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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.
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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. Foul filthy
fetid
accrue
squalid
floe
2. Punishing
pliant
flaunting
baleful
punitive
3. Calm not capable of being excited
pyre
serrated
imperturbable
esoteric
4. Polloi the masses the rabble
discredit
hoi
haughty
prodigal
5. Witness/evidence
recluse
disinter
testiness
endearing
6. Approval
specious
loquacious
approbation
transitory
7. Uncommunicativeness
maverick
reticence
renowned
lull
8. Flood cover by overflowing
mendacity
inundate
accretion
highbrow
9. Cautious wary
nibble
parenthesis
chary
sodden
10. Cut roughly hired horse
hack
imperative
discountenance
ingenuous
11. Draw move back wince
argot
gauche
flinch
conjoin
12. Hesitating undecided
irresolute
quandary
defer
tamp
13. Severely moral and strict simple and plain
fervor
whimsical
austere
aleck
14. Eager and cheerful readiness
castigate
enduring
synopsis
alacrity
15. Without preparation
arabesque
hallow
antithetical
impromptu
16. Active quick-moving
agile
deferential
baleful
precursory
17. Widespread
rife
indefatigability
prosaic
curriculum
18. Deep-rooted. long-established
quaff
oblivious
florid
inveterate
19. Bad-tempered/quarrelsome
fustian
luminary
rumple
cantankerous
20. Show feel great sorrow
sententious
tepid
torpid
lament
21. Quality of being limited not extreme
moderation
indigenous
visceral
maladroit
22. A quack remedy an untested cure
placate
exhaustive
nostrum
taut
23. Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
hollow
recidivism
salutary
snub
24. Make a lower bid then somebody else
flout
florid
underbid
pliant
25. Not easily discouraged or subdued
barrage
gloat
demur
indomitable
26. Unconcerned carefree
premature
recompense
Palpable
insouciant
27. Strong dislike
animosity
ruffian
orison
epitome
28. Tale story fibers for knitting
yarn
reminiscent
somersault
veritable
29. Real rightly named
demur
veritable
vitiate
bedizen
30. Dishonesty
lackluster
flak
mendacity
condense
31. Make or become pure cultural
gossamer
malign
boisterous
refine
32. Frame with balls for calculating
abacus
regale
feud
pliant
33. Act of preaching
synopsis
coruscate
homiletics
anguish
34. Not easily exhaustible tirelessness
dissolution
matriculation
reciprocity
indefatigability
35. Self-love
daunt
preen
sagacious
narcissism
36. A very small amount - portion - or particle
terse
reticent
insouciant
mite
37. Bending twisting
lithe
bedizen
heed
quandary
38. Turmoil a bewildering jumble
arboreal
welter
vigilant
idiosyncrasy
39. A breakup overthrow sudden disaster
ardor
debacle
imbroglio
forbear
40. Get back by payment compensate
venal
redeem
eloquence
vestige
41. Convincing firm belief
decry
procrastination
conviction
unscathed
42. Reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
labyrinthine
fluster
hospitable
extenuate
43. Discover by searching search
soggy
scalding
frantic
ferret
44. Cruel
equivocate
sadastic
assiduous
correlate
45. Fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
volubility
sophistry
pugnacious
recuperate
46. Wander lose one's way
emote
stray
blase
fluster
47. Suggest or imply in addition to the precise - literal meaning
recompense
aversion
benign
connote
48. Trying to please; obliging
complaisant
temerity
beatify
parenthesis
49. Neat formal
prim
ford
vitriolic
vacuity
50. Wandering
peripatetic
gainsay
personable
antidote