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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. Beggar
Mendicant
panegyric
Scowl
Allay
2. End something
Surreptitious
Consummate
serendipity
Dandy
3. Very small/meager
Paltry
lucidity
Philander
Comestible
4. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Gaudy
Solace
Blight
Skirmish
5. Wicked/criminal
Ethereal
Rife
Nefarious
Querulous
6. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Rebuke
Paramour
Dulcet
7. Straying from the law
Bland
Miscreant
Lapel
Errant
8. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Consummate
Apt
perambulate
Slake
9. Add to end of a document
Append
Valor
Brigand
Enamel
10. Clever/original/inventive
Ardent
Lodge
Inundate
Ingenious
11. Long speech of angry criticism
Promulgate
Dandy
Tirade
choleric
12. Impatient/bad-tempered
Discordant
Petulant
sybaritic
Gaunt
13. Expert judge in matter of taste
Virile
Derision
Mellifluous
Connoisseur
14. Schemer/fisherman
Pedestrian
Promulgate
Hoard
Angler
15. Laugh in a gleeful way
Parley
Chortle
Dandy
evanescent
16. Used by ordinary people; secular
Modicum
Silo
Demotic
Conducive
17. Highest order of angels
stoic
seraphic
Demeanor
Contentious
18. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Exorbitant
lope
Quintessence
Perfunctory
19. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Asinine
Plethora
Imbue
hangar
20. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Valor
Bristle
Austere
revered
21. Trick
Demeanor
cherubic
Ruse
Sterile
22. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
Supplant
Berth
Enamel
23. Assign inferior rank to
Semantic
Soporific
inanimate
Relegate
24. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Atelier
Exorbitant
Brigand
25. Untruthful
Mendacity
Tirade
Auspicious
Consummate
26. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Allay
obverse
Gauntlet
Stoical
27. Item of food; something eaten
Blight
Recapitulate
Abhor
Comestible
28. Based on personal feeling/opinion
obverse
Subjective
Berth
Hedonist
29. Loud ringing of bells
Peal
vitriol
Paramour
Memorandum
30. Country of one's permanent stay
Panacea
Domicile
Memorandum
Brigand
31. Profession/science of teaching
Preside
chimerical
Pedagogy
diligence
32. Belief of something/one is useless
Consternation
Spurn
Contempt
belligerent
33. Tolerant; set as true
Rescind
Frivolous
Dogmatic
Impetuous
34. Something opposite to another
Anodyne
Entomology
obverse
Gaudy
35. Fault-finding
Captious
Coalesce
Dour
Dissolute
36. Make or become fixed; stuck
Paragon
Lodge
Disparage
Reverence
37. Deadly
Pernicious
Reprimand
Dogmatic
Raucous
38. Sew
Munificent
Ennui
Embroider
Angler
39. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Vapid
Inexorable
Begrudge
Pedagogy
40. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Reprimand
Hilt
agnostic
41. Give up or become compliant
Stoical
Inundate
Tractable
Appease
42. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Dulcet
Hermit
Panacea
Memorandum
43. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
antebellum
Apt
barrenness
44. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Apprehensive
Virile
Pedant
Dour
45. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Eminence
Fracas
Pedagogy
46. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Pedagogy
Pugilist
Stoical
47. Not having life.
Plethora
inanimate
Codicil
Lariat
48. Trap for catching small animals
Fortuitous
Snare
Smug
Append
49. Model; exemplar
Anomaly
Coy
Sate (satiate)
Paragon
50. Store of money or valuable objects
Dilettante
quixotic
Tenuous
Hoard