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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
:
pcat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Snub
inundate
rebuff
dupe
fulsome
2. Incapable of being discovered or understood
pucker
pitfall
inscrutable
implicate
3. Existing in a wild or untamed state
feral
arrogance
descry
belligerent
4. Trivial poorly constructed verse
denouement
philanthropist
doggerel
finicky
5. Lost brightness
soar
tarnished
lavish
forestall
6. Unimportant
tarnished
temerity
trifling
plod
7. Substance that causes speeding up
abrogate
gerontocracy
catalyst
entangle
8. Sparkle
stentorian
parenthesis
abeyance
coruscate
9. Moult lose hair feathers before new growing
molt
lull
extempore
trencherman
10. Boldness brashness intrepidness
prone
temerity
puerile
ferret
11. Deliberate deception
duplicity
calisthenics
forfeit
belabor
12. Something that is puzzling
enigma
foil
equable
consternation
13. Of the internal organs of the body
sidestep
iconoclast
repulsive
visceral
14. Wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
tawdry
decry
profligate
nebulous
15. Scold reproach
ingest
deter
desiccant
upbraid
16. Get to the root of
pinch
plumb
flimsy
fustian
17. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
empirical
tonic
stygian
ensconce
18. Unaware having no memory
oblivious
constrain
connote
facile
19. Person who travels regularly
doggerel
adamant
commuter
fledged
20. Substance used to absorb moisture
laudatory
desiccant
anguish
facetious
21. Eagerly desirous
surcharge
innocuous
covetous
ascetic
22. Witness/evidence
testiness
apropos
resilience
secular
23. Plot scheme (esp. evil)
shunt
involute
machination
rebus
24. Give greatly needed support
bolster
congeal
vacillation
liberality
25. Make angry vax
intransigence
frenetic
provoke
truculence
26. Severe criticism
massacre
gorge
fledgling
excoriation
27. Too tired
blatant
fagged
droll
privation
28. Not soled with hole
hollow
cantankerous
fecund
coalescing
29. Dutiful to parents devoted to religion
secular
sporadic
striated
pious
30. Deliver provide represent
moderation
castigate
render
engrave
31. Get something inquire too curiously
impugned
pry
odor
frenetic
32. Break off
sever
finicky
grievous
efface
33. Smell (especially pleasant)
consternation
scent
venal
pillage
34. Compel to force to make obedient
halcyon
foster
coerce
edify
35. Quality of being limited not extreme
precarious
endearing
petrify
moderation
36. Discuss thoroughly sort of touting
streak
eclat
apprise
canvass
37. Unresisting submissive
resigned
pellucid
hauteur
conciliatory
38. Write in scholarly fashion
lucubrate
fetter
derogatory
bellicose
39. A loud domineering woman a scold or nag
virago
drone
perch
slur
40. Hurt by rough handling
incite
arboreal
maul
ignominious
41. Bring into harmony
plaintive
desiccant
attune
extort
42. Outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
conundrum
unfeigned
gust
wean
43. Trick mislead
covert
gallant
hoodwink
reprobate
44. Unskillful said or done at the wrong time
deluge
offhand
inept
trite
45. Final and unalterable
inquest
irrevocable
indulge
palate
46. Still in existence
extant
entreat
glimmer
complaisance
47. Make quiet or calm
proclivity
brittle
bewilder
appease
48. Greedy (esp for money)
derision
foible
rapacious
shunned
49. A smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
astringent
stride
philistine
impromptu
50. Ending expiring
lugubrious
candid
refine
expiation