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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. Naive young artless frank honest sincere
demur
valiant
ingenuous
bewilder
2. Person who tells anecdotes
inveigh
implosion
raconteur
commodious
3. Stupid fellow
incense
bilge
abet
dolt
4. Complex subtle refined
recluse
churl
sophisticated
brash
5. Shout complain with a lot of noise
lucubrate
foment
clamor
stride
6. Treat as a famous person
privation
conciliatory
lionize
summarily
7. More then is needed or wanted
gullible
imperative
chaste
superfluous
8. Dull and slow
encomium
nibble
finical
torpid
9. Boldness impudence arrogance
tarnished
effrontery
presentiment
raffish
10. Rough awkward
uncouth
covetous
blandness
restive
11. Large piece of cloth
shunt
vitiate
diaphanous
poncho
12. Enthusiasm
ardor
stymie
pliant
seminal
13. Sharpness stinging quality
pungency
feint
colander
epithet
14. Sentimental in a silly or tearful way
enmity
obsequious
hoodwink
maudlin
15. Get somebody to do something by kindness
morose
stickler
coax
incorrigibility
16. Eager and cheerful readiness
tarnished
apprise
dud
alacrity
17. Helping supporting
auxiliary
partisan
foster
adorn
18. Depth
embezzle
idolatry
profundity
lassitude
19. Very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
proclivity
emaciate
florid
morbid
20. Think deeply mediate
lurk
extinguish
cogitate
obtuse
21. One who considers himself smarter than others
aleck
plaque
credulity
prudence
22. Examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
innocuous
morose
overhaul
peregrination
23. Ready and smooth but not sincere
glib
canvass
soggy
fagged
24. Gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
apostate
indulge
somatic
insurrection
25. Prevent by taking action in advance preempt
fervid
dwarf
trudge
forestall
26. Pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
pluck
epicurean
hoodwink
deprecate
27. Forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
rebuff
plunge
trenchant
glib
28. Long strip worn round the waist
blandness
sash
volatile
moribund
29. Tactless clumsy
hoi
maladroit
decorum
whimsical
30. Authority written order guarantee
facetious
inclined
retrospective
warrant
31. Welcomed with shouts and approval
efface
acclaimed
ameliorate
contumacious
32. Witness/evidence
testiness
discrete
elicit
palate
33. To hinder obstruct or block
intransigence
apotheosis
stymie
vagary
34. Too eager or ready to help offer advice
rebus
sanguine
stigma
officious
35. Restore something to better condition
suborn
renovate
fetid
hone
36. Help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
compunction
abet
sponge
mesmerize
37. Snub
ineffable
rebuff
hollow
duplicity
38. Put into difficulties
muffler
fleet
drowsiness
entangle
39. Burden things that get on the way of
summarily
mite
sophistry
encumbrance
40. Self-love
scent
dupe
agog
narcissism
41. Production of a desired result
efficacy
dupe
conviction
apt
42. Causing a feeling of disgust
repulsive
appease
extinguish
tangential
43. Hairy shaggy
serrated
hirsute
taunt
impediment
44. Refuse to accept/cause dislike
condone
mince
repel
synopsis
45. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.
avow
amalgamate
harbinger
impediment
46. Excessive admiration of
ingest
bandy
idolatry
flaunting
47. Lucky stroke
fluke
warmonger
disinter
chaste
48. Punishing
punitive
holster
indolence
perjury
49. Relying on experiment
ascribe
ebullient
sere
empirical
50. End the existence of/wipe or put out
drowsiness
reprobate
mettle
extinguish