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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. In widespread practice - use - existence
Lodge
Scion
Brackish
Rife
2. End something
Fracas
Enamel
Consummate
Stoical
3. House/repair airplanes
Denude
demagogue
laconic - spartan
hangar
4. Rope used as a lasso
Eminence
Lariat
Felicity
Demure
5. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Dissolute
Hone
Scowl
Paltry
6. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Ethereal
Demure
masochist
Perfunctory
7. Happen by chance
Balmy
Mendicant
Codicil
Fortuitous
8. Heavy rainfall
Tirade
Downpour
Abate
Amenable
9. Travel over esp. on foot
Tenuous
melancholy
Solace
perambulate
10. Express vehement protest
Ruse
Paragon
Subjective
Fulminate
11. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Lax
Paramour
Coalesce
Discreet
12. Break/interlude
phlegmatic
Ascetic
Infringe
Hilt
13. Brief and concise.
succinct
Rescind
Candid
lucidity
14. Recklessly daring
Soporific
Audacious
Mulish
Exhort
15. Lose composure; make agitated
Fluster
Boorish
Inundate
Euphoric
16. Country of one's permanent stay
Cavalcade
Ethereal
Plethora
Domicile
17. Of vital importance; requisite
invidious
Eccentric
Impertinent
Imperative
18. Group of entertainers who tour
Dulcet
Troupe
Booty
Elegy
19. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Imbue
Tractable
Titillate
trite
20. Officially absolve from blame
Ethereal
Exonerate
Circumlocution
Remission
21. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Rancid
Ruse
Dissolute
Demure
22. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
posh
Giddy
apocryphal
masochist
23. Bucket
Peal
Ostentatious
Poignant
Pail
24. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Acclimate
Bland
Remission
Vociferous
25. Cancel or take back
Smug
Rescind
Poignant
adulation
26. Denying one's self pleasure
barrenness
obverse
Vapid
Ascetic
27. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Begrudge
Castigate
Amulet
Angler
28. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Quarry
Contentious
Candid
Expedient
29. Disease or ailment
Malady
Imbue
quixotic
Sate (satiate)
30. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Contempt
Dulcet
Pensive
Atelier
31. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Poignant
Insipid
Balmy
inanimate
32. Apathy or sluggishness
Salient
behemoth
Cavalcade
phlegmatic
33. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Berth
Eulogy
Reprimand
Bland
34. Depression of spirits
melancholy
Paltry
Chicanery
Anathema
35. Not harmful or offensive
Demeanor
laconic - spartan
seraphic
Innocuous
36. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Gaunt
Memorandum
invidious
Pier
37. Temporary prohibition of activity
Atelier
Abhor
Sate (satiate)
Moratorium
38. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Poignant
Profligate
masochist
Predilection
39. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Preside
Audacious
serendipity
40. Carried out with minimal effort
Banal
Soporific
Perfunctory
Consummate
41. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Scowl
trite
Gluttony
Exacerbate
42. Small quantity
Unanimous
Modicum
Tirade
Uncanny
43. Strange or mysterious
Ethereal
Uncanny
Histrionic
Vapid
44. Endure pain without showing feeling
Stoical
succinct
Captious
Modicum
45. Dizzy
Indelible
Eccentric
Giddy
Apex
46. Barely sufficient/adequate
perambulate
Hilt
Scant
Cavalcade
47. Contributing/helping towards
Castigate
Contempt
Conducive
Lugubrious
48. Lacking flavor
Appease
Insipid
Indignation
Entomology
49. Addition to a will
Histrionic
Codicil
Pier
Dolorous
50. Fully in agreement
naïvete
Berth
Unanimous
Confluence