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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. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Ubiquitous
Exorbitant
Ennui
trite
2. Small amount of something; iota
Fluster
Reprimand
Paucity
Miscreant
3. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Conducive
Remission
Entomology
Poignant
4. Depression of spirits
Brackish
laconic - spartan
Impertinent
melancholy
5. Short simple song
Ditty
Allay
Austere
Quant
6. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
polemic
Embroider
Panacea
7. Assign inferior rank to
Preside
Ardor
Relegate
Seraphic
8. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Scion
inanimate
juggernaut
Carouse
9. Irritated - angry.
Invective
Remission
Profligate
choleric
10. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Append
Gaunt
chimerical
maudlin
11. Large amount of something; myriad
Inexorable
Sanctuary
Acquiesce
Profusion
12. Overly theatrical
Histrionic
Clamor
Anomaly
Blight
13. Belief of something/one is useless
Contempt
Insurrection
Lariat
polemic
14. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Banal
Parley
Spurn
Repugnant
15. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Smug
Perfidious
Comestible
Modicum
16. Perplex - confusing
hangar
bewildering
Paramour
Pensive
17. Boxer
Pugilist
Paltry
Circumlocution
Confluence
18. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Recalcitrant
Virile
Dogmatic
Castigate
19. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Mendicant
Indolent
trite
evanescent
20. Man concern with stylish looks
Corpulent
sybaritic
Valor
Dandy
21. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Imbue
Tame
Circuitous
masochist
22. Most perfect/typical example
Quintessence
Plethora
Asinine
Connoisseur
23. Flood/large amount of water
Contempt
Inundate
Depot
Jibe
24. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Docile
Desultory
Giddy
Discombobulate
25. Unproductive of results
Bristle
barrenness
Exorbitant
Abate
26. Barren; fruitless
Sterile
Impertinent
Felicity
sanguine
27. (of a person) fat
Impertinent
Dilettante
Lugubrious
Corpulent
28. Contributing/helping towards
Conducive
bellicose
Scrutiny
Coffer
29. Denying one's self pleasure
Disparage
Ascetic
Libidinous
Anodyne
30. Only seeks personal pleasure
Hedonist
stoic
Errant
Mulish
31. Dull and uninspired
obverse
Pedestrian
Paregoric
Pernicious
32. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Plethora
Balmy
Profligate
Extirpate
33. Violent uprising against authority
Silo
Insurrection
Recapitulate
Reproach
34. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Bungler
Atelier
belligerent
Repugnant
35. Not harmful or offensive
Confab
Innocuous
Extol
Modicum
36. Cancel or take back
Rescind
Ascetic
Coffer
Insurrection
37. Country of one's permanent stay
Brigand
Acquiesce
Expedient
Domicile
38. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
ostracism
Consummate
apocryphal
Reticent
39. Valuable stolen goods
Booty
Indelible
Confab
Preside
40. Stubborn to change one's mind
Acclimate
Obstinate
Skirmish
Recondite
41. Travel over esp. on foot
Gaudy
Nadir
Futility
perambulate
42. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Lariat
Domicile
lope
Inundate
43. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Rebuke
Allay
Titillate
44. Become less intense/widespread
seraphic
Abate
Vapid
Profligate
45. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Demeanor
Impertinent
Lunacy
Auspicious
46. Talkative
Loquacious
Ruse
Discordant
lethargy
47. Store of money or valuable objects
Pernicious
stoic
Hoard
Demoralize
48. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Imbue
Admonition
Fracas
behemoth
49. Of a subject - obscure
Assiduous
Hone
Recondite
juggernaut
50. Return to former state
Inexorable
Nadir
Profligate
Regression