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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. Mournful excessively sad
irksome
petulant
euthanasia
lugubrious
2. Reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
extenuate
wag
churlish
broach
3. To be stained or discredited
sullied
demur
stigma
sash
4. Convincing firm belief
conviction
verisimilitude
fulsome
stipple
5. Hell
appease
inferno
scribble
lackluster
6. Cast or fashion anew
august
engender
ascend
recast
7. Too fussy about food clothing etc.
sheath
molt
coalescing
finical
8. Make unfair selection from facts
sidestep
garble
philistine
sycophant
9. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt
boggle
mesmerize
upbraid
turpitude
10. Burn slowly without flame
ale
feckless
smolder
pinch
11. A very small amount - portion - or particle
mite
crush
nonplused
plead
12. Tidy/show self-satisfaction
superfluous
snub
preen
temperance
13. Oppose to alcohol
teetotal
profane
mellifluous
odium
14. Supply to much fill to excess
foible
balk
salutary
glut
15. Rebel nonconformist
boorish
sobriquet
maverick
overweening
16. Anticipatory fear; premonition
writ
presentiment
assail
fustian
17. Direct opposing
malevolence
antithetical
petrify
subpoena
18. Have deep respect for
revere
supercilious
sanctimony
upbraid
19. Strong inclination a liking
antidote
penchant
debacle
pious
20. That cannot be permeated
elicit
impermeable
rescind
propitious
21. Irregular in behaviour or opinion
teetotal
espouse
erratic
harangue
22. Lying on the back slow to act passive
macerate
reticent
supine
wile
23. To darken make obscure muddle
roll
elicit
obfuscate
perjury
24. Ready to believe things
colander
sodden
credulous
connotation
25. Rough awkward
retinue
cadge
uncouth
pucker
26. In a state of inactivity but awaiting development
dormant
imperative
variegate
ruffian
27. Opening broken place breaking
conundrum
congeal
quiescence
breach
28. Brave -behaves well with women
turbid
avid
gallant
dissent
29. State or put forward as a necessary condition
apotheosis
stipulate
umbrage
meretricious
30. Trick mislead
curmudgeon
hoodwink
impair
sublime
31. Compel to force to make obedient
coerce
subpoena
sidestep
restive
32. Over-high opinion of too much pride
turbid
conceit
shun
moribund
33. Rolling backward or forward (not sideways) movement
recast
somersault
timorous
sordid
34. Course of study
curriculum
assail
verve
luculent
35. Consider to be the origin of or belonging to
ascribe
turquoise
imperturbable
torment
36. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
suppliant
render
allegiance
mince
37. A lament a melancholy composition
middling
elegy
rift
sedulous
38. Inclined to indulge
savor
invective
indulgent
contrite
39. Frank straight-forward
pungency
decorum
candid
abraded
40. Falsely making oneself appear to be good
imperviousness
hypocrisy
prim
ignoble
41. Nurture care for
foster
adulteration
seminal
bogus
42. Lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
feckless
piquant
insensible
detumescence
43. Treat with contempt
abeyance
cant
plumb
snub
44. End the existence of/wipe or put out
wile
demur
profane
extinguish
45. Traveling about wandering
peregrination
exoneration
hush
enunciate
46. End (a debt) by setting aside money
stride
stingy
synopsis
amortize
47. To deny to oppose
petrified
gullible
expiation
gainsay
48. Person appealing not to reasons
edacious
entreat
impervious
demagogue
49. Done as a duty without care
perfunctory
discrete
droll
arduous
50. Common
sullied
suppliant
clot
prevalent