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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. Valuable stolen goods
hangar
Dandy
Amenable
Booty
2. Rope used as a lasso
invidious
hackneyed
Lariat
Unanimous
3. Unconventional/slightly strange
Allay
Nefarious
Garish
Eccentric
4. Small amount of something; iota
Perjury
Fracas
Paucity
Hermit
5. Highest order of angels
Pugilist
seraphic
Hilt
Pejorative
6. To flatter/admire excessively.
adulation
Amenable
Modicum
apocryphal
7. Impossible to stop or prevent
Ruse
perfidy
Rebuke
Inexorable
8. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
Troupe
Blight
Ardent
9. Short simple song
Predilection
Effervescent
Regression
Ditty
10. Obstinately uncooperative
Recalcitrant
Obsequious
cavalier
Reproach
11. Show great care and perseverance
Ardent
Assiduous
quixotic
serendipity
12. Have no serious purpose/value
Frivolous
Slake
Troupe
ostracism
13. Stubborn to change one's mind
Panacea
Recondite
choleric
Obstinate
14. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Eschew
Sate (satiate)
Carouse
Rapscallion
15. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Exonerate
Impetuous
Tame
Docile
16. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Indolent
sybaritic
Recondite
Conducive
17. Complaining in whining manner
Allay
Paregoric
Lithe
Querulous
18. Dryness
Pugilist
Exacerbate
Dandy
aridity
19. Confuse
panegyric
Candid
Mulish
Discombobulate
20. Wicked/criminal
adulation
Nefarious
Pusillanimous
maudlin
21. Long speech of angry criticism
Tirade
Desultory
Hone
Quarry
22. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Abdicate
drawl
Titillate
23. Not harmful or offensive
perambulate
Innocuous
Philander
Invective
24. Approval; praise
Approbation
Continent
Expedient
Philander
25. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Perturb
Repugnant
Circumlocution
Begrudge
26. Model; exemplar
Spurn
Paragon
Mendacity
Ennui
27. Something opposite to another
Silo
sybaritic
obverse
Hackneyed
28. Trap for catching small animals
Tenuous
Lax
bewildering
Snare
29. Replace
Blight
lope
Effervescent
Supplant
30. Only seeks personal pleasure
Hedonist
Revue
Invective
Pensive
31. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Extirpate
quixotic
Tirade
Ruse
32. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Pert
cynicism
Domicile
Enamel
33. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
meretricious
Reprimand
Demure
34. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
succinct
Connoisseur
Castigate
35. Carried out with minimal effort
Consummate
Perfunctory
Histrionic
Quant
36. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Indelible
Repugnant
Pejorative
Sanctuary
37. Strange or mysterious
Corpulent
Hone
Uncanny
Derision
38. Longer than most direct way
lethargy
Circuitous
Ingenious
Gluttony
39. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Rife
Diatribe
Uncanny
Profligate
40. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Castigate
Ditty
Atelier
41. Endure pain without showing feeling
Memorandum
revered
Stoical
Euphoric
42. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
Fluster
bewildering
Embroider
43. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
inanimate
antebellum
Approbation
44. A hospital
agnostic
Infirmary
Magnanimous
Infringe
45. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Discombobulate
Quarry
quixotic
Relegate
46. Denying one's self pleasure
Conducive
Castigate
Ascetic
choleric
47. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
trite
lope
Cabal
Eschew
48. Concerned with minor detail
Ethereal
Consummate
Pedant
antebellum
49. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Uncanny
Trowel
Flounder
Paregoric
50. Informal private conversation
Confab
Inadvertent
Paragon
Angler