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PCAT Vocab2
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1. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Apt
Infirmary
Enamel
Ubiquitous
2. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
adulation
Reproach
Exonerate
Surreptitious
3. Assign inferior rank to
Relegate
Nefarious
Dilettante
demagogue
4. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Banal
Austere
Lapel
Indelible
5. Bucket
Captious
Semantic
Scant
Pail
6. Trap for catching small animals
Anathema
Snare
Fickle
Demure
7. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Dilettante
Kudos
Scowl
Pensive
8. Before the war
Bland
Conflagration
Paregoric
antebellum
9. Easily influenced/controlled
Amenable
cherubic
Querulous
Mellifluous
10. End something
Peal
Austere
Paltry
Consummate
11. Anticipating with anxiety
Moratorium
Hermit
Apprehensive
Trowel
12. Trickery or fraud
Libidinous
Comestible
Chicanery
Hone
13. Warlike
Admonition
Innocuous
bellicose
Mendicant
14. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Append
Ire
behemoth
Perfidious
15. Difficult to understand
Docile
Abstruse
Anathema
Modicum
16. Group of entertainers who tour
Troupe
Fluster
maudlin
laconic - spartan
17. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Pejorative
Strident
Exorbitant
demagogue
18. Trick
Exacerbate
Dogmatic
Ruse
Eccentric
19. Cheerful - hopeful.
Carouse
sanguine
Peal
Eminence
20. Concerned with minor detail
Reverence
Vociferous
Loquacious
Pedant
21. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Rancid
Ennui
Hedonist
Duplicitous
22. Junction of two rivers; merging
invidious
Expedient
Confluence
Fulminate
23. Dryness
Assiduous
Docile
aridity
Pedestrian
24. Deceptive/deceitful
Duplicitous
Demure
Lackey
Atelier
25. Base - lowest
Gluttony
Nadir
Lapel
Captious
26. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Entomology
Reticent
Blight
27. Lose composure; make agitated
Brackish
Amulet
Fluster
Coffer
28. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Dilettante
Bristle
Impertinent
Lapel
29. Satisfy fully
Sate (satiate)
Ascetic
Abhor
Admonition
30. Perplex - confusing
Quintessence
Disparage
bewildering
Hackneyed
31. Great enthusiasm/passion
Inundate
Derision
Ardor
Dissolute
32. Slightly salty
Brackish
Quintessence
Cynical
Slake
33. Pretending shyness or modesty
Exacerbate
Lackey
Coy
Perjury
34. Sew
maudlin
Cynical
Demeanor
Embroider
35. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Atelier
Diatribe
Eschew
Fracas
36. Hard to control/deal with
Enamel
Panacea
Dilettante
Intractable
37. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Panacea
Recalcitrant
Ardor
Salient
38. Found everywhere
Seraphic
Virile
Ubiquitous
Bungler
39. Preference/special liking for
Uncanny
Inundate
Ubiquitous
Predilection
40. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Tame
Denude
Nadir
Confluence
41. Violent uprising against authority
Bungler
Insurrection
Pedestrian
sanguine
42. Post that holds up a handrail
Pert
Confluence
Spindle
Subjective
43. Extreme greed for wealth
Mendicant
Ardor
Recalcitrant
Avarice
44. Selfish motives
cynicism
Impetuous
Admonition
Smug
45. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Discordant
Poignant
Snare
Frivolous
46. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
Quintessence
Ruse
Apt
47. In widespread practice - use - existence
Angler
Rife
behemoth
perfidy
48. Outward behavior
Petulant
masochist
Demeanor
Paragon
49. Most noticeable; important
Hermit
Lackey
Salient
Bristle
50. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Imbue
Preside
cherubic
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