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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.
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. Belief contrary to what is generally accepted
dexterity
molt
coagulation
heresy
2. Fertile
exuberance
dote
disingenuous
fecund
3. Insincere talk/jargon
inimitable
sawdust
cant
august
4. Twisting force causing rotation
temperance
commodious
torque
interim
5. Aud a person of something
fulsome
phlegmatic
discredit
mulct
6. Make rough
retard
enigma
rumple
rejuvenation
7. A model example or pattern
paradigm
salvage
crease
abacus
8. Magnificent
palatial
impromptu
ferret
snare
9. Help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
glimmer
eloquence
barrage
abet
10. Person much smaller the usual size
pellucid
umbrage
flak
dwarf
11. To go proceed
wend
viscous
ramify
repast
12. Workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
peccadillo
forge
imperturbable
descry
13. Tending to comply obliging willingness to please
eloquence
detraction
cohort
complaisance
14. Fearless brave undaunted
wile
vituperate
intrepid
augury
15. Legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
lien
atonement
inquest
trepidation
16. Likely to come or happen soon
imminent
gourmand
expiation
blithe
17. Crime of killing a king
vain
impermeable
officious
regicide
18. Make angry
incense
imperative
cadge
stingy
19. Tiny bits of wood
sawdust
assiduous
imbroglio
evasive
20. Without preparation or forethought
rejuvenation
incipient
efface
offhand
21. Bookish showing off learning
agile
detumescence
benevolence
pedantic
22. Carved image on the prow of a ship
harbinger
figurehead
boorish
rejuvenation
23. Mislead or delude; cheat; pass time
beguile
calipers
approbation
indigenous
24. Devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
epicurean
puerile
mince
abysmal
25. No longer active
diaphanous
extinct
paucity
puissance
26. Rise fly high
soar
disproof
pristine
perish
27. Nurture care for
stigma
irresolute
foster
fledged
28. Roof of the mouth sense of taste
palate
pervade
effete
effrontery
29. Of mixed colors
pied
husk
fission
plunge
30. Taste flavor something
nebulous
regale
reiterate
savor
31. To tolerate endure
vitiate
calipers
brook
brazen
32. Talk excitedly utter rapidly
jabber
imprecation
contentious
partisan
33. Official duties
craven
forage
incumbents
beguile
34. Eager; greedy
avid
eddy
simper
convoke
35. Feeling of regret for one's action
obstreperous
compunction
indigence
innocuous
36. To make unnecessary get rid of
fagged
sere
obviate
fixate
37. Be too tight take between the thumb and finger
embezzle
doggerel
shard
pinch
38. Avoided - kept away from
shunned
tortuous
strive
amortize
39. Song of praise or triumph
subpoena
transient
occluded
paean
40. Person of great learning
savant
jejune
limp
abysmal
41. Have more power than others
repel
predominate
chary
lavish
42. Tale story fibers for knitting
husk
yarn
obstreperous
veneration
43. Elation state of pleasant excitement
stride
simper
euphoria
hapless
44. Incapable of failure or error
obtain
barrage
mien
foolproof
45. Instruct; correct morally
edify
innocuous
derision
concur
46. Complicated coiled twisted
idolatry
tamp
striated
convoluted
47. A raid a sudden attack
froward
incursion
fledged
vitiate
48. Be unsteady and overturn
coda
alleviate
tyro
topple
49. Abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
prolix
ubiquitous
profane
obloquy
50. Make nervous or confused
fluster
adorn
peripatetic
consume