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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. Truth
plea
fledged
finical
veracity
2. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
wince
ensconce
writ
extralegal
3. Hurt by rough handling
maul
inchoate
sequence
sere
4. Haughty arrogant commanding
imperviousness
specious
broach
evasive
5. Wishing to do evil
malevolence
propitiatory
epicurean
disproof
6. Move quickly suddenly and with force
mulct
forbearance
plunge
pied
7. To join together
insurrection
laudatory
conjoin
plunge
8. Self-controlled
sober
fidelity
mendicant
foment
9. Show much fondness center one's attention
mulct
imminent
dote
shunned
10. Mournful excessively sad
lugubrious
yarn
presumption
blithe
11. Become strong after illness loss exhaustion
crass
recuperate
liberality
provident
12. Surgically clean
procrastination
aseptic
incense
candid
13. Too talkative
profuse
retard
garrulous
sever
14. Make a humble petition to
supplicate
ascetic
gust
harangue
15. Asking humbly beseeching
idiosyncrasy
suppliant
gallant
erudite
16. Sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
admonitory
ail
streak
disingenuous
17. Of great importance (others depend on it)
pivotal
profligate
credulity
consequential
18. Quality of endurance or courage
mettle
succor
mien
decorum
19. Unmoved feeling no sign of passion
consternation
impassive
trencherman
preen
20. Over look at with selfish delight
gloat
coerce
treacherous
pious
21. Undress
precursory
animosity
disrobe
fidelity
22. Supply to much fill to excess
grave
glut
epithet
conceal
23. Persevering
elicit
coerce
sedulous
dilate
24. Covered with hair
pileous
sodden
jocular
defalcate
25. To equivocate to stray from the truth
prevaricate
disinter
sordid
privation
26. To travel from place to place to peregrinate
quirk
obtain
itinerate
suffice
27. Settle a quarrel restore peace
sordid
dangle
reconcile
warmonger
28. Being uncertain hesitating
defiance
earthenware
vacillation
encumbrance
29. Boldness brashness intrepidness
daunt
temerity
pungency
plea
30. Say or do again several times
savor
maverick
reiterate
deter
31. Form of a frog when it leaves the egg
fervor
spurn
tadpole
sinuous
32. Rise fly high
fulsome
ascribe
aspersion
soar
33. Make by hard work cut (by striking)
hew
overhaul
vituperate
cajole
34. Not new
concoct
trite
slate
derivative
35. Prevent from being known put an end to
suppress
importune
chary
repulsive
36. Excessively ornate swollen or bloated
conviction
turgid
ebullience
inclined
37. Great brilliance - as of performance or achievement
eclat
waft
prolix
rift
38. Causing tears tearful
lachrymose
precursory
affable
gullible
39. Disobedient
recalcitrant
clamor
profane
condone
40. Making dear or liked
effrontery
puerile
duplicity
endearing
41. Coming together and uniting into one substance
coalescing
waffle
condense
interim
42. Extreme astounding
palate
irrevocable
sublime
ire
43. To speak harmful untruths about someone
probity
malign
evince
gnaw
44. Distracted
asperity
slate
distrait
flinch
45. Person who hates mankind
blandishment
condense
misanthrope
edacious
46. Letter
astute
irksome
encapsulate
epistle
47. Join sounds/words (indistinct)
slur
attune
extol
scurvy
48. Suggest or imply in addition to the precise - literal meaning
blatant
connote
complaisance
pluck
49. Showing respect
adulteration
ail
deferential
gush
50. Written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
eschew
jibe
broach
subpoena