PICAT 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● perilous . Answer: hazardous; dangerous
● inept . Answer: unskilled; clumsy; bungling
● adage . Answer: a proverb, wise saying
● maxim . Answer: a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
● fervently . Answer: very enthusiastically or passionately
● oppressive . Answer: burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
● skeptical . Answer: (adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something
as true
● peruse . Answer: (v.) to read thoroughly and carefully; study
● crass . Answer: lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence
, ● devout . Answer: having or showing deep religious feeling or
commitment
● condoled . Answer: to express sympathy with a person who is
suffering
● void . Answer: Empty not valid
● erratically . Answer: strangely; differently than normal
● negated . Answer: nullify; make ineffective
● sustain . Answer: (v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo;
to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
● frolic . Answer: play and run about happily; have fun; romp
● projectile . Answer: an object thrown into the air with great force
● prestige . Answer: respect or regard
● complexity . Answer: difficulty; intricacy
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● perilous . Answer: hazardous; dangerous
● inept . Answer: unskilled; clumsy; bungling
● adage . Answer: a proverb, wise saying
● maxim . Answer: a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
● fervently . Answer: very enthusiastically or passionately
● oppressive . Answer: burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
● skeptical . Answer: (adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something
as true
● peruse . Answer: (v.) to read thoroughly and carefully; study
● crass . Answer: lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence
, ● devout . Answer: having or showing deep religious feeling or
commitment
● condoled . Answer: to express sympathy with a person who is
suffering
● void . Answer: Empty not valid
● erratically . Answer: strangely; differently than normal
● negated . Answer: nullify; make ineffective
● sustain . Answer: (v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo;
to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
● frolic . Answer: play and run about happily; have fun; romp
● projectile . Answer: an object thrown into the air with great force
● prestige . Answer: respect or regard
● complexity . Answer: difficulty; intricacy
