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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. Show some inclination to accept (an offer)
minatory
intrepid
nibble
reactionary
2. Swallow up
belabor
sheath
engulf
fission
3. Discourage hinder
deter
affable
goad
turgid
4. Careful forethought
bereft
diatribe
obviate
prudence
5. Covered with hair
pileous
prevaricate
exoneration
hoodwink
6. Devious/not straightforward
maudlin
churl
stigma
tortuous
7. Act of preaching
homiletics
fulsome
jagged
gauche
8. Not pretended sincere
insensible
placate
unfeigned
mien
9. Waver/move in an uncertain manner
spurn
falter
dismal
plead
10. Easy and painless death
summarily
commuter
esoteric
euthanasia
11. Inclined to indulge
ferocity
efficacy
indulgent
latent
12. Frantic frenzied
hypocrisy
scalding
frenetic
stint
13. Very great (es. stupidity)
pedestrian
quaff
tadpole
crass
14. Propriety properness
rapacious
efface
apartheid
decorum
15. Upset the self-possession of
bogus
stickler
disconcert
recuperate
16. Sentence within another one something separated
prone
parenthesis
implosion
pyre
17. Tool for cutting grooves in wood
belligerent
repast
taciturn
gouge
18. (person nation) waging war
nonplused
coruscate
euthanasia
belligerent
19. Distribute (esp. ideas)
facetious
disseminate
enduring
trudge
20. Hell
repudiate
inferno
petrified
nugatory
21. Look on with contempt
flop
disdain
ebullience
moderation
22. Patience willingness to wait
canvass
discourse
wanton
forbearance
23. Unconscious unresponsive unaffected
telltale
abacus
insensible
subpoena
24. Contempt dislike aversion
personable
odium
ambivalent
lucubrate
25. Boldness impudence arrogance
effrontery
descry
hoi
ensconce
26. Show bodily or mental pain
intersperse
reproach
wince
feckless
27. Constant
lustrous
fulsome
grouse
incessant
28. Reserved untalkative silent taciturn
reticent
maudlin
regicide
thwart
29. A blindly devoted patriot
attenuate
chauvinist
imminent
acarpous
30. Devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
correlate
feral
epicurean
feckless
31. Giving great attention to details
scabbard
meticulous
rebus
belabor
32. Step to one side
sidestep
dissent
denigrate
churl
33. Write in scholarly fashion
commuter
lucubrate
sluggard
phlegmatic
34. A long passionate speech
salvage
expurgate
harangue
dogmatic
35. Too fussy about food clothing etc.
volatile
reticence
verve
finical
36. Trick mislead
forage
hoodwink
calisthenics
reconcile
37. Postpone
defer
edify
trenchant
pitfall
38. Stupid fellow
amalgamate
germane
skit
dolt
39. Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
broach
coddle
recidivism
impetuous
40. Pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
augury
transgress
mendicant
pluck
41. Be unsteady and overturn
dolt
extirpate
topple
gloat
42. Settle a quarrel restore peace
reconcile
coda
reactionary
scent
43. Unaware having no memory
oblivious
pedestrian
moribund
refine
44. Over-high opinion of too much pride
scabbard
flout
conceit
prune
45. Various miscellaneous separate
sundry
unscathed
expedient
gnaw
46. Too eager or ready to help offer advice
vanquish
somersault
abate
officious
47. Outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
plaintive
sting
gust
vanquish
48. Regard with deep respect
chary
incorrigibility
veneration
minatory
49. Legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
warmonger
bereft
abrogate
lien
50. Flood cover by overflowing
inundate
quell
premature
hollow