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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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1. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Strident
Indolent
Vociferous
Spurn
2. Hard to control/deal with
demagogue
Embroider
Intractable
Amenable
3. Happen by chance
Lodge
Fortuitous
Denude
phlegmatic
4. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Troupe
Dour
Prerogative
agnostic
5. Not resulting from plan
Inadvertent
Pugilist
Sedate
Blight
6. Confuse
Nadir
Conflagration
Ingenious
Discombobulate
7. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Impertinent
Demeanor
Coy
Conducive
8. Of a subject - obscure
Austere
Preside
Recondite
Giddy
9. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
filibuster
cherubic
Kudos
Revue
10. Complete happiness/ expressing
Gaunt
Hackneyed
Rife
Felicity
11. Have no serious purpose/value
Semantic
Hermit
Frivolous
barrenness
12. Unoriginal; commonplace
Circuitous
Mendacity
Dissolute
Banal
13. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Inadvertent
Lodge
Eccentric
Pensive
14. Place for storage of large commodity
Contempt
Downpour
Depot
Quarry
15. Highest order of angels
Inane
lucidity
seraphic
Circumlocution
16. Schemer/fisherman
Angler
Cavalcade
Captious
naïvete
17. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Tirade
Downpour
Expedient
Connoisseur
18. Stubborn (like a mule)
Pejorative
Mulish
Relegate
sybaritic
19. Medicinal extract.
Blight
belladonna
Discreet
Rife
20. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Sanctuary
Quant
Inexorable
21. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Hedonist
Begrudge
Valor
Poignant
22. Denying one's self pleasure
Circuitous
Tame
Ascetic
Append
23. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
Lithe
Languish
Infirmary
24. Disease or ailment
Pensive
Pertinent
Audacious
Malady
25. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Tractable
Fickle
Candid
posh
26. Valuable stolen goods
Booty
Virile
Chortle
Tenuous
27. Man concern with stylish looks
Recalcitrant
behemoth
Quintessence
Dandy
28. In widespread practice - use - existence
Sedate
ostracism
apocryphal
Rife
29. Lacking flavor
Embroider
Amenable
maudlin
Insipid
30. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Derision
Invective
Duplicitous
Ethereal
31. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
Insurrection
Ruse
Intrepid
32. Secret political faction in collusion
Intractable
Fluster
Recapitulate
Cabal
33. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Raucous
Snare
34. Reject with disdain
phlegmatic
Euphoric
Spurn
Entomology
35. Resign/give up
Paucity
Exacerbate
filibuster
Abdicate
36. Outward behavior
choleric
Ennui
Gluttony
Demeanor
37. Appropriate - suitable
Revue
Lax
Soporific
Apt
38. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Kudos
Reticent
meretricious
Pier
39. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Booty
Embroider
Demure
Inundate
40. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Innocuous
Ennui
Libidinous
Blight
41. Not sufficiently skillful
Lapel
Hilt
Incompetent
Apex
42. Regard with hatred
Raucous
Titillate
Consternation
Abhor
43. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Dogmatic
laconic - spartan
invidious
Appease
44. Beggar
Exacerbate
Mendicant
Peal
Tractable
45. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Scowl
Dolorous
Demeanor
Anodyne
46. Fault-finding
Admonition
Captious
Dissolute
Histrionic
47. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Scant
Chortle
Admonition
Balmy
48. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Indignation
Fluster
Paregoric
Anathema
49. Large amount of something; myriad
Depot
Languish
Profusion
Gaunt
50. One who suffers without complaining.
Apprehensive
Demotic
Lariat
stoic