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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. Mournful/sad/dismay
Cabal
lucidity
Lugubrious
Angler
2. Wicked/criminal
Perturb
cavalier
Nefarious
Jibe
3. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
cherubic
Balmy
Paramour
laconic - spartan
4. Most perfect/typical example
Invective
Audacious
Quintessence
Obsequious
5. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Eschew
choleric
Perfidious
Demure
6. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Indignation
antebellum
Effervescent
Strident
7. Container storing valuables
Confluence
Giddy
Coffer
Acclimate
8. Accept passively (give in); accede
demagogue
Acquiesce
foal
Perturb
9. Extreme greed for wealth
Apprehensive
Avarice
Lax
evanescent
10. House/repair airplanes
Eulogy
hangar
Lithe
Seraphic
11. Apathy or sluggishness
phlegmatic
Remission
Anachronism
Nadir
12. Bring together to form a whole
Sanctuary
Coy
Fracas
Coalesce
13. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Flounder
Miscreant
Amenable
Impertinent
14. Junction of two rivers; merging
Dandy
Futility
Confluence
Docile
15. Prudent; careful
Pail
perambulate
Discreet
Paregoric
16. Member of a band
Brigand
Raucous
Pejorative
Semantic
17. Violent uprising against authority
Indignation
Desultory
Acquiesce
Insurrection
18. Restate
Mulish
Apt
foal
Recapitulate
19. Not harmful or offensive
Innocuous
Apex
Dogmatic
Intrepid
20. Of a subject - obscure
Kudos
Recondite
lethargy
foal
21. Acknowledged superiority in
Balmy
Eminence
trite
juggernaut
22. Showy (no value); prostitute.
meretricious
Carouse
Depot
Lariat
23. Short simple song
Lithe
Ditty
Captious
Gluttony
24. Selfish motives
Virile
Elegy
cynicism
Ostentatious
25. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Brigand
Gaunt
Imperative
Inadvertent
26. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Parley
Perfunctory
meretricious
27. Laugh in a gleeful way
Balmy
Denude
Austere
Chortle
28. Loud/confused noise
Dulcet
Ardent
Lariat
Clamor
29. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Hone
Inundate
Prerogative
behemoth
30. Sorrowful
Dolorous
Stoical
pariah
Avarice
31. Tall tower used to store grain
Sterile
Silo
Trowel
Subjective
32. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Anathema
Vociferous
Petulant
choleric
33. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Memorandum
Perfunctory
Raucous
Hackneyed
34. Trickery or fraud
belligerent
Reprieve
Conflagration
Chicanery
35. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Clamor
Lugubrious
Smug
Revue
36. Highest order of angels
Eccentric
Exonerate
Troupe
seraphic
37. Small quantity
Snare
Sedate
Modicum
perambulate
38. Having no fear
Intrepid
Solace
Relegate
Balmy
39. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
maudlin
Incompetent
Giddy
Dissolute
40. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Supplant
naïvete
Infringe
41. Resign/give up
cavalier
Abdicate
Demotic
Lariat
42. Cheerful - hopeful.
sanguine
Tenuous
Philander
Imbue
43. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Bungler
Inexorable
Clamor
44. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Panacea
masochist
cavalier
Pejorative
45. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Pernicious
chimerical
Hone
Carouse
46. Something opposite to another
Entomology
obverse
Discombobulate
Connoisseur
47. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Cabal
Allay
Dour
48. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Demoralize
Candid
Futility
Reproach
49. Slim; supple; graceful
Rife
invidious
Reverence
Lithe
50. Stubborn (like a mule)
Uncanny
Mulish
Paramour
succinct