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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.
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. Secret with a hidden meaning
obtain
cryptic
lugubrious
lumber
2. Make a lower bid then somebody else
penurious
levee
inchoate
underbid
3. Harmful
misanthrope
noxious
gourmand
extol
4. Stare at
dote
mulct
fixate
spear
5. Attractive on the surface but of little value
erudite
embezzle
dud
meretricious
6. Speak distinctly connect by joints
minatory
taut
ineffable
articulate
7. Offense resentment
torment
perjury
umbrage
glib
8. Incapable of being discovered or understood
entangle
fragile
inscrutable
refulgent
9. Skeptical unwilling to believe
incredulous
corroboration
inimitable
vigorous
10. Waste away through sorrow or illness
pine
voluble
stolid
rotund
11. Brave
valiant
mince
slate
beatify
12. Keen - quick - accurate insight or judgment
conceit
substantiation
abrogate
acumen
13. Fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
volubility
aloof
predominate
inchoate
14. To cause pain - uneasiness - or trouble to.
fluke
ail
renowned
asterisk
15. Burn slowly without flame
aloof
smolder
introspection
fission
16. To make holy consecrate
inveterate
veneer
hallow
suffice
17. Dishonesty
incredulous
mendacity
inept
brittle
18. Fall back again
pivotal
disencumber
brook
relapse
19. To beg to get by begging
mollify
splice
cadge
assail
20. To fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
cavalcade
malinger
resort
whimsical
21. Small sin small weakness in one's character
cogent
strut
peccadillo
apprehensive
22. Flattery coaxing
blandishment
enthral
succumb
impediment
23. Shallow place in a river (to cross)
ford
haughty
desultory
irrevocable
24. Show some inclination to accept (an offer)
flax
aversion
nibble
uncouth
25. Physical beauty
pulchritude
poncho
splice
vanquish
26. Talk excitedly utter rapidly
bequest
aberration
perjury
jabber
27. Abstruse intended only for a small circle of
interim
conceit
censure
esoteric
28. Having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
hospitable
sagacious
eloquence
affable
29. Use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
odious
molt
ambrosial
embezzle
30. Obstruct/frustrate
pristine
hospitable
thwart
abut
31. Not soled with hole
malleable
coerce
placate
hollow
32. Undress
glean
disrobe
boggle
impediment
33. Shy easily frightened
emote
ruffian
Palpable
timid
34. Vexation
husk
premature
chagrin
console
35. Like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
acarpous
encapsulate
foppish
flaunting
36. Containing warning
poignant
skiff
admonitory
latent
37. Crawl humble oneself
livid
disseminate
grovel
jabber
38. Care economy thriving prosperous
prevaricate
thrift
edify
vacuity
39. Out of place not in harmony or agreement
combustion
incongruous
sophomoric
truculence
40. Ready and smooth but not sincere
chastened
discountenance
glib
detumescence
41. Self-confidence
relapse
heed
aplomb
sophomoric
42. Extremely loud and powerful
stentorian
aggravate
plaintive
forswear
43. To solicit customers - votes - or patronage
excoriation
tout
ineffable
cabal
44. Suppressed - kept back
disrobe
impediment
stifled
sluggard
45. Worsen diminish in value
credulity
slate
impair
mendacity
46. Without sense foolish self-satisfaction
sobriety
knit
gnaw
fatuous
47. Proud superior manner of behaviour
duress
dirge
arrogance
provisional
48. Burst out suddenly/talk ardently
insipid
doggerel
gush
cling
49. Hence dark gloomy
stygian
untoward
palliate
prudish
50. Elation state of pleasant excitement
acclaimed
euphoria
flout
chisel