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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. (of a person) fat
Corpulent
Pernicious
Paucity
Histrionic
2. Place for storage of large commodity
Recalcitrant
Ethereal
stoic
Depot
3. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Nefarious
Appease
Pensive
Entomology
4. Unoriginal; commonplace
Errant
Supplant
Banal
trite
5. Extreme form of sharpening
evanescent
Dilettante
Hone
Amenable
6. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Rapscallion
Acclimate
Virile
quixotic
7. Speak slowly
Quintessence
agnostic
drawl
sanguine
8. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Predilection
Hermit
Incompetent
9. Study of insects
Entomology
Carouse
Contentious
Tame
10. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Imbue
maudlin
Silo
Plethora
11. Causing (likely) disagreement
Eulogy
Contentious
succinct
Jibe
12. Permanent
Indelible
Pert
Euphoric
Boorish
13. Wicked/criminal
Asinine
Nefarious
Virile
Obsequious
14. Straying from the law
Placebo
Approbation
Lackey
Errant
15. Make or become fixed; stuck
Contentious
Acquiesce
Cabal
Lodge
16. To exclude from a group by common consent.
belladonna
ostracism
Pedant
naïvete
17. Belief of something/one is useless
Contempt
belladonna
Giddy
Gaudy
18. Exhibiting aggression.
Predilection
Lax
choleric
belligerent
19. Trap for catching small animals
Ostentatious
Snare
Uncanny
Allay
20. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Pedant
Plethora
Scowl
Insipid
21. Mythical beast; unreal.
Ingenious
chimerical
Lax
Ardor
22. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Lapel
Extol
Demoralize
Raucous
23. Of a subject - obscure
Allay
Recondite
Circuitous
Spindle
24. Trickery or fraud
Lithe
adulation
Chicanery
Ditty
25. Stubborn (like a mule)
Inexorable
Subjective
Perfunctory
Mulish
26. Submissive
Docile
Revue
antebellum
Soporific
27. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Innocuous
Coalesce
Hackneyed
perfidy
28. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Fulminate
Virile
Quarry
29. Showy (no value); prostitute.
meretricious
aridity
trite
agnostic
30. Confuse
Begrudge
Exhort
Discombobulate
Reprimand
31. To flatter/admire excessively.
Plethora
Perturb
Troupe
adulation
32. Too obedient/servile.
perambulate
Rebuke
Imbue
Obsequious
33. Dizzy
Giddy
perfidy
Philander
Parley
34. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Perturb
belladonna
Discreet
Remission
35. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Euphoric
Impertinent
Desultory
Rapscallion
36. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Profligate
Austere
Appease
Effervescent
37. Insanity
Giddy
behemoth
Obsequious
Lunacy
38. Country of one's permanent stay
Lax
Domicile
Spurn
Pejorative
39. Wordy (fewer would do)
Obstinate
Discordant
Circumlocution
Reprieve
40. Capricious; changing mind frequently
chimerical
Admonition
Fickle
Ditty
41. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Philander
Inundate
Prerogative
Anodyne
42. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Ardor
Exonerate
adulation
43. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Derision
Impetuous
Gluttony
Intrepid
44. Overly theatrical
Felicity
Confluence
naïvete
Histrionic
45. A lover of luxury.
Giddy
pariah
Lunacy
sybaritic
46. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Scant
Anodyne
masochist
Conflagration
47. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Munificent
foal
invidious
Dilettante
48. Long speech of angry criticism
filibuster
Ardor
Tirade
Abhor
49. Complaining in whining manner
Querulous
Bristle
Paregoric
Titillate
50. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Hermit
Extol
demagogue