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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. Store of money or valuable objects
Profligate
serendipity
Hoard
hangar
2. Selfish motives
Frivolous
Modicum
Hackneyed
cynicism
3. Approval; praise
cherubic
Approbation
Scant
Recapitulate
4. Fully in agreement
Bland
Felicity
Unanimous
Spindle
5. Praise enthusiastically
cogent
Coalesce
Reproach
Extol
6. Impossible to stop or prevent
Clamor
Inexorable
Scion
Regression
7. Speak slowly
perambulate
drawl
Abate
Kudos
8. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Revue
Extol
belligerent
vitriol
9. Irritated - angry.
Perfidious
Entomology
Conducive
choleric
10. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
Eschew
Scrutiny
Bland
11. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Infirmary
Pedagogy
Remission
Nadir
12. Longer than most direct way
Circuitous
Rancid
Berth
Confluence
13. Not resulting from plan
juggernaut
Smug
Malady
Inadvertent
14. Laugh in a gleeful way
obverse
Chortle
Spindle
hackneyed
15. Praise and honor
Ditty
Parley
Dulcet
Kudos
16. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Eschew
Castigate
Denude
Giddy
17. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Gluttony
Pugilist
Valor
Ethereal
18. In widespread practice - use - existence
Auspicious
Spurn
Rife
Docile
19. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Imperative
Languish
laconic - spartan
20. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Codicil
diligence
Fickle
Reverence
21. Depression of spirits
melancholy
Atelier
Imbue
Munificent
22. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Eulogy
Paucity
Anomaly
Parley
23. Loud/confused noise
Tirade
Intrepid
invidious
Clamor
24. Complete happiness/ expressing
Titillate
Infirmary
Cynical
Felicity
25. Medicinal extract.
Pail
Repugnant
Lithe
belladonna
26. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Spurn
Unanimous
apocryphal
Quintessence
27. Submissive
Docile
maudlin
Discordant
meretricious
28. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Obsequious
Berth
Nadir
Apt
29. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
panegyric
Promulgate
Blight
inanimate
30. Apathy or sluggishness
Banal
Quintessence
phlegmatic
Inundate
31. Placate by acceding their demands
Exonerate
Panacea
Incompetent
Appease
32. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Paragon
Allay
Indignation
33. Stubborn to change one's mind
Obstinate
Eminence
Demotic
Acclimate
34. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Pail
Ardent
Loquacious
hackneyed
35. Profession/science of teaching
Solace
Pedagogy
Expedient
Reticent
36. Unproductive of results
barrenness
foal
Hermit
Anodyne
37. Secret political faction in collusion
succinct
Indelible
Cabal
Exacerbate
38. Extreme greed for wealth
Amenable
Hilt
behemoth
Avarice
39. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Sterile
Apprehensive
Silo
40. Abusive/highly critical language
Innocuous
Invective
Paltry
Dogmatic
41. Belief of something/one is useless
Relegate
Contempt
Disparage
Panacea
42. Formally display sorrow
Abhor
Balmy
Elegy
Miscreant
43. Anxiety or dismay.
Ardor
Spindle
Consternation
Revue
44. Item of food; something eaten
Innocuous
Comestible
Inundate
Incompetent
45. Anger
Ire
Tenuous
Perfunctory
phlegmatic
46. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
Garish
Fulminate
Appease
47. Fashionable.
Philander
posh
naïvete
aridity
48. An episode of irregular fighting
Denude
Skirmish
Asinine
Reproach
49. Country of one's permanent stay
Snare
adulation
sanguine
Domicile
50. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Quant
Admonition
Pensive
barrenness