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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
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pcat
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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. To destroy exterminate cut out exscind
dissolution
extirpate
perpetrate
affable
2. Snub
rebuff
assail
distrait
cumbersome
3. Lower the quality weaken the strength
vitiate
idolatry
implicit
abdication
4. Traveling about wandering
occluded
libertine
ferocity
peregrination
5. Leather case for a pistol
sketchy
putrefaction
holster
tawdry
6. Letter
beatify
inimitable
platitude
epistle
7. Shameless immorality
cordial
centurion
profligacy
descry
8. Closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
derogatory
immaculate
redeem
cloture
9. Adjective
epithet
apostate
renovate
hollow
10. Melodious harmonious
moribund
lackluster
plod
dulcet
11. Not to be trusted - perfidious
variegate
duress
treacherous
sycophant
12. Infertile worn out weak
mellifluous
flop
facile
effete
13. Obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
foray
cavalcade
balk
portent
14. Large pile of wood for burning
pyre
recompense
synopsis
epistle
15. Proud superior manner of behaviour
breach
arrogance
luminary
refractory
16. Offensive disgusting (smell)
noisome
ingenuous
fulmination
blandness
17. No longer active
acclaimed
discreet
extinct
lavish
18. Have a mutual relation
meticulous
defiance
labyrinthine
correlate
19. Join (two ends)
savor
splice
presage
aver
20. Give comfort or sympathy to
engrave
hapless
bask
console
21. Not pretended sincere
levee
misanthrope
unfeigned
falter
22. Brief summary representative example a typical model
sublime
belabor
epitome
splice
23. A person or thing that precedes - as in a process or job.
ominous
covetous
precursors
vivacious
24. Get back by payment compensate
redeem
vagary
alleviate
legacy
25. (person nation) waging war
decorum
harrow
belligerent
eclat
26. To go proceed
bereft
wend
crass
conspicuous
27. Think deeply mediate
derivative
dulcet
cogitate
abjure
28. Stare at
fixate
intransigent
aberration
venal
29. Show off complacently
coalescing
flaunting
coy
requite
30. Odious (of crime)
imperviousness
flimsy
heinous
jagged
31. Opposing progress
hapless
reactionary
dupe
plunge
32. The mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
canvass
asterisk
irascible
prevalent
33. Magnificent
palatial
reiterate
supine
sawdust
34. Suggest unpleasantly make a way for something gently
perfunctory
insinuate
auspicious
earthenware
35. Taking too little care
negligent
refulgent
petrify
breach
36. Sharp piercing
shrill
apropos
plod
tarnished
37. To roam wander freely
reciprocity
expatiate
decorum
pied
38. A trite or banal statement unoriginality
gauche
platitude
extant
extralegal
39. Extreme astounding
tonic
reiterate
patron
sublime
40. Wasteful reckless with money
profligate
prodigal
exscind
exhaustive
41. Soft light delicate material
blithe
impervious
gossamer
wanton
42. The point general sense
austere
inculcate
gist
abjure
43. Threatening
treacherous
abide
specious
ominous
44. Wickedness shamefulness
turpitude
profuse
lament
dearth
45. Make thin. weaken enervate
skiff
attenuate
augury
chagrin
46. Fearless brave undaunted
intrepid
treacherous
demagogue
precarious
47. Primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
trepidation
encapsulate
pristine
agglutinate
48. Quality of being limited not extreme
palliate
ignoble
moderation
pluck
49. Examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
malapropism
recast
overhaul
ostentation
50. Legal trickery/false argument
taunt
discern
chicanery
lugubrious