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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. Most noticeable; important
Confluence
Recapitulate
Consternation
Salient
2. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Lodge
Regression
sybaritic
Perturb
3. Break/interlude
Consternation
Infringe
serendipity
Dulcet
4. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Sate (satiate)
Bland
Pert
Reticent
5. Written message (diplomacy)
Effervescent
Memorandum
Confluence
Codicil
6. Not harmful or offensive
Discreet
Innocuous
Asinine
Modicum
7. Barely sufficient/adequate
vitriol
behemoth
Scant
Berth
8. A studio (where sculpture works)
Pusillanimous
Angler
Sterile
Atelier
9. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Apprehensive
aridity
Abstruse
Admonition
10. Greatly honored.
revered
Acquiesce
melancholy
Dour
11. Destroy completely
obverse
Extirpate
Abdicate
seraphic
12. Promote/make widely known
Promulgate
Hoard
Cynical
pariah
13. Small quantity
Avarice
Perturb
maudlin
Modicum
14. Long speech of angry criticism
Conflagration
Jibe
Tirade
Hermit
15. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Parley
Valor
Jibe
Demoralize
16. Outward behavior
Petulant
Predilection
Demeanor
Trowel
17. Silly (lacking sense)
Inane
Memorandum
Eminence
Recalcitrant
18. Model; exemplar
Memorandum
Nefarious
Spindle
Paragon
19. Excessively detailed; boring
Pedant
Pervasive
Promulgate
Contempt
20. Study of insects
Imperative
Discordant
Entomology
Sanctuary
21. Small amount of something; iota
Codicil
Paucity
Extol
Loquacious
22. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Surreptitious
Imperative
Ostentatious
Exacerbate
23. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Ruse
chimerical
Quant
Eminence
24. Bulky glove
Fracas
Gauntlet
Anathema
Quintessence
25. Praise and honor
Kudos
Fulminate
Soporific
Tirade
26. Impatient/bad-tempered
stoic
Docile
Petulant
Castigate
27. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Codicil
Rebuke
Perjury
Revue
28. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Parley
Amenable
Quant
Dogmatic
29. Deadly
bellicose
Perjury
Pernicious
trite
30. Perplex - confusing
bewildering
Tenuous
Mulish
evanescent
31. Place for storage of large commodity
Pert
Boorish
Carouse
Depot
32. Apathy or sluggishness
Intrepid
phlegmatic
Nefarious
Intractable
33. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
masochist
Indolent
Sanctuary
Cavalcade
34. Endure pain without showing feeling
Inadvertent
Hilt
Denude
Stoical
35. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Ire
Libidinous
Allay
Indelible
36. Have no serious purpose/value
Allay
Frivolous
Parley
pariah
37. Selfish motives
laconic - spartan
cynicism
Begrudge
Eccentric
38. Reject with disdain
Abstruse
Ubiquitous
invidious
Spurn
39. Dull and uninspired
Imbue
Extirpate
Pedestrian
Pertinent
40. Making harsh/loud noise
Regression
obverse
Eulogy
Raucous
41. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Repugnant
Paltry
Demure
Strident
42. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Coalesce
Anathema
Salient
43. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Modicum
Ardor
Bungler
Nadir
44. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Philander
hangar
Quarry
Lax
45. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
chimerical
Effervescent
invidious
Raucous
46. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Lithe
Solace
hangar
Ethereal
47. Deep respect
Inundate
Indignation
Depot
Reverence
48. Irritated - angry.
choleric
belligerent
aridity
Connoisseur
49. Fault-finding
lucidity
Modicum
Captious
Obstinate
50. Part of a suit
Allay
Anomaly
Malady
Lapel