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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. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Gaunt
Inundate
Lugubrious
Chicanery
2. Straying from the law
Giddy
Coalesce
Errant
obverse
3. Lack harmony; conflicting
Plethora
Perturb
Discordant
sanguine
4. Formally display sorrow
Dogmatic
Chortle
Indelible
Elegy
5. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
pariah
Indolent
Exorbitant
Pail
6. Causing (likely) disagreement
Austere
Profligate
apocryphal
Contentious
7. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Paragon
Pedagogy
Regression
ostracism
8. Short simple song
Reprimand
Revue
Flounder
Ditty
9. Add to end of a document
Castigate
Revue
Append
Inundate
10. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Libidinous
chimerical
Exhort
Predilection
11. Act angrily or defensively
Audacious
Bristle
Fluster
Incompetent
12. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Codicil
Angler
Downpour
Plethora
13. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Auspicious
Embroider
Ostentatious
14. Outcast
Raucous
pariah
Infringe
Nadir
15. One living in solitude (religious)
Audacious
Languish
stoic
Hermit
16. Resign/give up
barrenness
Titillate
Abdicate
Quarry
17. A mischievous person
Rapscallion
Rescind
antebellum
Anodyne
18. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Poignant
Anachronism
Paregoric
Prerogative
19. Wicked/criminal
Bland
Berth
Sanctuary
Nefarious
20. Obstinately uncooperative
Recalcitrant
Demure
Atelier
panegyric
21. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Perturb
Quintessence
Libidinous
22. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Incompetent
Ethereal
Bland
Paregoric
23. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anachronism
Hackneyed
Embroider
Anodyne
24. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Flounder
Semantic
Infirmary
Imbue
25. Not having life.
Continent
inanimate
Dilettante
Ardent
26. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Effervescent
cherubic
demagogue
Codicil
27. Placate by acceding their demands
Nadir
Uncanny
Appease
chastened
28. Having power; convincing
Errant
Austere
Extirpate
cogent
29. Place of refuge/safety
Castigate
Sanctuary
adulation
Rife
30. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
behemoth
Begrudge
Lunacy
Impetuous
31. Young horse
Hone
laconic - spartan
foal
Scant
32. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Fortuitous
Ardent
Connoisseur
Pert
33. Descendant (notable - long family)
Slake
Petulant
Scion
Trowel
34. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Reproach
Dour
sybaritic
Pusillanimous
35. Most noticeable; important
Prerogative
Discordant
Miscreant
Salient
36. Lustful
behemoth
Inadvertent
Stoical
Libidinous
37. Barren; fruitless
posh
Pensive
Indolent
Sterile
38. Something to vehemently dislike
Intrepid
Garish
Anathema
Futility
39. Gather things together
Extol
Inadvertent
juggernaut
Amalgamate
40. Become less intense/widespread
Abate
Indelible
Acclimate
Chortle
41. Beggar
Gauntlet
Scowl
Austere
Mendicant
42. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
chastened
Inundate
Fickle
Paregoric
43. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Sterile
Innocuous
Virile
Mendicant
44. Complaining in whining manner
seraphic
Paltry
Plethora
Querulous
45. Replace
polemic
Supplant
Insipid
Languish
46. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Berth
Pedagogy
Admonition
Mendacity
47. Perplex - confusing
Expedient
bewildering
adulation
Inexorable
48. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Clamor
meretricious
Impetuous
Gauntlet
49. Part of a suit
Pedagogy
Lapel
Exhort
drawl
50. Stubborn (like a mule)
Hone
Lunacy
Mulish
Apex