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PCAT Vocab2
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1. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
Hilt
filibuster
choleric
Pedestrian
2. Fake substitute for a drug
Placebo
Lithe
Hermit
Modicum
3. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
demagogue
Indelible
foal
Exorbitant
4. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Lapel
Reticent
Remission
Paramour
5. In widespread practice - use - existence
Atelier
Pensive
Jibe
Rife
6. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Predilection
Exhort
Scant
7. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
meretricious
Imbue
Perturb
Kudos
8. Stubborn (like a mule)
Raucous
Mulish
Paltry
Placebo
9. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Uncanny
cherubic
Ubiquitous
Eulogy
10. Cheerful - hopeful.
Placebo
Paragon
Sterile
sanguine
11. Carried out with minimal effort
Indignation
Reprieve
Avarice
Perfunctory
12. Great enthusiasm/passion
Disparage
Inundate
Ardor
drawl
13. A studio (where sculpture works)
Rancid
Spindle
Moratorium
Atelier
14. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Coffer
sanguine
Indignation
Remission
15. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Apt
Errant
Connoisseur
16. Acknowledged superiority in
Spurn
Repugnant
Castigate
Eminence
17. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Inane
Soporific
Hackneyed
Rancid
18. Praise enthusiastically
quixotic
Profusion
Extol
Lax
19. Loud ringing of bells
Jibe
barrenness
Circuitous
Peal
20. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Paucity
Admonition
diligence
Troupe
21. Return to former state
Inundate
Effervescent
Regression
Coalesce
22. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Pervasive
Lax
Scant
Impart
23. Showy (no value); prostitute.
meretricious
Rapscallion
Scrutiny
Pedestrian
24. Feelings of ill will.
Placebo
vitriol
serendipity
Brigand
25. Belonging to another period
Troupe
Anachronism
Perfunctory
Ostentatious
26. Servant
Strident
Vociferous
Effervescent
Lackey
27. Become less intense/widespread
Apex
Lugubrious
Abate
Hedonist
28. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Demure
demagogue
Paregoric
Fracas
29. Preference/special liking for
Profligate
Fracas
Ostentatious
Predilection
30. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Domicile
Enamel
Blight
Coalesce
31. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Snare
Modicum
Expedient
lope
32. Most noticeable; important
maudlin
Pensive
Salient
Lodge
33. Perplex - confusing
bewildering
Pedagogy
Repugnant
Remission
34. Store of money or valuable objects
lucidity
Fulminate
Asinine
Hoard
35. Excessive in eating
Languish
Hone
Gluttony
Kudos
36. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Petulant
behemoth
Obsequious
Sedate
37. Obstinately uncooperative
Tractable
meretricious
Recalcitrant
Eulogy
38. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Felicity
maudlin
Cavalcade
chimerical
39. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Contentious
Begrudge
filibuster
40. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Pedant
Carouse
Dogmatic
Exacerbate
41. Before the war
Confab
antebellum
Demeanor
Banal
42. Informal private conversation
Confab
Virile
Apex
Preside
43. Excessively detailed; boring
lope
Pedant
Ditty
Contempt
44. Relevant/applicable to some matter
serendipity
Prerogative
Pertinent
Ditty
45. Model; exemplar
Incompetent
cavalier
Paragon
Spindle
46. Impatient/bad-tempered
Approbation
Petulant
Fluster
Spurn
47. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Obstinate
Profligate
Ascetic
48. Grow weak/feeble
Diatribe
Languish
Audacious
Pertinent
49. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Chortle
Cavalcade
trite
Repugnant
50. Addition to a will
Audacious
Fortuitous
Codicil
Derision
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