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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. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
felicitous
mince
relapse
rapacious
2. State or put forward as a necessary condition
wend
discredit
coagulation
stipulate
3. Loyalty accuracy
fidelity
arrant
paucity
prudish
4. Very great (es. stupidity)
conviction
crass
privation
correlate
5. Commanding haughty arrogant
fleet
sophistry
recluse
imperious
6. Interfere with
obtrusive
defiance
tamper
recast
7. Mischievous trick played to deceive
hoax
constrict
purvey
desultory
8. To cause to adhere - as with glue
imperious
quell
agglutinate
esoteric
9. Convincing firm belief
mischievous
conviction
shrewd
connoisseur
10. Elegant refined in manners
pious
urbane
extort
distrait
11. More then is needed or wanted
discourse
superfluous
fission
imperative
12. Spread through every part of
quiescence
pervade
rife
personable
13. Corrosive; sarcastic
penitent
permeate
vitriolic
caustic
14. Diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
morbid
prudish
flamboyant
treacherous
15. Admit; declare openly
dubious
avow
inimical
contiguous
16. One who hates women/females
glib
misogynist
temperance
cajole
17. Formal praise eulogy
panegyric
diatribe
encumbrance
xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl)
18. Brief summary representative example a typical model
euphoria
ineffable
secular
epitome
19. To equivocate to stray from the truth
truculence
prevaricate
superimpose
recuperate
20. Make a lower bid then somebody else
nexus
revere
underbid
squalid
21. Repay give in return
requite
transitory
felicitous
irate
22. Wander lose one's way
stray
clinch
thrift
molt
23. Swallow up
engulf
diatribe
commemorate
embellish
24. Jargon slang
soar
labyrinthine
portent
argot
25. Renounce disallow repudiate
palpability
implicate
bandy
forswear
26. Having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
hallow
sagacious
Palpable
encapsulate
27. Cut roughly hired horse
shunt
tassel
hack
reconcile
28. Easy-going trifle
unencumbered
wean
maverick
edify
29. Covered with hair
dud
pileous
baleful
solvent
30. Implied though not plainly expressed
astute
enthral
ubiquitous
implicit
31. Taking too little care
cavalcade
spear
negligent
palliate
32. Being uncertain hesitating
inscrutable
insularity
vacillation
loll
33. Too tired
collusion
fagged
ascend
impugned
34. Production of a desired result
audacious
articulate
foil
efficacy
35. Devious/not straightforward
ubiquitous
somersault
inculcate
tortuous
36. Upset the self-possession of
raconteur
disconcert
sponge
plunge
37. A long passionate speech
harangue
exuberance
guile
cravat
38. Weaken deprive of strength attenuate
impiety
enervate
penurious
nonplused
39. Reserved untalkative silent taciturn
dilate
ferocity
wend
reticent
40. Of the same period coexisting
coeval
saturnine
repine
hollow
41. Obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
gist
parsimonious
extinguish
balk
42. State of being balanced
covert
disencumber
blithe
equilibrium
43. Prohibit forbid
peregrination
pristine
interdict
elicit
44. Agreeably pungent stimulating
malinger
piquant
salutary
taunt
45. Request
indulgent
evoke
plea
feud
46. To protest object
feral
erratic
remonstrate
stymie
47. Relying on experiment
commodious
obdurate
ascend
empirical
48. Doubtful uncertain
flout
rotund
ambiguous
conjoin
49. Without taste or flavor
machination
arboreal
insipid
effrontery
50. Arrogant pride
resigned
felon
gerontocracy
hubris