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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. Replace
Mendacity
Lapel
Supplant
Effervescent
2. Favorable
Auspicious
Apex
Imbue
Acquiesce
3. Large amount of something; myriad
Regression
agnostic
Profusion
perfidy
4. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Prerogative
Uncanny
Virile
Austere
5. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Smug
Pedagogy
Tirade
6. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
seraphic
Confluence
Memorandum
7. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
hangar
Consummate
Confab
Fracas
8. Difficult to understand
Apt
ostracism
Abstruse
Libidinous
9. Member of a band
drawl
Paregoric
Insipid
Brigand
10. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
belligerent
Obsequious
Indignation
Pervasive
11. Concerned with minor detail
Codicil
Pedant
Languish
Scowl
12. Cheerful - hopeful.
Circuitous
Discombobulate
sanguine
Reprieve
13. Massive relentless force
Fickle
juggernaut
Malady
naïvete
14. Anger
Ire
Inadvertent
diligence
Contempt
15. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Exhort
Depot
Giddy
Cavalcade
16. Expressing disapproval
Consummate
Pejorative
antebellum
Nefarious
17. Model; exemplar
Pail
Chortle
Confab
Paragon
18. Generous/munificent/forgive
Magnanimous
Connoisseur
Philander
posh
19. Longer than most direct way
Semantic
Circuitous
Gauntlet
Chicanery
20. Laugh in a gleeful way
Salient
Avarice
Discombobulate
Chortle
21. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
lethargy
Demoralize
Hackneyed
22. Express disapproval; reprove
Begrudge
lethargy
Reprimand
revered
23. Study of insects
Infringe
Entomology
Pusillanimous
Apex
24. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Abdicate
Impetuous
Codicil
25. Excessive in eating
Allay
Apprehensive
Gluttony
Futility
26. Self-resistant (sexually)
Desultory
Quarry
Continent
Pilfer
27. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Nefarious
Ardent
Smug
meretricious
28. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Lunacy
invidious
Continent
Paregoric
29. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Moratorium
Cabal
Lodge
30. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Confab
Eccentric
Boorish
Admonition
31. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Apt
hackneyed
Profusion
Abdicate
32. Slightly salty
Tractable
Regression
Brackish
Lariat
33. Secret political faction in collusion
Cabal
Unanimous
Relegate
Ditty
34. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Pier
Quintessence
Allay
inanimate
35. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Lithe
belligerent
Eulogy
Admonition
36. (of a person) fat
Salient
Jibe
Corpulent
Predilection
37. Informal private conversation
Confab
Gaudy
hackneyed
Downpour
38. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Consummate
lethargy
Giddy
Demotic
39. Become less intense/widespread
Bland
Gaunt
Demeanor
Abate
40. Before the war
cynicism
antebellum
Inundate
Garish
41. Praise and honor
Apt
Insipid
Kudos
Nefarious
42. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
Ethereal
Gauntlet
drawl
43. Loud/confused noise
Reprimand
Reproach
Candid
Clamor
44. Highest order of angels
Rife
Rescind
Demure
seraphic
45. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Recondite
Repugnant
Abstruse
Plethora
46. Dizzy
Giddy
masochist
Carouse
Coalesce
47. Found everywhere
vitriol
Admonition
Ubiquitous
Denude
48. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Relegate
Ire
Ethereal
49. Hard to control/deal with
Impart
Intractable
Bungler
Confab
50. Mythical beast; unreal.
Recondite
Booty
Perturb
chimerical