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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.
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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. Effete no longer fertile worn out
acarpous
ossify
insipid
fluster
2. Crawl humble oneself
affable
cravat
negligent
grovel
3. Get to the root of
feud
urbane
plumb
cohort
4. Lying on the back slow to act passive
untoward
supine
procrastination
obfuscate
5. Turmoil a bewildering jumble
foolproof
panegyric
welter
derision
6. Attractive on the surface but of little value
engender
desultory
glean
meretricious
7. Easily broken
labyrinthine
latent
waft
brittle
8. Taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
engulf
repudiate
engrossing
beguile
9. To shackle put in chains
aseptic
fetter
subdue
amalgamate
10. Try to deceive by equivocal language
voluble
equivocate
vex
sporadic
11. To make an effort - to try very hard
secular
rubicund
endeavor
conspicuous
12. Bequest or inheritance
epicurean
euthanasia
suppliant
legacy
13. To mark with different shade or colors
ferocity
variegate
imminent
malign
14. Large pile of wood for burning
fallacious
suborn
qualm
pyre
15. Traveling about wandering
peregrination
vindictive
figurehead
scent
16. Prevent make impossible
aberration
asperity
barrage
preclude
17. Lasting
enduring
imperturbable
hone
rejuvenation
18. Greenish-blue precious stone
turquoise
sidestep
succumb
droll
19. Sharp piercing
shrill
dissolution
retrospective
extant
20. Strong convincing
sullied
cogent
mendacious
abrogate
21. Fix take up secure metal pin
discourse
fetter
rivet
refractory
22. An inexperienced person.
fledgling
valiant
negligent
impute
23. A model example or pattern
auxiliary
splenetic
opaqueness
paradigm
24. Half-solid lump formed from liquid
pry
bolster
pileous
clot
25. Offensive disgusting (smell)
peregrination
noisome
enunciate
abate
26. Cruel
untoward
effluvia
centurion
sadastic
27. Brief summary representative example a typical model
quail
epitome
irate
multifarious
28. Hypnotize
incursion
gist
complaisant
mesmerize
29. Arrogance
presumption
lament
dawdler
saturnine
30. Soft light delicate material
coagulation
uncouth
gossamer
equipoise
31. Ready and smooth but not sincere
hollow
plummet
hubris
glib
32. Producing sleep
froward
ostensible
flop
soporific
33. Situated beyond
conviction
engrave
plethora
ulterior
34. Illogical of questionable truth or merit
arduous
ignoble
specious
sever
35. A breakup overthrow sudden disaster
stride
debacle
verve
presumption
36. Tidy/show self-satisfaction
riddle
peripatetic
preen
salutary
37. Showing self-control
colloquial
moderation
imprecation
temperate
38. Food for horses and cattle
contemn
tepid
forage
specious
39. Keep the memory of
efface
convoluted
finicky
commemorate
40. Wickedness shamefulness
inculcate
turpitude
depredation
jagged
41. Pompous self important
fidget
churl
consequential
accretion
42. Easily understood lucid clear
irate
rife
impede
luculent
43. Causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive
propitious
inadvertent
baneful
arduous
44. The mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
audacious
florid
asterisk
prudish
45. Transparent easy to understand
tangential
nibble
pellucid
petulant
46. Winding undulating serpentine
debacle
cornucopia
sinuous
vestige
47. Send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
ossify
shunt
atonement
aberration
48. Song of praise or triumph
wan
introvert
trite
paean
49. Annoy distress trouble
subsume
vex
macerate
summarily
50. Tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
palpitate
steeply
indigence
concoct