SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
PCAT Vocab2
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
pcat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. Irritated - angry.
Histrionic
pariah
choleric
Rebuke
2. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
antebellum
Loquacious
invidious
Ardor
3. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
behemoth
Continent
bewildering
Coy
4. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Pusillanimous
Flounder
panegyric
Infringe
5. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Consternation
Gaudy
Perfidious
Intrepid
6. Boxer
Pugilist
Extol
Raucous
foal
7. In widespread practice - use - existence
Amulet
Subjective
Lax
Rife
8. Fashionable.
Lariat
vitriol
posh
Mulish
9. Anxiety or dismay.
Consternation
Obstinate
Conflagration
antebellum
10. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Admonition
Demeanor
Acquiesce
Imbue
11. Speak slowly
Mendicant
Disparage
drawl
Strident
12. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Dolorous
Allay
Audacious
cavalier
13. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Exhort
Apex
Paucity
Philander
14. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Tame
Abstruse
Quant
Scant
15. Lying under oath
Lackey
Perjury
Tame
Comestible
16. Too obedient/servile.
Auspicious
inanimate
Obsequious
Acclimate
17. Schemer/fisherman
Perjury
Angler
Obsequious
Disparage
18. Calm; unhurried
Append
Confab
Sedate
Libidinous
19. Trick
Ruse
Felicity
Dulcet
Ascetic
20. Deadly
Lodge
inanimate
Silo
Pernicious
21. Servant
Derision
Lackey
Lodge
adulation
22. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Parley
Lunacy
Reticent
Cynical
23. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Allay
Impetuous
Abstruse
chimerical
24. Informal private conversation
Appease
Quintessence
Berth
Confab
25. Very small/meager
diligence
Candid
Paltry
Eschew
26. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Confab
lethargy
Gaudy
quixotic
27. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Abate
Paltry
Confluence
Repugnant
28. Bulky glove
Imbue
Gaudy
Atelier
Gauntlet
29. Anticipating with anxiety
Paramour
Fulminate
Pilfer
Apprehensive
30. Junction of two rivers; merging
Confluence
Pejorative
Lariat
Banal
31. Laugh in a gleeful way
Chortle
Felicity
Ditty
stoic
32. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Cavalcade
demagogue
Embroider
Impetuous
33. Part of a suit
Unanimous
lope
Lapel
Nefarious
34. Long speech of angry criticism
Lackey
foal
Tirade
Gauntlet
35. Grow weak/feeble
Languish
Confluence
Mendicant
Pertinent
36. Hard to control/deal with
lethargy
Intractable
barrenness
inanimate
37. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Libidinous
Derision
Paragon
Philander
38. Contributing/helping towards
Conducive
Repugnant
Semantic
panegyric
39. Critical observation/examination
Scrutiny
hackneyed
adulation
Contentious
40. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coy
succinct
Pedagogy
demagogue
41. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Connoisseur
Smug
serendipity
Poignant
42. A public expression of approval
Banal
Discreet
Impart
panegyric
43. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
chastened
Garish
Contentious
Demoralize
44. Clever/original/inventive
Dogmatic
Pernicious
Surreptitious
Ingenious
45. Strongly encourage or urge to do
bellicose
Exhort
Downpour
seraphic
46. Great enthusiasm/passion
Recalcitrant
Jibe
Ardor
laconic - spartan
47. Making harsh/loud noise
Consummate
Gaunt
Dissolute
Raucous
48. One living in solitude (religious)
Brackish
Hermit
Troupe
Vapid
49. Bucket
Memorandum
Snare
Pail
pariah
50. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Contempt
Invective
Errant
serendipity