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PCAT Vocab2
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english
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1. Denying one's self pleasure
Fracas
Ascetic
Bland
Entomology
2. Straying from the law
Pertinent
Smug
Errant
evanescent
3. Criticize sharply
Ditty
Rebuke
Innocuous
Magnanimous
4. Something to vehemently dislike
polemic
Anathema
Eminence
Consternation
5. Laugh in a gleeful way
meretricious
Chicanery
Skirmish
Chortle
6. Strip of covering; make bare
Memorandum
Denude
Ditty
Imbue
7. Promote/make widely known
Consummate
cogent
Promulgate
behemoth
8. Strange or mysterious
Uncanny
apocryphal
Quintessence
Insurrection
9. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Fulminate
Desultory
Insipid
Ennui
10. Fully in agreement
Unanimous
Eulogy
Pensive
Malady
11. Reject with disdain
Scrutiny
Effervescent
Quintessence
Spurn
12. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
hangar
Castigate
Boorish
Apt
13. One living in solitude (religious)
Hermit
Ruse
demagogue
Ire
14. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
Rancid
Indignation
Codicil
15. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Coffer
Blight
Hackneyed
Reprimand
16. Act angrily or defensively
Rapscallion
Pilfer
posh
Bristle
17. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
drawl
Exhort
Paltry
Reticent
18. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
Insurrection
Chortle
Seraphic
chastened
19. Apathy or sluggishness
Preside
phlegmatic
Hilt
Atelier
20. Anger
Ire
sybaritic
Appease
Fortuitous
21. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Demeanor
Reprimand
Solace
evanescent
22. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Ingenious
Pedestrian
Repugnant
Assiduous
23. Group of entertainers who tour
invidious
Exhort
Derision
Troupe
24. Extensive/destructive fire
Extirpate
Smug
sybaritic
Conflagration
25. Slightly salty
Brackish
barrenness
behemoth
Raucous
26. Offering nothing challenging
Prerogative
Nadir
cynicism
Vapid
27. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Trowel
Cavalcade
Lax
Nadir
28. Container storing valuables
Peal
Coffer
Conflagration
Vapid
29. Stubborn (like a mule)
Ardor
Ire
Avarice
Mulish
30. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Disparage
Lithe
Corpulent
Revue
31. Temporary prohibition of activity
Moratorium
belligerent
Seraphic
Ardent
32. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
Codicil
Sedate
Inane
33. Talkative
Snare
Loquacious
chastened
filibuster
34. Only motivated by self-interest
stoic
Cynical
Raucous
Virile
35. Most noticeable; important
bewildering
Salient
Infirmary
Pedant
36. Destroy completely
Extirpate
Eschew
Salient
Depot
37. Generous/munificent/forgive
Slake
Relegate
Magnanimous
Rife
38. Cause to lose confidence/hope
barrenness
Demoralize
ostracism
Gluttony
39. Appropriate - suitable
Apt
Coy
Eulogy
stoic
40. Deceptive/deceitful
Disparage
Reticent
Exonerate
Duplicitous
41. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Exorbitant
Panacea
bewildering
Frivolous
42. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Tirade
revered
Lapel
43. Saying much in few words; brief.
Extirpate
Sanctuary
laconic - spartan
Incompetent
44. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Domicile
Silo
Captious
45. Dizzy
Giddy
Gaudy
Fracas
Disparage
46. Uselessness; pointless
Futility
Eminence
Subjective
Rife
47. Insanity
Indignation
Demoralize
Lunacy
Vapid
48. Anticipating with anxiety
Slake
Apprehensive
Banal
Pejorative
49. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Dolorous
Austere
Paregoric
lope
50. Recklessly daring
Denude
Disparage
Mendacity
Audacious
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