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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. Roughness of manner or of surface
profane
asperity
raffish
subpoena
2. Over-high opinion of too much pride
introspection
conceit
undulate
lull
3. Noisy and rough
forfeit
whimsical
fluster
blatant
4. Easily controlled or guided
panegyric
tractable
plumb
shard
5. Self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
sanctimony
finicky
recant
rarefy
6. Hesitating undecided
irresolute
introspection
amalgamate
fret
7. To be divided or subdivided to branch out
quixotic
hubris
tassel
ramify
8. Convincing firm belief
sanity
mundane
prudence
conviction
9. Make shorter then was planned
incipient
torpid
curtail
ineffable
10. Person who loves wealth and spends little
sermon
coddle
miser
slake
11. Too strong to be defeated
invincible
avow
foray
cabal
12. Statement that damages reputation
libel
pivotal
grovel
approbation
13. To venture
penury
denouement
introvert
foray
14. Summary or outline
synopsis
recalcitrant
vivacious
talon
15. Draw out
coy
disseminate
extempore
elicit
16. Positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
dogmatic
scalding
flout
tortuous
17. Leather case for a pistol
ascetic
holster
mischievous
boorish
18. Destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
rave
tamper
pest
patron
19. Refuse to approve of
ensign
importune
officious
discountenance
20. Of the present time only
auxiliary
adorn
wean
provisional
21. FALSE counterfeit
pinch
profligacy
spurious
hallow
22. Abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
slake
obloquy
sober
impediment
23. Dethronement depositing
eddy
contumacious
noisome
deposition
24. Bottomless extreme
privation
disseminate
pique
abysmal
25. Commanding haughty arrogant
foster
imperious
enunciate
enmity
26. Omen marvelous threatening
heretic
infuriate
introvert
portent
27. Causing a feeling of disgust
dereliction
repulsive
alacrity
lassitude
28. To turn away (from a habit)
distraught
blatant
pyre
wean
29. Arrogant conceited
fervor
valiant
condense
haughty
30. Obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
commuter
valiant
balk
crass
31. Get to know
ascertain
ignoble
harrow
wan
32. (of eyes) dull
tonic
cornucopia
multifarious
lackluster
33. Make rough
concur
desiccant
malign
rumple
34. Dutiful to parents devoted to religion
mulct
pious
poignant
enthral
35. Too eager or ready to help offer advice
superfluous
officious
invincible
impede
36. Refrain from be patient ancestor
specious
forbear
incipient
sententious
37. Looking back on past
thwart
foil
retrospective
flout
38. Likely to be useful for a purpose
impediment
expedient
equipoise
bask
39. Display to obtain admiration or envy
ostentation
raffish
oblivious
pariah
40. Stinking
heinous
coax
deluge
fetid
41. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
alloy
insipid
burgeon
mince
42. To fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
pedantic
verdant
writ
malinger
43. Send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
mettle
evince
shunt
fulmination
44. Chains for the hands or feet
pliant
perch
manacle
saturnine
45. Legal or judicial inquiry - especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death
loquacious
coy
idolatry
inquest
46. Show off complacently
flaunting
slake
chagrin
heed
47. Intimidate make fearful
daunt
wan
plethora
poncho
48. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious
fawn
brook
dereliction
cordon
49. Denounce as dangerous
indulgent
pernicious
impediment
proscribe
50. To distress create stress or torment
discrete
harrow
enigma
ostensible