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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
Fluster
Clamor
Hoard
Abate
2. Country of one's permanent stay
Hilt
Domicile
Recondite
Dandy
3. Heavy rainfall
posh
Downpour
revered
Indolent
4. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
Errant
Denude
Append
5. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Sate (satiate)
Strident
hangar
6. Extreme greed for wealth
Scrutiny
Rancid
Fortuitous
Avarice
7. Dryness
aridity
laconic - spartan
Codicil
Bristle
8. Excessively detailed; boring
Vociferous
hackneyed
Pedant
Giddy
9. Something opposite to another
obverse
Pernicious
Malady
Reprimand
10. Violent uprising against authority
Confluence
Soporific
ostracism
Insurrection
11. Preference/special liking for
Profligate
Spurn
Quintessence
Predilection
12. A studio (where sculpture works)
Obstinate
Atelier
Balmy
Auspicious
13. Replace
Atelier
Supplant
Ascetic
Recondite
14. Most noticeable; important
Insipid
Hoard
Salient
hackneyed
15. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Begrudge
Infirmary
cherubic
Effervescent
16. Long speech of angry criticism
Tirade
Paragon
perfidy
Raucous
17. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Anodyne
sanguine
Hermit
18. Overly theatrical
Dilettante
juggernaut
Histrionic
Errant
19. Add to end of a document
juggernaut
Appease
Append
aridity
20. Talkative
Loquacious
trite
Bristle
Apprehensive
21. Criticize sharply
Perfunctory
Coy
panegyric
Rebuke
22. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Auspicious
perfidy
Indignation
Inundate
23. Highest order of angels
Imperative
seraphic
Codicil
Captious
24. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable
Disparage
Carouse
Dogmatic
25. Expressing disapproval
succinct
Pejorative
Subjective
Scant
26. Straying from the law
Prerogative
Dulcet
Errant
Anathema
27. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Acquiesce
Inexorable
Pugilist
invidious
28. Small quantity
Spurn
maudlin
Modicum
Pernicious
29. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coy
posh
Mendacity
Recalcitrant
30. Study of insects
Entomology
Cavalcade
Lithe
Assiduous
31. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
behemoth
Languish
Perfunctory
Pusillanimous
32. Belonging to another period
Abate
Pilfer
Anachronism
Ire
33. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
adulation
Rescind
Cynical
34. Very small/meager
Ennui
Solace
Paltry
Plethora
35. Young horse
Confluence
Malady
Discordant
foal
36. Extensive/destructive fire
Hedonist
Tenuous
Acquiesce
Conflagration
37. Art/practice of disputation.
Obstinate
polemic
Philander
Panacea
38. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
evanescent
Magnanimous
Poignant
Nefarious
39. Item of food; something eaten
Lapel
Placebo
naïvete
Comestible
40. Lack strong features/uninteresting
laconic - spartan
Bland
lethargy
adulation
41. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Paucity
posh
Quintessence
Pertinent
42. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Exhort
Pedagogy
Mellifluous
43. Accept passively (give in); accede
Lax
Acquiesce
Poignant
Begrudge
44. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Indignation
Contempt
Dissolute
Acclimate
45. Express disapproval in action
Pertinent
Perfunctory
Reticent
Reproach
46. Profession/science of teaching
Kudos
Skirmish
Docile
Pedagogy
47. Approval; praise
Approbation
Demure
Scion
Modicum
48. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Lax
pariah
Berth
Preside
49. Before the war
antebellum
Dissolute
Inane
Eulogy
50. Man concern with stylish looks
Depot
Dandy
Expedient
Abate