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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. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Embroider
Domicile
lucidity
barrenness
2. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Jibe
Begrudge
Reprieve
Supplant
3. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Enamel
Recalcitrant
maudlin
Boorish
4. Reject with disdain
Hilt
Ubiquitous
Inane
Spurn
5. Informal private conversation
Confab
Clamor
Slake
Philander
6. Most noticeable; important
Austere
hangar
Impertinent
Salient
7. Concerned with minor detail
perfidy
Pedant
Rebuke
Dulcet
8. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Recalcitrant
Ruse
Troupe
9. Travel over esp. on foot
cogent
Demure
Perfidious
perambulate
10. Straying from the law
Exhort
Scowl
Errant
Magnanimous
11. Grow weak/feeble
Languish
Balmy
barrenness
Magnanimous
12. Something to vehemently dislike
Anathema
Cynical
Amalgamate
Mendacity
13. Small amount of something; iota
Flounder
Smug
Hermit
Paucity
14. Communicate; give to something
maudlin
Impart
naïvete
Memorandum
15. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Scowl
Denude
Inundate
Discreet
16. Give up or become compliant
Tractable
Admonition
Insurrection
Spindle
17. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
revered
Spurn
serendipity
Exonerate
18. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Reticent
Titillate
Futility
Abhor
19. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Fluster
Stoical
Allay
meretricious
20. (of a person) fat
Corpulent
Rancid
Subjective
lethargy
21. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Sate (satiate)
Exonerate
Diatribe
Amulet
22. Steal (things of little value)
panegyric
hangar
Pilfer
Bungler
23. Large amount of something; myriad
Anachronism
Abstruse
agnostic
Profusion
24. Only seeks personal pleasure
Discombobulate
Desultory
Relegate
Hedonist
25. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Cynical
Petulant
Clamor
Mellifluous
26. Beggar
Semantic
drawl
Mendicant
Spurn
27. Greatly honored.
Consummate
revered
Docile
Discombobulate
28. Anxiety or dismay.
Surreptitious
Repugnant
Avarice
Consternation
29. Man entering frequent sex relation
Dour
Tame
Imperative
Philander
30. Item of food; something eaten
bewildering
Intractable
Comestible
Languish
31. Fault-finding
Pernicious
invidious
Captious
Futility
32. Express vehement protest
Fulminate
Booty
Begrudge
Abhor
33. Of a subject - obscure
Reprieve
Pail
Recondite
Cynical
34. Dull and uninspired
Pedestrian
Paltry
Felicity
Perfunctory
35. Tolerant; set as true
Imbue
vitriol
Exorbitant
Dogmatic
36. A public expression of approval
barrenness
Tenuous
panegyric
Candid
37. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Gluttony
Blight
Recalcitrant
Flounder
38. Warlike
Modicum
Semantic
adulation
bellicose
39. Lack harmony; conflicting
Demeanor
Paltry
melancholy
Discordant
40. Self-resistant (sexually)
Vociferous
Continent
Apt
Dulcet
41. Stubborn to change one's mind
Predilection
Obstinate
Consternation
Moratorium
42. Exhibiting aggression.
Recondite
Infringe
belligerent
Demoralize
43. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
chastened
Indelible
lucidity
Relegate
44. Replace
Gaudy
cogent
Supplant
evanescent
45. Make or become fixed; stuck
Lugubrious
Prerogative
Effervescent
Lodge
46. Medicinal extract.
belladonna
Repugnant
Pertinent
Eccentric
47. Profession/science of teaching
choleric
Pedagogy
Depot
Raucous
48. Valuable stolen goods
seraphic
barrenness
Booty
Allay
49. Anger
Exonerate
Panacea
Ire
Philander
50. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
belligerent
stoic
Pusillanimous