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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. Heavy rainfall
Moratorium
Duplicitous
Downpour
ostracism
2. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
Ditty
Dandy
Mendacity
3. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Kudos
Ubiquitous
hangar
Candid
4. Place of refuge/safety
Sanctuary
evanescent
Spurn
Corpulent
5. Deep respect
Reverence
Trowel
Uncanny
Abate
6. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Snare
Prerogative
Confab
7. Lying under oath
Perjury
Poignant
Scion
Hedonist
8. Part of a suit
agnostic
Elegy
Append
Lapel
9. Lack harmony; conflicting
Sanctuary
Discordant
Brackish
Gauntlet
10. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Apprehensive
Append
Pedagogy
11. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
serendipity
Dissolute
perfidy
12. Lover (against marriage)
Scant
Hoard
Rapscallion
Paramour
13. Great enthusiasm/passion
Exacerbate
Circuitous
Pail
Ardor
14. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Confluence
Impertinent
Scrutiny
Plethora
15. One living in solitude (religious)
Insurrection
Revue
Hermit
Scion
16. Bucket
Pail
Exhort
Scowl
melancholy
17. Loud/confused noise
Clamor
cavalier
Modicum
Abhor
18. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
cynicism
Hackneyed
Circuitous
Inane
19. Rope used as a lasso
Reticent
Lariat
Scrutiny
Snare
20. Saying much in few words; brief.
laconic - spartan
Cavalcade
Petulant
hackneyed
21. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Petulant
Castigate
Ostentatious
Moratorium
22. Dryness
Appease
Cabal
aridity
Dolorous
23. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Demure
adulation
stoic
maudlin
24. Item of food; something eaten
Allay
Comestible
Remission
Banal
25. Depression of spirits
Modicum
melancholy
Petulant
Reverence
26. Very small/meager
Paltry
perambulate
Paucity
posh
27. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Tenuous
Circumlocution
Discreet
Apex
28. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Exacerbate
Subjective
Quant
29. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
revered
Pernicious
bellicose
trite
30. Unproductive of results
Reticent
Blight
barrenness
Philander
31. Art/practice of disputation.
posh
Quintessence
Insipid
polemic
32. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Stoical
Clamor
Exorbitant
33. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Recapitulate
Austere
Soporific
masochist
34. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Sedate
Connoisseur
hackneyed
35. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Paregoric
Apt
Ardent
Gaudy
36. Schemer/fisherman
Inexorable
Insurrection
Allay
Angler
37. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Panacea
Predilection
hackneyed
Lapel
38. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Sate (satiate)
vitriol
Ostentatious
Auspicious
39. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Strident
Spurn
Chicanery
Prerogative
40. Express disapproval in action
Consummate
Lariat
Cavalcade
Reproach
41. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
juggernaut
Mellifluous
Ubiquitous
Snare
42. Capricious; changing mind frequently
masochist
Jibe
Contentious
Fickle
43. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Parley
Revue
posh
Depot
44. Container storing valuables
Coffer
cynicism
seraphic
Pert
45. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Fluster
Hoard
Solace
ostracism
46. Bulky glove
Angler
Dilettante
Gauntlet
Flounder
47. Slim; supple; graceful
Lithe
Confab
Raucous
Semantic
48. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Inundate
Demotic
Exorbitant
Stoical
49. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Embroider
Trowel
Anodyne
Paregoric
50. Country of one's permanent stay
sanguine
Exhort
Domicile
Strident