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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. One who suffers without complaining.
Insurrection
Rebuke
Insipid
stoic
2. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Imbue
Hoard
Apex
Effervescent
3. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Extirpate
Confluence
Gaudy
Amulet
4. Very generous
Quant
Flounder
Munificent
Mendicant
5. Art/practice of disputation.
Gaudy
polemic
Paramour
Begrudge
6. Massive relentless force
Ire
Blight
Lugubrious
juggernaut
7. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Ostentatious
chastened
laconic - spartan
8. Formally display sorrow
Inundate
Elegy
sanguine
Avarice
9. Uselessness; pointless
Demoralize
barrenness
Smug
Futility
10. Insanity
Recapitulate
Lunacy
Acquiesce
Balmy
11. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
Virile
Sanctuary
Spurn
12. Act angrily or defensively
Abate
Spurn
Circuitous
Bristle
13. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Avarice
ostracism
Indelible
Tenuous
14. Anxiety or dismay.
aridity
panegyric
Consternation
Recondite
15. Excessive in eating
Lax
Frivolous
Gluttony
Reverence
16. Approval; praise
Demotic
Approbation
Bland
Recapitulate
17. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Hoard
Relegate
Confluence
Bungler
18. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Pedant
Gauntlet
Titillate
Supplant
19. Destroy completely
Extirpate
demagogue
Loquacious
Soporific
20. Difficult to understand
serendipity
Abstruse
perambulate
Fracas
21. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
chastened
Gaudy
trite
Dulcet
22. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Lariat
Frivolous
Mellifluous
quixotic
23. Gather things together
choleric
Dilettante
Amalgamate
Carouse
24. Member of a band
Paregoric
Pervasive
Brigand
Dissolute
25. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Inundate
Sedate
Surreptitious
26. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Bungler
Fracas
Gaunt
Hackneyed
27. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Ingenious
Enamel
Sedate
Hoard
28. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Blight
Amenable
Inexorable
invidious
29. Shun or avoid
demagogue
Lugubrious
Rife
Eschew
30. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
cynicism
Jibe
Lunacy
31. Untruthful
Mendacity
Pusillanimous
Reprieve
Trowel
32. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
Brackish
Fulminate
Asinine
33. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Balmy
Coffer
Salient
34. Contributing/helping towards
sanguine
Conducive
Parley
Lunacy
35. Outcast
pariah
Magnanimous
Perfunctory
Downpour
36. Something opposite to another
obverse
Scion
Prerogative
Petulant
37. Secret political faction in collusion
Scion
perambulate
Cabal
Semantic
38. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Eulogy
Quintessence
Soporific
Munificent
39. Loud and harsh
Amenable
Atelier
Hackneyed
Strident
40. Not resulting from plan
Abdicate
Inadvertent
Magnanimous
Embroider
41. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Circuitous
Tenuous
Impetuous
Denude
42. Extremely foolish or stupid
Hone
perfidy
Asinine
Salient
43. Satisfy fully
Quant
Sate (satiate)
quixotic
Paragon
44. Speak slowly
drawl
Comestible
Acquiesce
trite
45. Place of refuge/safety
Appease
Sate (satiate)
Sanctuary
Chortle
46. Give up or become compliant
pariah
Pervasive
juggernaut
Tractable
47. Strip of covering; make bare
Slake
Ubiquitous
Denude
Supplant
48. Obstinately uncooperative
Entomology
Repugnant
Histrionic
Recalcitrant
49. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
Unanimous
Pedestrian
polemic
50. Confuse
Nadir
Inane
Discombobulate
Eminence