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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. Resign/give up
Recondite
Exacerbate
Abdicate
Eminence
2. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Ardent
Expedient
Miscreant
Strident
3. Steal (things of little value)
Impetuous
Flounder
Berth
Pilfer
4. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Lodge
Comestible
Munificent
Demoralize
5. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
chastened
Garish
Tenuous
Slake
6. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Fracas
Consternation
Exorbitant
Chicanery
7. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
Rebuke
Discordant
lucidity
8. Praise enthusiastically
Begrudge
Extol
Candid
diligence
9. Short simple song
Recalcitrant
Ardor
Reproach
Ditty
10. Wordy (fewer would do)
Allay
Circumlocution
Remission
Revue
11. Regard with hatred
Recalcitrant
Abhor
Conducive
Fulminate
12. Prudent; careful
Corpulent
Brackish
Discreet
Relegate
13. Speak slowly
Lunacy
Silo
drawl
Pervasive
14. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Balmy
Panacea
Denude
Placebo
15. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Uncanny
Indelible
Tirade
Derision
16. A hospital
Reproach
Infirmary
Admonition
Eminence
17. Have no serious purpose/value
posh
Hoard
Frivolous
Extirpate
18. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Hedonist
invidious
Pier
Coalesce
19. Break/interlude
Titillate
Conflagration
Infringe
sanguine
20. Perplex - confusing
bewildering
drawl
Semantic
Contempt
21. Express disapproval; reprove
Rescind
Pertinent
agnostic
Reprimand
22. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Loquacious
Reproach
Pusillanimous
Obsequious
23. Written message (diplomacy)
Quintessence
Entomology
Memorandum
Ubiquitous
24. Base - lowest
Nadir
Pedagogy
stoic
Tenuous
25. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Incompetent
Begrudge
Castigate
Appease
26. Carried out with minimal effort
Perfunctory
Allay
Fracas
Stoical
27. Return to former state
Mendacity
Gaudy
meretricious
Regression
28. Heavy rainfall
Inundate
Downpour
Intrepid
Ubiquitous
29. Outward behavior
pariah
Audacious
Rancid
Demeanor
30. Difficult to understand
Quintessence
Abstruse
adulation
Rife
31. Favorable
Auspicious
Perfidious
maudlin
chimerical
32. Medicinal extract.
Mendicant
behemoth
belladonna
Demeanor
33. Lying under oath
sanguine
ostracism
Cabal
Perjury
34. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Infirmary
Cynical
Banal
35. Having no fear
Intrepid
Peal
Sanctuary
Quant
36. Travel over esp. on foot
Skirmish
Vapid
Indignation
perambulate
37. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Hilt
Amenable
Seraphic
Demeanor
38. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Preside
demagogue
Carouse
phlegmatic
39. Tastelessly bright or showy
Booty
Gaudy
Tractable
Flounder
40. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Castigate
Intrepid
Exhort
bellicose
41. Tolerant; set as true
Fulminate
Gaunt
Dogmatic
Tirade
42. Depression of spirits
melancholy
Fortuitous
Silo
Inane
43. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Valor
Expedient
Paregoric
Circuitous
44. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
Incompetent
trite
Amenable
45. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Inadvertent
Spindle
Scowl
46. Praise and honor
Audacious
cavalier
Kudos
Reprieve
47. Deadly
Mellifluous
Pernicious
Angler
Paramour
48. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Abate
Demoralize
meretricious
Abdicate
49. Communicate; give to something
Hone
revered
Gauntlet
Impart
50. Recklessly daring
Histrionic
Derision
Begrudge
Audacious