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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. Get to know
ascertain
dulcet
eclat
treacherous
2. Steel tool for shaping materials
warrant
heresy
chisel
dubious
3. Substance used to absorb moisture
desiccant
relapse
flamboyant
abet
4. Fairly good but not very good
desuetude
enmity
middling
alcove
5. Dishonesty
convoluted
mendacity
palpitate
undulate
6. Add beauty; decorate
adorn
vigorous
foil
fragrant
7. Aimless haphazard digressing at random
lien
recreancy
desultory
stolid
8. Still in existence
gouge
extant
ebullience
shrewd
9. Fresh and green
centurion
bellicose
verdant
simper
10. Little known abstruse
unscathed
recondite
prodigal
extol
11. Prayer
vehemence
abrogate
orison
acumen
12. Come to grips/settle conclusively
foment
topple
clinch
immutable
13. Blunt/stupid
panegyric
fission
insouciant
obtuse
14. Arrogant pride
hubris
hirsute
inadvertent
disingenuous
15. Flat metal on a wall as a memorial
coddle
cogitate
elicit
plaque
16. One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
ferocity
vilify
apostate
reminiscent
17. A smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
philistine
duplicity
corporeal
equilibrium
18. Cause or have difficulty in breathing
suffocate
caustic
oblivious
gerontocracy
19. Incapable of being placated unpleasable
undermine
implacable
unfeigned
rubicund
20. Draw together unite firmly
disparate
dubious
squander
knit
21. Talkative garrulous
sober
pith
disparate
loquacious
22. Omen marvelous threatening
veneer
portent
sanguine
egress
23. Disapprove of
forge
accrue
decry
inimical
24. Anger
ire
dogmatic
effete
malleable
25. Pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
malign
elegy
mince
apt
26. Fearless brave undaunted
hoax
intrepid
pinch
discrete
27. Intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
dote
froward
foil
insinuate
28. Harmful or unfriendly
brass
superfluous
tortuous
inimical
29. Soft light delicate material
enzyme
provident
epicurean
gossamer
30. Giving or producing freely liberally or generously
verdant
reverent
lavish
pith
31. Great brilliance - as of performance or achievement
lithe
eclat
nibble
atonement
32. Showing self-control
dulcet
temperate
proliferate
adamant
33. Defying imitation unmatchable
inimitable
rarefy
premature
skit
34. Frame with balls for calculating
abacus
vituperate
reconcile
mendacious
35. To make hard rocklike
spear
lachrymose
petrify
ruddy
36. Mean contemptible
sanity
scurvy
prodigious
abide
37. Take in by swallowing
rant
pied
embellish
ingest
38. Make thin and weak
emaciate
maul
tautology
foible
39. Notched
onus
manacle
jagged
morose
40. Expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
somersault
pertain
propinquity
censure
41. Banal everyday
vigorous
quotidian
petulant
gainsay
42. Doubtful uncertain
ambiguous
elicit
felicitous
cant
43. Induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
ineffable
insinuate
edible
suborn
44. Granting of privileges in return for similar
embezzle
reciprocity
reprobate
dormant
45. End (a debt) by setting aside money
simper
gregarious
amortize
splenetic
46. Showing respect
mischievous
deferential
malapropism
splenetic
47. Forcefulness
vehemence
indomitable
misanthrope
reconcile
48. Melodious harmonious
cantankerous
voluptuous
dulcet
calipers
49. Hairy shaggy
bewilder
hirsute
virago
disproof
50. Urgent essential
imperative
gorge
serration
impute