib
disdain
raffish
12. Astute showing sound judgement
ameliorate
shrewd
curmudgeon
portent
13. Idleness
stentorian
vacuity
sycophant
denouement
14. Meant as a joke
buoyant
assuage
jocular
forage
15. Very great (es. stupidity)
indulge
foray
fulmination
crass
16. Waver/move in an uncertain manner
torment
cogent
jagged
falter
17. Becoming young in nature or appearance
rejuvenation
impetuous
odium
convoke
18. Fanciful - fantastic - imaginary
redoubtable
livid
assuage
quixotic
19. Elation state of pleasant excitement
euphoria
rarefy
cravat
alacrity
20. Suggest unpleasantly make a way for something gently
insinuate
felon
mollify
stint
21. Increasing the number spreading extending
heresy
propagation
ascend
proliferate
22. Contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
vestige
corroboration
taunt
sophisticated
23. Living in societies liking the company
officious
gust
profligate
gregarious
24. With attack violently
foster
assail
proliferate
meticulous
25. Expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
ponderous
ensconce
censure
scribble
26. To delight or entertain to feast
auxiliary
austere
reticent
regale
27. Bad-tempered/quarrelsome
grovel
temperate
cantankerous
salubrious
28. Rubbed off worn away by friction
deprecate
retrograde
encomium
abraded
29. Conquer
recompense
vanquish
epicurean
belabor
30. Urgent essential
boorish
imperative
undermine
opaqueness
31. Person who has been converted to a belief
aversion
ostensible
infuse
neophyte
32. Able to use the left hand or the right equally well
contentious
quiescence
nibble
ambidextrous
33. Stinking
fetid
credulity
reactionary
inveterate
34. Increase in density strength make laconic
condense
ferocity
slur
consequential
35. To fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
affable
quack
introspection
malinger
36. Appearing TRUE or real
umbrage
verisimilitude
idyll
blithe
37. Discourage hinder
soar
surcharge
deter
woo
38. More then is needed or wanted
hauteur
heterogeneous
superfluous
desiccant
39. Easily seen remarkable
transgress
pied
yarn
conspicuous
40. Enormous wonderful
contentious
exorbitant
prodigious
mince
41. Exuberance outburst of feeling
hoi
ebullience
preen
vilify
42. Active quick-moving
moderation
agile
peregrination
preen
43. Temporary fleeting
revere
disconcert
transient
dogmatic
44. Feeling or showing deep respect
ford
calipers
reverent
obviate
45. A blindly devoted patriot
redoubtable
volatile
stifled
chauvinist
46. Make unfair selection from facts
palate
turgid
synopsis
garble
47. Interfere with
tamper
edible
ignominious
rejuvenation
48. Rub or wipe out - obliterate
efface
euthanasia
deter
interdict
49. Large piece of cloth
buoyant
didactic
reminiscent
poncho
50. Projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
stanch
obtrusive
partisan
refractory