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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. Carried out with minimal effort
Candid
Perfunctory
Cavalcade
Vapid
2. Of vital importance; requisite
Imperative
behemoth
Smug
Sate (satiate)
3. House/repair airplanes
Enamel
hangar
Trowel
Tirade
4. Accustom to new conditions
Acclimate
naïvete
Dissolute
Chortle
5. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Dilettante
Fracas
Inexorable
filibuster
6. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Solace
Libidinous
Acquiesce
7. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Kudos
Panacea
Enamel
lethargy
8. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Dolorous
Brackish
naïvete
9. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Amulet
Eminence
Supplant
barrenness
10. Anxiety or dismay.
Derision
Plethora
Snare
Consternation
11. A mischievous person
Brigand
Austere
Rapscallion
Ingenious
12. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Amulet
Paregoric
Modicum
Effervescent
13. Strange or mysterious
serendipity
Uncanny
Scrutiny
invidious
14. Slightly salty
Brackish
Semantic
Ditty
Spindle
15. Approval; praise
Ditty
Rancid
agnostic
Approbation
16. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Acclimate
Perturb
Salient
cynicism
17. Silly (lacking sense)
Flounder
Eccentric
Scant
Inane
18. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Magnanimous
Exhort
Embroider
Insipid
19. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
melancholy
Impart
Blight
Desultory
20. Boxer
Contempt
Blight
Incompetent
Pugilist
21. Barely sufficient/adequate
invidious
Repugnant
Conflagration
Scant
22. Permanent
Promulgate
Paregoric
Predilection
Indelible
23. Pretending shyness or modesty
Soporific
diligence
Exorbitant
Coy
24. Preference/special liking for
Predilection
Coffer
Sedate
Semantic
25. Express vehement protest
Fulminate
Indolent
belligerent
Mendacity
26. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Anodyne
Admonition
Eccentric
Exonerate
27. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
succinct
Pedestrian
Unanimous
28. Denying one's self pleasure
Paramour
Booty
Ascetic
meretricious
29. Not harmful or offensive
Sanctuary
Innocuous
Infringe
Hilt
30. Too obedient/servile.
Scrutiny
Obsequious
Titillate
Eschew
31. Unconventional/slightly strange
Discombobulate
Eccentric
Consternation
Preside
32. Difficult to understand
Exacerbate
Abstruse
aridity
Domicile
33. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Extirpate
Hilt
cavalier
obverse
34. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Desultory
Comestible
Valor
Lackey
35. Unproductive of results
obverse
barrenness
Exacerbate
seraphic
36. Reject with disdain
Anathema
Indelible
Spurn
Atelier
37. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Consummate
ostracism
Anomaly
38. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Apex
hackneyed
Rebuke
bellicose
39. Resign/give up
Allay
chastened
Discordant
Abdicate
40. Item of food; something eaten
Pedestrian
Cavalcade
pariah
Comestible
41. Heavy rainfall
Apprehensive
Virile
Extol
Downpour
42. Group of entertainers who tour
Smug
Paltry
Troupe
Spindle
43. Cancel punishment of
Exorbitant
Reprieve
Enamel
Angler
44. Abusive/highly critical language
Ascetic
Profusion
Imperative
Invective
45. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Perfunctory
cherubic
Desultory
Diatribe
46. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Eminence
naïvete
cavalier
Consummate
47. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Pensive
Brigand
Pertinent
Allay
48. Express disapproval; reprove
Atelier
Ire
Reprimand
Reticent
49. Something opposite to another
obverse
lucidity
Philander
Frivolous
50. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Inexorable
sanguine
choleric