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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. A mischievous person
barrenness
Anodyne
Rapscallion
Garish
2. Causing (likely) disagreement
Cavalcade
Ethereal
Contentious
Rapscallion
3. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Effervescent
diligence
Lariat
4. Strip of covering; make bare
Sterile
Denude
Pedant
Lugubrious
5. Found everywhere
Downpour
Panacea
Discombobulate
Ubiquitous
6. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Plethora
Pedagogy
Paragon
7. Used by ordinary people; secular
Brigand
Demotic
Fluster
Rife
8. Place of refuge/safety
Gaudy
Entomology
Sanctuary
Reverence
9. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Bristle
Fracas
Abstruse
Confab
10. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Eschew
Pusillanimous
ostracism
Booty
11. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Pert
Indelible
Rapscallion
barrenness
12. (of a person) fat
Sanctuary
Abdicate
Corpulent
choleric
13. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Amenable
Desultory
Candid
Exhort
14. Grow weak/feeble
Languish
Eulogy
Querulous
Recalcitrant
15. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Paregoric
cherubic
Anachronism
Desultory
16. Trap for catching small animals
Lunacy
Eschew
Snare
Tame
17. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Vociferous
Castigate
Placebo
Exonerate
18. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Booty
Repugnant
Paregoric
Domicile
19. Beggar
Asinine
Clamor
Mendicant
Scrutiny
20. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Relegate
Chicanery
Enamel
Ostentatious
21. Prudent; careful
Moratorium
Gaunt
Mulish
Discreet
22. Lacking flavor
Quarry
Chortle
Insipid
Sterile
23. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
Reticent
Invective
Quant
24. Country of one's permanent stay
Tame
Anomaly
Pedestrian
Domicile
25. Show great care and perseverance
Semantic
Mulish
Scrutiny
Assiduous
26. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Dissolute
Begrudge
Uncanny
Vociferous
27. Mournful/sad/dismay
Placebo
Lugubrious
demagogue
Elegy
28. Cause sleep/drowsiness
drawl
Soporific
Hermit
Coffer
29. Member of a band
maudlin
Brigand
Auspicious
Audacious
30. Having no fear
Modicum
Intrepid
Hackneyed
Cynical
31. Lustful
Libidinous
Tractable
Apex
Exonerate
32. Impatient/bad-tempered
Pernicious
Sanctuary
Petulant
Flounder
33. Unproductive of results
Impertinent
Duplicitous
barrenness
Derision
34. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Gaudy
Tenuous
Apex
Bland
35. Dizzy
Giddy
Rife
Dilettante
Acquiesce
36. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Mendacity
Rapscallion
Trowel
37. Of a subject - obscure
Captious
Recondite
Pervasive
Blight
38. Bring together to form a whole
Bland
Coalesce
Infirmary
Gauntlet
39. In widespread practice - use - existence
Hoard
juggernaut
Rife
Appease
40. Trick
Ruse
Silo
Coalesce
Insipid
41. Approval; praise
Plethora
Approbation
succinct
revered
42. Lose composure; make agitated
Panacea
Fluster
Anodyne
Coffer
43. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Ascetic
Exonerate
Ardent
44. Favorable
Euphoric
Scion
Auspicious
Tirade
45. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Moratorium
Chortle
trite
46. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Solace
Desultory
Infirmary
Ennui
47. Extremely foolish or stupid
Asinine
Kudos
Salient
Sate (satiate)
48. Fitting/practical (improper?)
chimerical
Expedient
Docile
succinct
49. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Apprehensive
Insipid
Infirmary
50. Large amount of something; myriad
Moratorium
Profusion
Anathema
Salient