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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Making harsh/loud noise
Lapel
Raucous
agnostic
Panacea
2. Dull and uninspired
Lackey
Inundate
Demotic
Pedestrian
3. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Circumlocution
lope
Apex
4. Hard to control/deal with
Soporific
hangar
Ire
Intractable
5. Short simple song
Ditty
Paucity
laconic - spartan
Sedate
6. Be in the position of authority
Recalcitrant
Recapitulate
Pail
Preside
7. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Giddy
Mendacity
Paregoric
Lariat
8. Bring together to form a whole
Atelier
Entomology
Garish
Coalesce
9. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Allay
melancholy
Peal
Quarry
10. A studio (where sculpture works)
Atelier
Acclimate
posh
hangar
11. Before the war
antebellum
Paregoric
foal
Slake
12. Recklessly daring
Audacious
Pedant
Pernicious
Discombobulate
13. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Reticent
Bland
Ethereal
14. Endure pain without showing feeling
Consternation
Anachronism
Coalesce
Stoical
15. Lustful
Auspicious
Vociferous
Libidinous
Eminence
16. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Prerogative
Effervescent
Tractable
Reproach
17. Accept passively (give in); accede
lope
Acquiesce
Discombobulate
bellicose
18. Confuse
succinct
Euphoric
Discombobulate
Dour
19. Add to end of a document
Demotic
Continent
Append
Tenuous
20. Art/practice of disputation.
Rebuke
polemic
Balmy
Lax
21. Strip of covering; make bare
Balmy
Clamor
Reprimand
Denude
22. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
Booty
Contentious
Codicil
23. Greatly honored.
revered
perambulate
Euphoric
Munificent
24. Found everywhere
Ostentatious
Lugubrious
Reproach
Ubiquitous
25. Lying under oath
Assiduous
Scion
Querulous
Perjury
26. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Bristle
Mendacity
Expedient
hackneyed
27. Talkative
Sate (satiate)
Loquacious
diligence
trite
28. Return to former state
Demeanor
Expedient
Regression
Rebuke
29. Anger
Quintessence
Infringe
Ire
Kudos
30. Give up or become compliant
Tractable
choleric
Lugubrious
Fortuitous
31. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Avarice
maudlin
Pedant
32. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Innocuous
Balmy
Lodge
Reticent
33. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
filibuster
Seraphic
Continent
Diatribe
34. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Apt
cavalier
Cabal
Scion
35. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Cavalcade
Peal
Fickle
Indignation
36. Apathy or sluggishness
Eulogy
Troupe
Discordant
phlegmatic
37. Dizzy
Histrionic
Acquiesce
Giddy
Sate (satiate)
38. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
perambulate
Dulcet
Audacious
Desultory
39. Mythical beast; unreal.
Dolorous
Abdicate
Anachronism
chimerical
40. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
Regression
Mulish
Fickle
41. Of vital importance; requisite
Imperative
Raucous
Jibe
Depot
42. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Angler
Intractable
Ostentatious
lethargy
43. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Pier
Flounder
Obstinate
Inane
44. Show great care and perseverance
Perfunctory
Hedonist
Assiduous
sanguine
45. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Admonition
Perfunctory
Bland
apocryphal
46. Insanity
behemoth
Lunacy
Raucous
Indelible
47. Informal private conversation
Extol
Confab
lucidity
aridity
48. Young horse
Tame
Garish
foal
Rancid
49. Descendant (notable - long family)
Rife
Balmy
Scion
Felicity
50. Cancel punishment of
Indignation
Munificent
Reprieve
Dour