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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. Impossible to stop or prevent
Indignation
Impetuous
Inexorable
Lariat
2. Schemer/fisherman
Angler
Silo
Spurn
Intractable
3. Reject with disdain
Paramour
Panacea
Assiduous
Spurn
4. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Apex
Anathema
Prerogative
Atelier
5. Most noticeable; important
Diatribe
Banal
Clamor
Salient
6. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Austere
Ethereal
hangar
vitriol
7. Fully in agreement
Paramour
Unanimous
Hone
Fulminate
8. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Expedient
Effervescent
Vociferous
Coalesce
9. Before the war
melancholy
antebellum
Promulgate
Captious
10. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
Trowel
Consternation
Pedant
11. Something to vehemently dislike
Amenable
apocryphal
Anathema
sybaritic
12. House/repair airplanes
Exonerate
hangar
Rescind
Eccentric
13. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Prerogative
Sterile
Asinine
Perjury
14. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Pensive
Conducive
Ostentatious
15. Assign inferior rank to
Paragon
Petulant
Invective
Relegate
16. Insanity
Vapid
Bristle
Lunacy
Avarice
17. Happen by chance
Ardent
Acclimate
naïvete
Fortuitous
18. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Infirmary
Dour
Gaunt
Spurn
19. Outward behavior
lope
Pert
bellicose
Demeanor
20. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Demeanor
Modicum
Ardor
Quarry
21. Act angrily or defensively
Dour
Perfunctory
Duplicitous
Bristle
22. Fashionable.
posh
serendipity
Snare
Conducive
23. Highest order of angels
Contempt
Eulogy
Scowl
seraphic
24. Easily influenced/controlled
Scrutiny
Extirpate
Amenable
Blight
25. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Hermit
Reticent
Quarry
Abdicate
26. Tall tower used to store grain
Revue
Impart
Silo
Profusion
27. Untruthful
Mendacity
Pensive
Errant
Remission
28. Generous/munificent/forgive
cynicism
Quarry
Bland
Magnanimous
29. Large amount of something; myriad
Lugubrious
Profusion
Paragon
Denude
30. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Innocuous
Garish
Demoralize
Infirmary
31. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Gaunt
Nadir
Demure
Conflagration
32. Tolerant; set as true
Spindle
Promulgate
Dogmatic
Pedant
33. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Reprimand
Dulcet
Conflagration
Plethora
34. Permanent
Salient
Indelible
naïvete
Acclimate
35. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Confab
Lithe
Extirpate
Carouse
36. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Tirade
Contempt
Begrudge
Remission
37. Man concern with stylish looks
Allay
Ethereal
Dandy
inanimate
38. A mischievous person
Rapscallion
Pugilist
Fickle
Coalesce
39. Formally display sorrow
vitriol
Quintessence
Impertinent
Elegy
40. A studio (where sculpture works)
Strident
Atelier
Blight
Coalesce
41. Lying under oath
behemoth
serendipity
Perjury
Reprimand
42. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
lope
Euphoric
Lunacy
43. Fault-finding
Miscreant
Surreptitious
Libidinous
Captious
44. Brief and concise.
Discordant
Profligate
succinct
bewildering
45. An episode of irregular fighting
Eulogy
Remission
Conflagration
Skirmish
46. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Languish
Garish
Obsequious
antebellum
47. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Acclimate
Inundate
Quant
Mellifluous
48. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Flounder
Amalgamate
Rancid
49. Express disapproval; reprove
Errant
Reprimand
Paucity
Abdicate
50. Have no serious purpose/value
Dilettante
perambulate
Philander
Frivolous