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PCAT Vocab2
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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. Tastelessly bright or showy
Gaunt
Perfunctory
Demeanor
Gaudy
2. Selfish motives
Ditty
Recalcitrant
cynicism
Scowl
3. Cancel or take back
Tenuous
Desultory
Rescind
Eccentric
4. Causing (likely) disagreement
Conducive
Perturb
Contentious
Mellifluous
5. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Slake
Impetuous
sanguine
Subjective
6. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Giddy
Extol
Reprimand
7. Feelings of ill will.
Brigand
Jibe
posh
vitriol
8. Post that holds up a handrail
Dulcet
Spindle
Impertinent
melancholy
9. Informal private conversation
Confab
Paltry
Lunacy
Continent
10. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Prerogative
Brackish
Lunacy
11. Found everywhere
Denude
Appease
Ubiquitous
Hackneyed
12. Dryness
Inane
Giddy
aridity
Chortle
13. Anger
Memorandum
Approbation
Pedagogy
Ire
14. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Contempt
Abate
masochist
Virile
15. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Sedate
Abdicate
succinct
Pertinent
16. Group of entertainers who tour
Troupe
chimerical
succinct
Blight
17. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Anachronism
adulation
agnostic
Repugnant
18. Easily influenced/controlled
Promulgate
choleric
Amenable
Gaunt
19. To flatter/admire excessively.
Enamel
Nadir
adulation
Perfidious
20. Extreme form of sharpening
Hone
Abhor
Discordant
Pedagogy
21. Overly theatrical
Ardent
Philander
juggernaut
Histrionic
22. Belonging to another period
Mulish
Abate
Memorandum
Anachronism
23. Profession/science of teaching
Spurn
invidious
Vapid
Pedagogy
24. Warlike
stoic
foal
bellicose
Audacious
25. Break/interlude
Eminence
barrenness
Memorandum
Infringe
26. Replace
Prerogative
Trowel
Supplant
Reprieve
27. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Indolent
Garish
succinct
Comestible
28. Slightly salty
Brackish
bellicose
Ire
Cynical
29. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
laconic - spartan
Miscreant
Euphoric
30. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Insipid
invidious
ostracism
Ethereal
31. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Subjective
Lax
Pedestrian
32. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Mendacity
Predilection
Inundate
bewildering
33. Dizzy
Demotic
Abate
Surreptitious
Giddy
34. Model; exemplar
Obstinate
Paragon
Ethereal
bewildering
35. Before the war
antebellum
Ascetic
trite
Sate (satiate)
36. Shun or avoid
Gaudy
Anachronism
Soporific
Eschew
37. Written message (diplomacy)
Scowl
Inundate
Memorandum
Smug
38. Dull and uninspired
Eccentric
Diatribe
Pedestrian
Vociferous
39. Place for storage of large commodity
Depot
quixotic
Vociferous
Eschew
40. Represent as little worth; scorn
Soporific
Contempt
Disparage
Pernicious
41. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Perfunctory
Pertinent
Dogmatic
lucidity
42. Item of food; something eaten
Plethora
Imbue
Recalcitrant
Comestible
43. Untruthful
Paramour
Mendacity
Recapitulate
Discreet
44. Insanity
Conflagration
Lunacy
Munificent
Exonerate
45. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Quant
Indolent
Pedant
Impart
46. Concerned with minor detail
apocryphal
Pedant
Hoard
Virile
47. Secret political faction in collusion
Anomaly
Cabal
Circumlocution
Connoisseur
48. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Reprieve
Pervasive
Eulogy
Cynical
49. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Pedestrian
Continent
Ardor
50. Heavy rainfall
Lugubrious
Downpour
Connoisseur
Exacerbate