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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. Unconventional/slightly strange
Booty
Innocuous
Eccentric
Anomaly
2. Strange or mysterious
Pedant
Uncanny
juggernaut
Jibe
3. Very generous
Extirpate
Munificent
Consternation
Poignant
4. Dull and uninspired
Pier
Pedestrian
Sedate
Circuitous
5. Having no fear
Ostentatious
Intrepid
Gaunt
Pedant
6. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Prerogative
filibuster
Scowl
Reprieve
7. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Castigate
Ardent
Pusillanimous
Anomaly
8. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lariat
Obstinate
Lugubrious
Bungler
9. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Carouse
Elegy
posh
meretricious
10. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
cherubic
Paucity
Domicile
Banal
11. Talkative
Avarice
Loquacious
Ubiquitous
Demotic
12. Fake substitute for a drug
Semantic
Placebo
Blight
Discreet
13. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Cabal
Bland
Auspicious
14. Sorrowful
Conducive
Dolorous
Cabal
Solace
15. Tall tower used to store grain
Inadvertent
Diatribe
Silo
Ascetic
16. Store of money or valuable objects
Hoard
Predilection
Reprieve
sanguine
17. Perplex - confusing
Demeanor
Loquacious
Regression
bewildering
18. Member of a band
Enamel
Indignation
Anathema
Brigand
19. Warlike
bellicose
Jibe
Errant
evanescent
20. Lustful
Confab
Libidinous
lethargy
Quant
21. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Conflagration
Cabal
Sedate
22. Irritated - angry.
Flounder
Allay
Denude
choleric
23. Only seeks personal pleasure
Expedient
Languish
Fluster
Hedonist
24. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
Uncanny
Asinine
Conflagration
25. Addition to a will
perambulate
Codicil
foal
Scion
26. Express vehement protest
vitriol
Salient
melancholy
Fulminate
27. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
Soporific
perambulate
filibuster
Rife
28. Obstinately uncooperative
Anachronism
cherubic
lethargy
Recalcitrant
29. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Gauntlet
Admonition
Dulcet
Apex
30. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
Spurn
Revue
Depot
31. Satisfy fully
Lax
Anachronism
Sate (satiate)
adulation
32. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Berth
diligence
Lugubrious
Garish
33. Clever/original/inventive
Elegy
Ingenious
Rebuke
Unanimous
34. Steady earnest effort
Flounder
Apprehensive
filibuster
diligence
35. Happen by chance
Memorandum
Rescind
Extirpate
Fortuitous
36. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
filibuster
Plethora
Ingenious
behemoth
37. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
hackneyed
bewildering
quixotic
38. Very small/meager
Dolorous
Paltry
polemic
Depot
39. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Spurn
panegyric
Dilettante
Coalesce
40. Bucket
inanimate
Pail
Subjective
Coalesce
41. To flatter/admire excessively.
Asinine
Apprehensive
Felicity
adulation
42. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
Kudos
Dissolute
revered
43. One who suffers without complaining.
meretricious
Brigand
Vociferous
stoic
44. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Allay
Scrutiny
Perfunctory
melancholy
45. Used by ordinary people; secular
Incompetent
behemoth
Demotic
Plethora
46. Accustom to new conditions
lucidity
Acclimate
Pert
cogent
47. Schemer/fisherman
Mulish
Angler
Euphoric
Circuitous
48. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
chimerical
Downpour
polemic
Valor
49. Part of a suit
Scant
foal
Extirpate
Lapel
50. Permanent
Extol
Pertinent
Indelible
serendipity