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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
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pcat
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english
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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. Becoming young in nature or appearance
ossify
enthral
vacuity
rejuvenation
2. Cheat make a fool of
plumb
barren
stray
dupe
3. Something sharp
sting
haughty
somersault
articulate
4. Person who travels regularly
commuter
foible
deplete
ulterior
5. Hell
inimitable
balk
inferno
toady
6. Break off
perjury
quail
pliant
sever
7. Incapable of being placated unpleasable
concoct
mulct
implacable
ebullient
8. Pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
implicit
pivotal
pluck
raconteur
9. Border on
abut
loll
flak
attune
10. Little depth not earnest
insurrection
shallow
apprehensive
surfeit
11. The process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup
obsequious
heed
accretion
subsume
12. Unfortunate inconvenient
somersault
untoward
hoax
prodigal
13. Rebel nonconformist
expatiate
fluke
gallant
maverick
14. Hence dark gloomy
orison
stygian
retinue
endemic
15. Offensive disgusting (smell)
arduous
evasive
noisome
profuse
16. Effete no longer fertile worn out
acarpous
trudge
multifarious
nugatory
17. Rising or falling sharply
roll
steeply
somatic
inquest
18. Meant as a joke
disencumber
jocular
insipid
commuter
19. Of the internal organs of the body
obdurate
visceral
stint
pest
20. Disown refuse to accept or pay
prudish
vigilance
fulmination
repudiate
21. Savage cruelty
irate
ferocity
consummate
requite
22. To go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
abscond
muffler
dirge
impassive
23. Person who flatter to the rich and powerful
falter
sycophant
coruscate
enthral
24. Hypnotize
subdue
mesmerize
indigenous
grovel
25. Destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
temperate
pest
harrow
sodden
26. Move force from the place occupied
dislodge
gaucherie
hauteur
fledgling
27. Nurture care for
spurious
libertine
procrastination
foster
28. Surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
ebullient
veneer
stolid
surcharge
29. Not new
illicit
trite
noisome
upbraid
30. Corrosive; sarcastic
reverent
propitious
vitriolic
pertain
31. A very small amount - portion - or particle
rumple
foster
mite
trudge
32. Too talkative
garrulous
provident
luminary
allegiance
33. Upset the self-possession of
trickle
propagation
idyll
disconcert
34. Keen - quick - accurate insight or judgment
poncho
abjure
audacious
acumen
35. To shackle put in chains
decry
fetter
congeal
brash
36. Fluent
voluble
extrovert
edify
fleet
37. Customers
valiant
arduous
plethora
clientele
38. Stir up excite
peremptory
shallow
fervid
emote
39. Formidable causing fear
hubris
fragile
redoubtable
pied
40. Like a rock hard stony
soggy
abacus
cordon
petrous
41. Complex subtle refined
propitious
conspicuous
vex
sophisticated
42. Meticulous
accolade
ulterior
punctilious
probity
43. Refuse to believe
discredit
tamper
skit
exculpate
44. Unconcerned carefree
odious
penitent
cant
insouciant
45. Able to fly trained experienced
fledged
glean
imprecation
admonitory
46. Dullness/not allowing light to pass through
opaqueness
perish
obsequious
salutary
47. Sentimental in a silly or tearful way
levity
chaste
breach
maudlin
48. Make rough
incorrigibility
connotation
feckless
rumple
49. Instruct; correct morally
palliate
edify
constrict
sketchy
50. Changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive
prudish
volatile
disconcert
luminary