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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. Omen sign
blithe
benison
augury
argot
2. Of connected with trees
fatuous
subpoena
rebus
arboreal
3. Gibe make fun of
jibe
drone
sadastic
foolproof
4. (agreement) stop of fighting for a time
encumbrance
arboreal
incessant
truce
5. Measure hoe heavy something is
variegate
insipid
weigh
attenuate
6. Beginning
embezzle
coy
incipient
evasive
7. Illogical of questionable truth or merit
misanthrope
specious
encapsulate
manacle
8. Not easily exhaustible tirelessness
indefatigability
introspection
idolatry
vigilance
9. Magnificent
knit
commuter
sumptuous
entangle
10. Supply to much fill to excess
glut
congeal
Palpable
indigence
11. Government ruled by old people
slack
qualm
gerontocracy
inchoate
12. Oppose to alcohol
rant
insurrection
teetotal
collusion
13. Calm and peaceful
quirk
rebuff
substantiation
halcyon
14. Roughness of manner or of surface
knit
innocuous
adulteration
asperity
15. Intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
extol
covert
insensible
froward
16. Worked out with much care in great detail
innocuous
elaborate
extralegal
dogmatic
17. Adjective
epithet
skiff
forfeit
dogmatic
18. Letter
somatic
treacherous
reminiscent
epistle
19. Blocked up
occluded
husk
pied
glut
20. Workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
forge
collusion
perspicacity
xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl)
21. To show clearly to indicate
disinter
emote
mendacity
evince
22. To complain
grumble
crush
coy
edacious
23. Prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
prone
paradigm
nebulous
paucity
24. Porous rubber for washing live at once expense
sponge
constrict
embezzle
morose
25. Lack of reverence or dutifulness
ebullience
exorbitant
impiety
fragile
26. Muddy having the sediment stirred up
churlish
turbid
turbulence
unearth
27. Stinking
foster
discreet
requite
fetid
28. Make known something secret
fatuous
sordid
chisel
divulge
29. Call up bring out
glib
censure
evoke
susceptibility
30. Lively high-spirited
apartheid
presumption
vivacious
dogmatic
31. Pompous self important
espouse
laudatory
consequential
renovate
32. Restore something to better condition
extinguish
renovate
scorch
variegate
33. Tending to evade
quell
aplomb
forgery
evasive
34. A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
dwarf
epiphany
condone
austere
35. Delicate way of dealing with a situation
finesse
dupe
luminary
irresolute
36. Showing earnest feeling
disconcert
privation
fervid
irresolute
37. To scorn or despise
repulsive
contemn
matriculation
insouciant
38. Brief summary representative example a typical model
itinerate
evoke
tassel
epitome
39. Banal everyday
quotidian
waffle
render
infuse
40. Dried plum silly person
glut
prune
suppress
irresolute
41. Noisy and rough
tortuous
parsimonious
blatant
levee
42. Act with excessive enthusiasm
ineffable
rave
resigned
consummate
43. Existing in a wild or untamed state
feral
expatiate
provident
augury
44. Not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
idiosyncrasy
abdication
countenance
inchoate
45. A model example or pattern
stride
engulf
paradigm
sidestep
46. Formal praise panegyric
aversion
eulogy
scabbard
conundrum
47. Severely moral and strict simple and plain
hauteur
deluge
austere
extinguish
48. Uncommunicativeness
reticence
pungency
raffish
nostrum
49. Special liking mental preference
veritable
predilection
acumen
reproach
50. Puzzle in which pictures stand for words
disallow
rebus
pulchritude
boisterous