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PCAT Vocab2
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pcat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. House/repair airplanes
Depot
Fulminate
Miscreant
hangar
2. (of a person) fat
Silo
Corpulent
Euphoric
Amalgamate
3. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Gaudy
Apt
lethargy
4. Perplex - confusing
bewildering
sanguine
Prerogative
Indignation
5. Destroy completely
Extirpate
perfidy
Intractable
Domicile
6. Fake substitute for a drug
Pedant
Placebo
Hedonist
bellicose
7. Anxiety or dismay.
Quarry
Consternation
Pertinent
Histrionic
8. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Pail
Surreptitious
Spurn
Valor
9. Restate
Begrudge
Recapitulate
Poignant
Mendacity
10. Break/interlude
Solace
Pejorative
Infringe
Virile
11. Lustful
Lithe
Libidinous
Scion
Smug
12. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Perjury
maudlin
Indelible
Pusillanimous
13. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Abdicate
lucidity
Anathema
Rapscallion
14. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Admonition
Effervescent
quixotic
Disparage
15. Written message (diplomacy)
Mendacity
Memorandum
Languish
Recapitulate
16. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Parley
cavalier
Gluttony
Inadvertent
17. Satisfy fully
Coalesce
Supplant
Sate (satiate)
Expedient
18. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Promulgate
Effervescent
Indignation
Reprimand
19. Causing (likely) disagreement
Discordant
Salient
Reticent
Contentious
20. Strange or mysterious
Uncanny
Cynical
vitriol
Disparage
21. Praise and honor
Kudos
Supplant
Apt
ostracism
22. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Balmy
Felicity
Bungler
Blight
23. Happen by chance
Fortuitous
Sanctuary
Asinine
Pedant
24. Promote/make widely known
Coalesce
Ire
inanimate
Promulgate
25. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Disparage
Blight
Balmy
26. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Denude
Cynical
ostracism
27. Sew
Embroider
Parley
Incompetent
Contempt
28. A hospital
Perjury
Approbation
Infirmary
Tenuous
29. Critical observation/examination
Pier
serendipity
Elegy
Scrutiny
30. A lover of luxury.
Fluster
Tame
sybaritic
Chicanery
31. Most perfect/typical example
Quintessence
bellicose
Discombobulate
Sanctuary
32. Place of refuge/safety
Cabal
Sterile
Sanctuary
Paragon
33. Brief and concise.
Fickle
succinct
Demure
Perfidious
34. Lacking flavor
Jibe
Fulminate
Insipid
Recapitulate
35. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Kudos
Apt
Ire
Hackneyed
36. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Intrepid
Infringe
Inane
lethargy
37. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Virile
Audacious
Eminence
Eulogy
38. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Rebuke
Indignation
Dissolute
Virile
39. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Effervescent
vitriol
meretricious
Comestible
40. Belonging to another period
Pervasive
Pensive
Anachronism
Cabal
41. Deep respect
Reverence
Hermit
serendipity
Eccentric
42. Confuse
Discombobulate
posh
Bland
ostracism
43. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Pedestrian
Abhor
Carouse
quixotic
44. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
juggernaut
Hilt
Pilfer
Scrutiny
45. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Recondite
Begrudge
Amulet
Dilettante
46. Extreme greed for wealth
Corpulent
Dulcet
Avarice
Effervescent
47. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
lethargy
Comestible
Repugnant
Petulant
48. Show great care and perseverance
Contentious
Coffer
Assiduous
Sate (satiate)
49. Group of entertainers who tour
Troupe
Indignation
Repugnant
Eschew
50. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
laconic - spartan
Innocuous
Snare