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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Wicked/criminal
Perjury
Docile
Nefarious
antebellum
2. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
Reverence
Lariat
Pier
3. Very enthusiastic; passionate
juggernaut
pariah
Ardent
Uncanny
4. Found everywhere
Querulous
Ubiquitous
Scowl
Circumlocution
5. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Enamel
Impetuous
ostracism
vitriol
6. Prudent; careful
Virile
Discreet
Futility
Insurrection
7. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Auspicious
Panacea
meretricious
Spurn
8. Make (something bad) worse
meretricious
Exacerbate
Mendicant
Frivolous
9. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Hilt
Felicity
Confab
Peal
10. Tall tower used to store grain
Confluence
Anachronism
Silo
Dandy
11. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Hedonist
Lapel
Effervescent
Discordant
12. A mischievous person
Errant
Asinine
Sate (satiate)
Rapscallion
13. Very small/meager
Diatribe
Paltry
Audacious
Impertinent
14. Most perfect/typical example
Quintessence
Surreptitious
Pusillanimous
Rapscallion
15. Officially absolve from blame
Depot
Eschew
Fluster
Exonerate
16. Appropriate - suitable
Contempt
hangar
Apt
foal
17. Medicinal extract.
Pervasive
Banal
Perfunctory
belladonna
18. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Bungler
Lax
Demoralize
Pert
19. Beggar
Innocuous
Philander
Sterile
Mendicant
20. Mournful/sad/dismay
Pert
Lugubrious
Jibe
Kudos
21. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Disparage
Mellifluous
Obstinate
Lax
22. Dryness
aridity
Prerogative
Berth
Recalcitrant
23. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Chicanery
Austere
Rife
meretricious
24. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Embroider
Hone
cogent
Perturb
25. Represent as little worth; scorn
Ennui
Disparage
Frivolous
cogent
26. Lacking flavor
Insipid
Hedonist
Codicil
cherubic
27. Art/practice of disputation.
polemic
Inadvertent
Assiduous
behemoth
28. Only motivated by self-interest
Munificent
Depot
Cynical
seraphic
29. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
maudlin
Ennui
Pert
Pier
30. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Rancid
Indignation
Skirmish
Lithe
31. Group of entertainers who tour
Troupe
Pusillanimous
Raucous
melancholy
32. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Invective
cherubic
Ditty
33. Contributing/helping towards
Innocuous
Eccentric
Conducive
sanguine
34. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Valor
Dolorous
Chortle
Demoralize
35. Violation of faith or loyalty
foal
Cabal
Gauntlet
perfidy
36. Belief of something/one is useless
Pilfer
Contempt
lope
Bland
37. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Amenable
Pedant
Dour
perambulate
38. Trap for catching small animals
aridity
Hackneyed
Snare
Ardent
39. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
lethargy
Demeanor
hangar
Recalcitrant
40. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Cynical
Gluttony
Banal
Repugnant
41. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
drawl
Codicil
Dilettante
42. Expert judge in matter of taste
Connoisseur
Ruse
Confab
invidious
43. Break/interlude
agnostic
Pusillanimous
Infringe
Trowel
44. Deep respect
Reverence
lope
filibuster
Plethora
45. Rope used as a lasso
Lariat
Acclimate
Dolorous
Reprimand
46. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Pusillanimous
Desultory
panegyric
Candid
47. Irritated - angry.
Demure
choleric
Pusillanimous
Repugnant
48. Return to former state
Perjury
hangar
Recondite
Regression
49. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Lapel
Ardor
Desultory
Sterile
50. Trickery or fraud
meretricious
Chicanery
Appease
Circuitous