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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. Astute showing sound judgement
incipient
shrewd
commuter
ail
2. Causing tears tearful
lachrymose
dormant
feckless
prolix
3. That cannot be permeated
ferret
vestige
churlish
impermeable
4. Prolonged
trepidation
protracted
rotund
somatic
5. Unmoved feeling no sign of passion
meticulous
avow
commemorate
impassive
6. Being uncontrolled violent
quiescence
turbulence
germane
ambivalent
7. Neat formal
penury
astringent
expatiate
prim
8. Abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
sting
temperance
Palpable
quail
9. Sentence within another one something separated
refractory
sanction
parenthesis
condone
10. Quick hurried
conceal
wend
cursory
mendacity
11. Parody/imitation
travesty
rubicund
pellucid
provident
12. Noisy loud
obstreperous
bellicose
neophyte
palpitate
13. Shortage
abrogate
dearth
sumptuous
contiguous
14. Catch sight of see something in the distance
deposition
descry
temperance
palpitate
15. Constant
incessant
precarious
droll
drawl
16. Formal reception/embankment
fledged
levee
reproach
imperious
17. Wander lose one's way
stray
moribund
viscous
splenetic
18. Abusive language curses
malinger
invective
dolt
pugnacious
19. Rub or wipe out - obliterate
recluse
efface
harangue
obsequious
20. Blocked up
colloquial
dangle
levee
occluded
21. Welcomed with shouts and approval
avow
acclaimed
vitiate
aloof
22. Come to grips/settle conclusively
salutary
clinch
efface
pillage
23. Deliver provide represent
conciliatory
render
benefactor
frantic
24. Like a seed constituting a source originative
seminal
prone
maul
reconcile
25. Deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
vivacious
curriculum
deprave
dereliction
26. Strong dislike
demur
inclined
aversion
stigmatize
27. Fanciful - fantastic - imaginary
quixotic
expostulate
terse
protracted
28. Having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
sagacious
acarpous
volubility
coerce
29. Forcefulness
nadir
vehemence
scalding
trenchant
30. Taking off getting rid of giving up
abide
sober
hermetic
divestiture
31. Nickname
mellifluous
sobriquet
suppress
ruffian
32. Interfere with
heed
tamper
succor
extinguish
33. Bad-tempered person
whimsical
elaborate
disconcert
curmudgeon
34. A trite or banal statement unoriginality
platitude
insinuate
argot
calumny
35. Stupid fellow
expostulate
idyll
rumple
dolt
36. Mischievous trick played to deceive
introspection
figurehead
hoax
corporeal
37. Call together summon
blandness
prosaic
convoke
cabal
38. Take in by swallowing
burnish
dubious
prodigal
ingest
39. Move along with long strides
lope
underbid
decree
hauteur
40. Show much fondness center one's attention
servile
coerce
fervor
dote
41. Conquer
perish
surfeit
vanquish
dismal
42. Transparent easy to understand
pellucid
frugal
amortize
precarious
43. To polish rub to a shine
alloy
treacherous
burnish
truculence
44. Authority written order guarantee
ire
obtrusive
incorrigibility
warrant
45. Rising of people to open resistance to
suffocate
stymie
burnish
insurrection
46. Firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
tenacity
supplicate
chaste
ramify
47. Move force from the place occupied
cant
dislodge
connoisseur
ambidextrous
48. One who hates women/females
infuse
plod
repulsive
misogynist
49. Arrangement to give something at death
cognizant
tassel
diatribe
bequest
50. Unconcerned carefree
insouciant
epicurean
rebuff
sidestep