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PCAT Vocab2
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Subjects
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pcat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
lope
Dour
Profusion
Coalesce
2. Favorable
Auspicious
Captious
Banal
Amulet
3. Bucket
Pail
Demure
Demotic
Euphoric
4. Contributing/helping towards
choleric
Assiduous
Conducive
Recondite
5. Lustful
Spurn
Booty
Modicum
Libidinous
6. Country of one's permanent stay
Recondite
Elegy
Domicile
Philander
7. Of vital importance; requisite
Mellifluous
Ditty
Panacea
Imperative
8. Offering nothing challenging
belladonna
Vapid
Denude
Relegate
9. Stubborn (like a mule)
Pertinent
Mulish
Demoralize
revered
10. Happen by chance
Fortuitous
Corpulent
Demoralize
Extirpate
11. Prudent; careful
Fracas
Incompetent
Discreet
Regression
12. Warlike
bellicose
Paucity
Euphoric
Apt
13. Reject with disdain
Salient
Spurn
Seraphic
Gaudy
14. Praise enthusiastically
Quintessence
Abhor
Frivolous
Extol
15. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Indignation
Extol
Poignant
Pusillanimous
16. Trick
Hone
Rancid
Ruse
Anachronism
17. Violation of faith or loyalty
Fracas
Lax
perfidy
Extol
18. A hospital
hackneyed
quixotic
Infirmary
Coffer
19. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Pensive
Discreet
Tenuous
Diatribe
20. Sew
Infringe
Embroider
Vociferous
Pernicious
21. Schemer/fisherman
Garish
Eulogy
Angler
Querulous
22. Profession/science of teaching
Pedagogy
Kudos
Consummate
Valor
23. Long speech of angry criticism
Demeanor
Soporific
Tirade
phlegmatic
24. Man entering frequent sex relation
Ardor
Philander
obverse
Conflagration
25. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Pernicious
Sedate
Valor
26. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
apocryphal
Avarice
Connoisseur
Lodge
27. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
Surreptitious
Captious
melancholy
28. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Quant
Placebo
Querulous
Allay
29. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Demure
juggernaut
Inundate
Allay
30. Wicked/criminal
perambulate
Ostentatious
Recalcitrant
Nefarious
31. Written message (diplomacy)
masochist
Memorandum
Codicil
Virile
32. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Modicum
cogent
Mellifluous
Eulogy
33. Permanent
Pert
Indelible
Errant
Kudos
34. Trickery or fraud
Duplicitous
Inundate
Coalesce
Chicanery
35. Cancel punishment of
Dulcet
Pensive
Reprieve
quixotic
36. Confuse
Discombobulate
belladonna
Unanimous
Demeanor
37. Most noticeable; important
revered
Ethereal
Admonition
Salient
38. Insanity
Diatribe
Disparage
Lunacy
Pedant
39. Expert judge in matter of taste
diligence
Connoisseur
Brigand
Exonerate
40. Angel (light and purity)
Rapscallion
Seraphic
Impetuous
perfidy
41. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
maudlin
Querulous
Slake
perfidy
42. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Derision
Angler
Incompetent
Fortuitous
43. Stubborn to change one's mind
Fluster
Desultory
Obstinate
Promulgate
44. Perplex - confusing
choleric
bewildering
Frivolous
Plethora
45. Selfish motives
Felicity
cynicism
Exorbitant
Eschew
46. Travel over esp. on foot
serendipity
Approbation
perambulate
Gaudy
47. Member of a band
Demure
Paragon
Brigand
Remission
48. Mournful/sad/dismay
Gluttony
Lugubrious
Desultory
quixotic
49. Small amount of something; iota
chastened
Philander
Amulet
Paucity
50. Medicinal extract.
Connoisseur
Hoard
belladonna
Profligate