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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. Unskillful said or done at the wrong time
inept
cajole
stigmatize
bolster
2. Obvious
Palpable
reiterate
broach
flop
3. Argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
centurion
riddle
contentious
impediment
4. Forgery
counterfeit
cower
sluggard
abate
5. Be out of view ready to attack
skiff
cabal
disencumber
lurk
6. Everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
somersault
sever
prosaic
bequest
7. Star light-giving body
luminary
pulchritude
embezzle
incumbents
8. Covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
pitfall
qualm
tamper
expedient
9. Being bright polished
aver
lustrous
clot
conceal
10. Harmful causing mischief
writ
propinquity
trifling
mischievous
11. Move in a clumsy/noisy way
lumber
impecunious
contrite
acclaimed
12. Harmful
chauvinist
noxious
baleful
enervate
13. Present everywhere
caustic
ubiquitous
sundry
contiguous
14. Looking ill - not bright
mellifluous
disproof
wan
epicurean
15. Poverty
indigence
deviance
germane
abraded
16. Man owning small estate; middle-class farmer
panegyric
raffish
yeoman
viscous
17. Pale yellow (hair) a plant
chastened
sting
sobriety
flax
18. Sentimental in a silly or tearful way
prevalent
labyrinthine
maudlin
retrograde
19. To praise highly
eddy
prune
pertain
extol
20. Close connection relationship
recidivism
affinity
intransigent
extort
21. To go proceed
decree
indomitable
moribund
wend
22. Noisy loud
paradigm
obstreperous
lugubrious
luculent
23. Pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
plea
jejune
offhand
pluck
24. Gruesome suggesting death
unscathed
placate
disparate
macabre
25. Dutiful to parents devoted to religion
pious
ostracism
reciprocity
expostulate
26. FALSE counterfeit
spurious
hauteur
truce
insurrection
27. Bending twisting
preclude
lithe
euphoria
steeply
28. Suddenly changeable
contrite
fragrant
tangential
portent
29. Treat with care and tenderness
trickle
grovel
portent
coddle
30. Spread through every part of
pervade
brook
debacle
convoke
31. Weaken gradually at the base make something under
undermine
precursors
brittle
introvert
32. To solicit customers - votes - or patronage
libel
epithet
tout
privation
33. Quick hurried
palpitate
cursory
fetid
hallow
34. Stir up rouse
incite
onerous
dilate
resort
35. Unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste
ostentation
incessant
consummate
wanton
36. Course of study
cantankerous
connoisseur
presage
curriculum
37. Tending to evade
blandishment
plumb
churl
evasive
38. Disown refuse to accept or pay
connotation
augury
fervid
repudiate
39. Make or become silent
foible
hush
sophomoric
froward
40. Something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
lugubrious
indolence
impending
impediment
41. Of great importance (others depend on it)
gush
pivotal
fustian
aleck
42. Tightly stretched
engrave
taut
luminary
profligate
43. Make shorter then was planned
muffler
curtail
atonement
shallow
44. Mean contemptible
massacre
scurvy
strut
pundit
45. Fix firmly by repetition
inculcate
condense
engrave
constrain
46. Wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
defer
recast
mien
profligate
47. Request
squalid
plea
wean
emote
48. Making dear or liked
sidestep
calipers
endearing
stint
49. Truth
quotidian
veracity
imperturbable
preen
50. Crawl humble oneself
grovel
prodigal
sheath
reminiscent