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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. Belonging to another period
Corpulent
Anachronism
Ostentatious
Extirpate
2. Valuable stolen goods
Reticent
Booty
Perfidious
meretricious
3. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
lucidity
Poignant
Indolent
Rebuke
4. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Ethereal
Querulous
Coffer
Impetuous
5. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Auspicious
Miscreant
cynicism
Prerogative
6. A lover of luxury.
invidious
Lackey
sybaritic
Titillate
7. Longer than most direct way
Jibe
Circuitous
Apprehensive
Dour
8. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Libidinous
Scion
Enamel
Disparage
9. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Apprehensive
Amulet
Depot
10. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Auspicious
Rancid
succinct
invidious
11. Submissive
Docile
Pilfer
Coy
Rescind
12. Silly (lacking sense)
Inane
antebellum
choleric
Downpour
13. Break/interlude
Lax
Futility
Infringe
Anathema
14. (girl or woman) attractively lively
aridity
Discombobulate
Relegate
Pert
15. Very enthusiastic; passionate
panegyric
vitriol
Ardent
choleric
16. Praise enthusiastically
Begrudge
Extol
Errant
Amulet
17. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Profligate
Obstinate
Reticent
hackneyed
18. Container storing valuables
Austere
Coffer
Coalesce
Perfidious
19. Something to vehemently dislike
Anathema
Munificent
Paltry
meretricious
20. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Recalcitrant
Derision
hangar
Quant
21. Junction of two rivers; merging
Blight
Confluence
Fracas
lethargy
22. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
sybaritic
Revue
Allay
Futility
23. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Innocuous
Approbation
Admonition
Lax
24. Having power; convincing
cogent
Regression
Exhort
Sterile
25. Untruthful
juggernaut
Mendacity
Profligate
Scant
26. Lacking flavor
Insipid
Philander
Pugilist
Skirmish
27. Steady earnest effort
diligence
Mendacity
Insipid
Reproach
28. Of a subject - obscure
lucidity
Recondite
Corpulent
Titillate
29. Uselessness; pointless
Carouse
Titillate
Salient
Futility
30. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Placebo
Conducive
Imperative
31. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Ardor
Parley
Pert
Tame
32. Strip of covering; make bare
Denude
Reproach
Euphoric
Abhor
33. A hospital
Pertinent
Infirmary
Carouse
Perfunctory
34. Profession/science of teaching
Pedagogy
Allay
Carouse
Pail
35. Impatient/bad-tempered
Impertinent
Jibe
Petulant
Querulous
36. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Rapscallion
Intractable
Ardor
37. Express disapproval in action
Predilection
Philander
Exonerate
Reproach
38. Wordy (fewer would do)
Anomaly
Spindle
Discombobulate
Circumlocution
39. Man entering frequent sex relation
Ethereal
Scant
Philander
Dogmatic
40. Massive relentless force
Pedant
juggernaut
filibuster
Eschew
41. Loud ringing of bells
Peal
Vociferous
Valor
Euphoric
42. Restate
Profligate
Scrutiny
Recapitulate
Cynical
43. Bring together to form a whole
Lariat
Mulish
Coalesce
Malady
44. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Pedant
Elegy
Recondite
serendipity
45. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
Panacea
Gaudy
Entomology
46. Group of entertainers who tour
Discordant
Troupe
Elegy
Scowl
47. Become less intense/widespread
Abate
Ascetic
Fluster
cherubic
48. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Munificent
Blight
Fickle
Pertinent
49. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Bungler
Scant
lope
Libidinous
50. Obstinately uncooperative
Candid
Languish
Recalcitrant
Strident