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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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1. Written message (diplomacy)
lope
Disparage
Memorandum
Clamor
2. Most perfect/typical example
Sedate
Ire
Quintessence
Conflagration
3. Boxer
Pugilist
revered
Slake
Paltry
4. Most noticeable; important
Subjective
Pedant
Salient
Impart
5. Violation of faith or loyalty
Amenable
hackneyed
Desultory
perfidy
6. Container storing valuables
Denude
Connoisseur
Promulgate
Coffer
7. Extensive/destructive fire
Depot
Abhor
Conflagration
Raucous
8. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Lax
demagogue
Exorbitant
Inadvertent
9. Extremely foolish or stupid
Asinine
Codicil
Uncanny
Pervasive
10. Communicate; give to something
Insipid
Discordant
Impart
Downpour
11. Slim; supple; graceful
Errant
Embroider
Invective
Lithe
12. Country of one's permanent stay
Fulminate
Bland
Domicile
Discreet
13. Member of a band
Preside
Brigand
Vapid
Lunacy
14. Lacking flavor
Insipid
Hedonist
adulation
Vociferous
15. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Circumlocution
Profligate
Gaunt
16. Extreme greed for wealth
Malady
Avarice
Poignant
Ennui
17. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Rapscallion
behemoth
Discombobulate
drawl
18. Trap for catching small animals
Reverence
Effervescent
Snare
perambulate
19. Young horse
Captious
Nadir
foal
ostracism
20. Impatient/bad-tempered
adulation
Strident
Pedestrian
Petulant
21. Secret political faction in collusion
Cabal
Contentious
Reticent
Vapid
22. Loud/confused noise
Clamor
Obsequious
Embroider
Tractable
23. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Hilt
Lapel
Demure
quixotic
24. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
Infringe
Supplant
Fulminate
25. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Rapscallion
Fracas
Eulogy
bellicose
26. Critical observation/examination
Spurn
Silo
Rescind
Scrutiny
27. Outcast
Exonerate
Subjective
Garish
pariah
28. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Embroider
Titillate
Snare
Reverence
29. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Promulgate
Impertinent
filibuster
chastened
30. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
Dilettante
Amulet
Brigand
31. Place for storage of large commodity
Promulgate
Lariat
Depot
Regression
32. Uselessness; pointless
Tame
stoic
Exonerate
Futility
33. Warlike
bellicose
Abate
Pedagogy
Pier
34. Gather things together
Apex
Amalgamate
Lariat
Dogmatic
35. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Audacious
Mellifluous
Exhort
Acquiesce
36. Jewelry giving protection from evil
antebellum
Gluttony
Amulet
Dolorous
37. Preference/special liking for
Consternation
Mulish
Predilection
Philander
38. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
Connoisseur
Imbue
Lugubrious
39. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Ruse
Dour
Sterile
Clamor
40. Make or become fixed; stuck
Nefarious
Querulous
Profligate
Lodge
41. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Nefarious
Poignant
obverse
Exonerate
42. Impossible to stop or prevent
Reticent
Inexorable
Intrepid
Exhort
43. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
Paucity
Scrutiny
Libidinous
filibuster
44. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Discreet
Pier
Tame
Berth
45. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
Memorandum
Pert
Continent
46. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Nefarious
Brackish
Blight
Effervescent
47. Showy (no value); prostitute.
behemoth
Supplant
meretricious
Eschew
48. Item of food; something eaten
Comestible
Skirmish
Rebuke
Pedant
49. Act angrily or defensively
laconic - spartan
panegyric
Bristle
Indelible
50. Cancel or take back
Rescind
Pedant
Sate (satiate)
chimerical