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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. Healthful
curmudgeon
epicurean
vanquish
salubrious
2. Crime of killing a king
quixotic
regicide
canvass
platitude
3. Suggest something in the past
misanthrope
punitive
broach
reminiscent
4. Half-solid lump formed from liquid
extinct
mercurial
clot
plea
5. Having plenty of space for what is needed
accretion
inveigh
dilate
commodious
6. Repulsive hateful
immutable
coruscate
odious
tenacity
7. Bottomless extreme
ostensible
interim
eulogy
abysmal
8. Take back as being FALSE give up
severance
nonplused
recant
cordon
9. Ready to believe things
credulous
ostentation
commuter
ambidextrous
10. Out of place not in harmony or agreement
vilify
hoax
abhor
incongruous
11. Causing no harm
innocuous
petrify
enmity
countervail
12. Inclined to fighting
contiguous
evince
bellicose
liberality
13. Warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
incongruous
encomium
recuperate
blatant
14. Forgive
cogent
plea
condone
brazen
15. Examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
tout
overhaul
lurk
impair
16. Quality of endurance or courage
mettle
arboreal
malinger
irrevocable
17. State of being balanced
molt
equilibrium
austere
crush
18. To cause to adhere - as with glue
abeyance
agglutinate
extant
covetous
19. Cessation of use disuse
console
cant
desuetude
regale
20. Strong dislike
stickler
expurgate
odious
animosity
21. Rub or wipe out - obliterate
stickler
cloture
efface
sporadic
22. Set someone clear (e.g.. from blame)
exploit
florid
welter
exoneration
23. Refrain from be patient ancestor
forbear
imprecation
obtuse
ferret
24. Have more power than others
splenetic
colloquial
tarnished
predominate
25. Feeling sleepy half asleep
drowsiness
reticence
console
ferocity
26. Shining brilliant
temperance
refulgent
refractory
recalcitrant
27. Bombastic
tepid
puissance
prudence
fustian
28. Turmoil a bewildering jumble
squalid
welter
unfeigned
paean
29. Weariness tiredness
lassitude
chaste
travesty
disrobe
30. Cheap gaudy showy tacky
recidivism
writ
paucity
tawdry
31. Denounce as dangerous
perfunctory
involute
proscribe
benevolence
32. Skill (esp. in handling)
malinger
dexterity
aspersion
ossify
33. Severe criticism
levity
macerate
inimitable
excoriation
34. Equal distribution of weight equilibrium
equipoise
vestige
reconcile
repast
35. Lively high-spirited
epiphany
epistle
vivacious
discreet
36. Formal praise eulogy
obfuscate
renovate
panegyric
streak
37. Arrogant pride
hack
quotidian
quail
hubris
38. Well-suited; quick-witted
fallacious
erratic
fledged
apt
39. Pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
abscond
tarnished
dainty
pliant
40. Person who is slow waste of time
grievous
wile
dangle
dawdler
41. (of eyes) dull
lackluster
proliferate
defiance
dilate
42. Give notice to inform
extempore
apprise
cling
fluke
43. Hairy shaggy
rapacious
limn
inimical
hirsute
44. (person) with superior tastes
topple
extinguish
highbrow
desuetude
45. Person who eats a lot
trencherman
foil
epitome
yeoman
46. Refuse to approve of
discountenance
vanquish
scribble
ignoble
47. Menacing threatening
glean
proliferate
minatory
extenuate
48. Take the place of
supersede
exigency
legacy
pillage
49. Flat metal on a wall as a memorial
recreancy
corporeal
foment
plaque
50. Duty support loyalty
calipers
refractory
allegiance
sidestep