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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. Short simple song
Poignant
revered
Ditty
Demoralize
2. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Inexorable
lethargy
Duplicitous
Pensive
3. Stubborn (like a mule)
Semantic
Skirmish
Mulish
Trowel
4. Fault-finding
Bungler
Captious
Bland
demagogue
5. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Indolent
Blight
Discombobulate
hackneyed
6. Small amount of something; iota
Reprimand
Modicum
Paucity
Invective
7. Steal (things of little value)
Enamel
Pilfer
Gaunt
lethargy
8. Very generous
Expedient
Scant
serendipity
Munificent
9. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Demotic
Smug
apocryphal
cavalier
10. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
Paramour
hangar
cherubic
11. Not harmful or offensive
Inane
Disparage
Revue
Innocuous
12. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Memorandum
Sanctuary
Hedonist
behemoth
13. Accept passively (give in); accede
Trowel
Acquiesce
Consternation
Amulet
14. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
Consummate
Spurn
Candid
15. Impossible to stop or prevent
Titillate
Inexorable
Munificent
Pail
16. Regard with hatred
lope
Abhor
cherubic
Allay
17. Small quantity
Pernicious
Confab
antebellum
Modicum
18. Gather things together
Ire
Pervasive
Relegate
Amalgamate
19. Informal private conversation
Consummate
Confab
Coy
Corpulent
20. Have no serious purpose/value
Mendacity
Audacious
Frivolous
Amulet
21. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Hackneyed
Reprimand
pariah
Ennui
22. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Balmy
Profusion
meretricious
23. An episode of irregular fighting
Confab
Chicanery
Demotic
Skirmish
24. Make (something bad) worse
Exacerbate
Hilt
Discombobulate
Smug
25. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Amalgamate
Continent
Berth
Gaunt
26. Exhibiting aggression.
belligerent
Titillate
invidious
Plethora
27. Place for storage of large commodity
Tame
Apt
Depot
Reprieve
28. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Booty
Exhort
chimerical
aridity
29. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Hone
Dilettante
Contentious
Revue
30. Lustful
Libidinous
Coy
Pervasive
Pedagogy
31. Fully in agreement
Unanimous
Impetuous
Perfidious
Ire
32. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Remission
Berth
Jibe
Bristle
33. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Modicum
Fickle
Obstinate
Circumlocution
34. Too obedient/servile.
Gaudy
Obsequious
Tirade
Stoical
35. Angry/bad-tempered expression
bewildering
Imbue
Mellifluous
Scowl
36. Give up or become compliant
Valor
ostracism
Tractable
Audacious
37. Carried out with minimal effort
Garish
Perfunctory
Tenuous
Ditty
38. Contributing/helping towards
Allay
Pert
Conflagration
Conducive
39. Grow weak/feeble
Tenuous
Apex
Clamor
Languish
40. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Scowl
Silo
meretricious
Admonition
41. Steady earnest effort
Felicity
diligence
belladonna
Obstinate
42. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Spindle
Remission
Trowel
43. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Titillate
Ardor
Recapitulate
Frivolous
44. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Mulish
Scant
Perfunctory
Perturb
45. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
demagogue
Frivolous
invidious
46. One who suffers without complaining.
Subjective
stoic
Exhort
Pernicious
47. Anger
hangar
bewildering
Ire
Perfidious
48. Strip of covering; make bare
Embroider
Spindle
Denude
stoic
49. Stubborn to change one's mind
Tractable
Obstinate
Ardor
Fluster
50. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Invective
Boorish
Magnanimous
Perfidious