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Pcat Vocab
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Subjects
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pcat
,
english
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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. Letter
epistle
mien
harangue
hubris
2. Rising of people to open resistance to
pluck
dupe
insurrection
obviate
3. Sharp piercing
serration
shrill
reticent
crease
4. Little depth not earnest
wile
shallow
inscrutable
calumny
5. Be guilty commit (a crime)
perpetrate
felon
dud
hew
6. Celebrated famous
raconteur
dislodge
renowned
quell
7. Rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
waffle
quiescence
aplomb
loll
8. Defying imitation unmatchable
castigate
constrain
cadge
inimitable
9. Widespread
tautology
quandary
rife
foray
10. Reproving a person for his faults
sermon
acclaimed
chicanery
libertine
11. Hurt by rough handling
propitious
perch
nostrum
maul
12. Abusive language curses
impromptu
invective
euphoria
voluptuous
13. Change direction
subpoena
viscous
veer
offhand
14. Deification glorification to godliness
consternation
apotheosis
liberality
engrave
15. Treat with care and tenderness
irksome
coddle
grievous
stigma
16. Call up bring out
evoke
fulmination
eschew
orison
17. Infertile worn out weak
empirical
idiosyncrasy
cryptic
effete
18. Steel tool for shaping materials
neophyte
enunciate
pariah
chisel
19. Patience willingness to wait
vex
blithe
forbearance
jibe
20. Insulting tending to damage
malapropism
aggravate
exoneration
derogatory
21. Reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
extenuate
salubrious
brash
encapsulate
22. Meant as a joke
dexterity
partisan
euthanasia
jocular
23. Provide supply
excoriation
purvey
foible
ambidextrous
24. Moult lose hair feathers before new growing
plea
topple
molt
gloat
25. Formal reception/embankment
endearing
shard
levee
epithet
26. Severing
assiduous
sidestep
severance
incense
27. Beginning
vestige
avow
incipient
churl
28. Polite manner comforting uninteresting
lull
cabal
blandness
nugatory
29. Person appealing not to reasons
cursory
propitious
puerile
demagogue
30. Written order
writ
perfidy
propitious
implicit
31. Cloth worn round the neck/silencer
putrefaction
desultory
sever
muffler
32. Arrangement to give something at death
pedestrian
bequest
insinuate
intrepid
33. Defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
heretic
abraded
shrewd
foible
34. Fearless brave undaunted
excoriation
mendacity
swerve
intrepid
35. Touch or scrape lightly in passing
xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl)
graze
heinous
calumny
36. Lack of reverence or dutifulness
incise
impiety
macerate
debacle
37. Overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
chisel
attune
ebullient
decry
38. Intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
paucity
froward
sublime
sobriquet
39. Mean contemptible
scurvy
sobriquet
ominous
reticent
40. Person who is slow waste of time
remonstrate
dawdler
voluptuous
sever
41. Greatly surprised
nonplused
sumptuous
permeate
iconoclast
42. Causing tears tearful
detumescence
lachrymose
assiduous
brittle
43. Get to know
prudish
ascertain
valiant
crush
44. Break off
maudlin
implacable
sever
sordid
45. Fearful timid afraid
timorous
harangue
slur
astringent
46. Feeling sleepy half asleep
stigma
drowsiness
turbid
rejuvenation
47. Publicly mock or ridicule
lampoon
equipoise
soot
dearth
48. Devious/not straightforward
topple
dexterity
benefactor
tortuous
49. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
impiety
misogynist
mince
palpitate
50. Interfere with
ambrosial
tamper
countenance
pique