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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. Tool for cutting grooves in wood
germane
maudlin
abdication
gouge
2. (of eyes) dull
lackluster
impugned
convoluted
beatify
3. To make holy consecrate
vacillation
dainty
hallow
approbation
4. Dishonesty
epicurean
deluge
rapacious
mendacity
5. Aimless haphazard digressing at random
epicurean
expatiate
prodigal
desultory
6. Act with excessive enthusiasm
rave
uncouth
palate
bigot
7. Scent waving movement carry lightly through
waft
extrovert
forge
probity
8. Fix firmly by repetition
suborn
inculcate
tyro
obtrusive
9. Obstruct/frustrate
effrontery
fustian
idolatry
thwart
10. Denounce as dangerous
proscribe
inadvertent
discomfit
incorrigibility
11. Deification glorification to godliness
parenthesis
defer
apotheosis
dormant
12. Weariness tiredness
retard
lassitude
guile
burnish
13. Affirm something to be true
trite
temperance
tamper
aver
14. Go or come up
diaphanous
misanthrope
extrovert
ascend
15. Sheath for the blade
scabbard
abysmal
auspicious
putrefaction
16. Stone used for sharpening tools
cursory
hone
hospitable
strive
17. Threats to compel somebody
duress
specious
benign
collusion
18. To turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
canvass
substantiation
ossify
manacle
19. To cause pain - uneasiness - or trouble to.
craven
ail
dirge
cohort
20. Person who eats a lot
eloquence
subpoena
ruffian
trencherman
21. Intimidate make fearful
impudent
espouse
propitiatory
daunt
22. Person who has given help
vagary
serrated
propagation
benefactor
23. Rub or wipe out - obliterate
savor
quibble
recompense
efface
24. Wretched comfortless contemptible
onus
tawdry
sordid
strut
25. Careful/prudent
ensconce
discreet
veer
obsequious
26. Quick hurried
satiate
cursory
dwarf
congeal
27. Cowardly
consequential
craven
indistinct
resuscitation
28. Person who flatter to the rich and powerful
sycophant
dangle
pertain
pulchritude
29. Cautious wary
euphoria
doggerel
commemorate
chary
30. Showing no emotion impassive
rumple
shun
crass
stolid
31. (person) with superior tastes
highbrow
sadastic
edacious
edify
32. Various miscellaneous separate
trencherman
sundry
perfunctory
conceal
33. Increase in density strength make laconic
germane
condense
forbearance
stipple
34. Being bright polished
fetter
slack
asterisk
lustrous
35. Chains for the hands or feet
jocular
equable
dainty
manacle
36. Diligent hard-working sedulous
feral
assiduous
highbrow
quixotic
37. Use flattery or deceit to persuade
cajole
edacious
adulteration
summarily
38. End the existence of/wipe or put out
ineluctable
extinguish
relapse
broach
39. A person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
connoisseur
palpability
castigation
stray
40. A scheme or plot a group of plotters
impassive
cabal
extinguish
vagary
41. To resist separation
cling
misanthrope
pusillanimous
penitent
42. Harmful injurious
pernicious
bereft
penchant
contrite
43. Bending twisting
lithe
perspicacity
stint
auspicious
44. To adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
bedizen
mite
imbroglio
topple
45. Showing earnest feeling
fervid
pillage
dynamo
jagged
46. Finical
finicky
manacle
misogynist
skit
47. Complete thorough
verve
exhaustive
sinuous
inscrutable
48. Proud superior manner of behaviour
gossamer
arrogance
inscrutable
homiletics
49. A beggar
disseminate
mendicant
cajole
piquant
50. Calm and peaceful
substantiation
halcyon
contemn
preen