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PCAT Vocab2
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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. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Recalcitrant
Tractable
cherubic
Ostentatious
2. Pretending shyness or modesty
demagogue
Pilfer
Coy
Unanimous
3. Insanity
Lunacy
Consummate
Eccentric
Rancid
4. Depression of spirits
phlegmatic
Inundate
melancholy
Semantic
5. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Vapid
drawl
Pusillanimous
Quant
6. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Eulogy
Revue
apocryphal
Subjective
7. Untruthful
Mendacity
Banal
cherubic
bellicose
8. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Booty
Diatribe
Pert
juggernaut
9. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Munificent
naïvete
Extol
10. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Vociferous
Intrepid
Hackneyed
11. Short simple song
Ditty
Inundate
Nefarious
Perjury
12. Exhibiting aggression.
trite
Ennui
Contempt
belligerent
13. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
panegyric
naïvete
Valor
Effervescent
14. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Boorish
Pervasive
masochist
15. Place of refuge/safety
Inexorable
Abhor
Gaudy
Sanctuary
16. Prudent; careful
Captious
Discreet
Downpour
serendipity
17. Strip of covering; make bare
Denude
Anodyne
Strident
Elegy
18. Officially absolve from blame
Exonerate
Peal
Dandy
Obsequious
19. Extensive/destructive fire
perfidy
Conflagration
Inadvertent
Hone
20. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
behemoth
Castigate
Histrionic
Dissolute
21. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Relegate
ostracism
sybaritic
Smug
22. Belief of something/one is useless
Innocuous
ostracism
Contempt
Audacious
23. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Infirmary
Petulant
Paregoric
Avarice
24. Expert judge in matter of taste
Lugubrious
ostracism
Asinine
Connoisseur
25. Talkative
Loquacious
Remission
Munificent
behemoth
26. Extreme greed for wealth
Mulish
Spurn
Avarice
filibuster
27. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Ostentatious
Solace
Profligate
Insurrection
28. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Felicity
Inundate
Ostentatious
Cynical
29. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Blight
lethargy
Demoralize
30. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Brackish
Pedestrian
behemoth
evanescent
31. Warlike
Hermit
bellicose
Histrionic
Subjective
32. Excessively detailed; boring
Pedant
Ostentatious
Rebuke
Quant
33. Causing (likely) disagreement
Ascetic
Ingenious
Contentious
Demure
34. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Corpulent
Kudos
Recondite
Begrudge
35. Clever/original/inventive
Ingenious
Atelier
Brackish
Approbation
36. Irritated - angry.
belligerent
Abdicate
choleric
Ruse
37. Abusive/highly critical language
Eccentric
Virile
filibuster
Invective
38. Not having life.
Solace
Auspicious
inanimate
Vociferous
39. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Lugubrious
agnostic
Anachronism
Ruse
40. Saying much in few words; brief.
laconic - spartan
diligence
inanimate
Unanimous
41. In widespread practice - use - existence
Denude
Duplicitous
meretricious
Rife
42. Outcast
pariah
Inundate
Exonerate
Captious
43. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Codicil
Candid
Impertinent
Quintessence
44. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Hoard
Ubiquitous
Ennui
Promulgate
45. Anger
trite
Ire
Imbue
Skirmish
46. Profession/science of teaching
Discordant
Perjury
Poignant
Pedagogy
47. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Titillate
Repugnant
Spurn
48. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Rescind
Boorish
Paregoric
Exhort
49. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Duplicitous
Cabal
Abhor
Parley
50. Make or become fixed; stuck
Profligate
Cabal
Lodge
Cavalcade