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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. Rash indiscreet
drawl
rebus
euphoria
impudent
2. Production of a desired result
turpitude
efficacy
corroboration
plod
3. Distracted violently upset in mind
dynamo
supplicate
distraught
dud
4. Admit; declare openly
muffler
profuse
vacuity
avow
5. Secret with a hidden meaning
apprehensive
cryptic
tenuous
resilience
6. Black powder in smoke
abscond
bandy
brook
soot
7. Gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
craven
hermetic
drawl
indulge
8. Put pour fill
infuse
welter
sanction
calumny
9. Ready and smooth but not sincere
florid
hush
glib
sere
10. Puzzling person or thing
muffler
impugned
reticence
riddle
11. Commanding haughty arrogant
imperious
tout
erudite
cabal
12. Legal or judicial inquiry - especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death
tassel
inquest
reminiscent
stanch
13. Close connection relationship
gloat
brass
affinity
ignoble
14. Distribute (esp. ideas)
pluck
cursory
disseminate
harangue
15. Watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
introspection
sobriquet
steeply
vigilance
16. Cowardice a cowardly giving up
recluse
taciturn
fulsome
recreancy
17. Burn slowly without flame
deviance
loll
extant
smolder
18. Abusive language curses
flak
ossify
invective
intransigent
19. Unharmed unhurt
benefactor
prune
unscathed
felon
20. Spending using unwillingly
edible
inept
stingy
entice
21. Speak distinctly connect by joints
bandy
rancorous
articulate
muffler
22. Outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
eschew
peripatetic
chastisement
gust
23. To fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
flout
retrospective
feud
malinger
24. Too talkative
lackluster
garrulous
concoct
umbrage
25. Insubordinate rebellious
grave
contumacious
cognizant
pedestrian
26. Lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
implicit
sycophant
tyro
feckless
27. Moult lose hair feathers before new growing
molt
accretion
descry
pungency
28. Trick mislead
hoodwink
precarious
glimmer
mettlesome
29. Parody/imitation
turbulence
erratic
sting
travesty
30. Short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
slack
levity
droll
sententious
31. Take the place of
supersede
recreancy
frantic
atonement
32. Devious/not straightforward
rapacious
tortuous
berate
mesmerize
33. Large pile of wood for burning
pervade
pyre
ferocity
lucubrate
34. Make worse irritate
abdication
neophyte
brass
aggravate
35. Criticism/anti-aircraft guns
torpid
solvent
countenance
flak
36. Greatness in number strength weight
preponderance
resilience
snub
dexterity
37. Worked out with much care in great detail
predominate
forgery
elaborate
hospitable
38. Formal praise eulogy
vigilant
quack
permeate
panegyric
39. Incapable of failure or error
petrous
foolproof
gossamer
stymie
40. Bulge the protuberance of a cask
rancorous
infuriate
ascertain
bilge
41. Substance become excited
feint
highbrow
ferment
engrossing
42. Greedy (esp for money)
rapacious
sundry
excoriation
floe
43. An inexperienced person.
salacious
fledgling
incite
discourse
44. Projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
ominous
rebuff
correlate
obtrusive
45. Straying away from what is normal
aberration
apartheid
acarpous
condone
46. Smell (especially pleasant)
yarn
impiety
scent
slack
47. Suggest something in the past
stride
detraction
reminiscent
topple
48. Punishing
rife
counterfeit
molt
punitive
49. Proud superior manner of behaviour
caustic
insurrection
arrogance
noxious
50. Sealed by fusion
hermetic
torque
benefactor
embellish