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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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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. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Imbue
Asinine
Tame
quixotic
2. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Intrepid
Continent
Anathema
3. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Infringe
Hilt
Inundate
Rapscallion
4. Have no serious purpose/value
Languish
Dulcet
Frivolous
Hermit
5. Praise enthusiastically
Demotic
Duplicitous
obverse
Extol
6. Appropriate - suitable
Discordant
Apt
Trowel
Entomology
7. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Abstruse
masochist
Indelible
Dour
8. Unproductive of results
barrenness
Malady
Rescind
Quant
9. A studio (where sculpture works)
Intrepid
Atelier
Avarice
Indolent
10. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Allay
Contempt
Ostentatious
Dolorous
11. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
Soporific
Preside
Magnanimous
naïvete
12. One living in solitude (religious)
Hermit
Ardent
barrenness
Lariat
13. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Auspicious
Solace
Inundate
lucidity
14. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Continent
Dulcet
cogent
15. Deadly
Gaudy
seraphic
cogent
Pernicious
16. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Pervasive
Cynical
Candid
succinct
17. Very generous
Munificent
Eccentric
Garish
Tame
18. Formally display sorrow
Soporific
Unanimous
Elegy
Reprimand
19. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Parley
chimerical
panegyric
Austere
20. Servant
Kudos
Lackey
Demoralize
Ruse
21. Accept passively (give in); accede
Acquiesce
Amenable
invidious
Pejorative
22. Saying much in few words; brief.
Pilfer
Abdicate
laconic - spartan
Lunacy
23. Lacking flavor
Fluster
Gluttony
Insipid
Austere
24. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Quintessence
Rancid
posh
Impart
25. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Amenable
Obsequious
Valor
Plethora
26. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Dulcet
sybaritic
Revue
cogent
27. Bucket
Sedate
Profusion
Pail
Duplicitous
28. Having no fear
Ruse
Sate (satiate)
Intrepid
Entomology
29. Slightly salty
phlegmatic
Sedate
Denude
Brackish
30. Lying under oath
serendipity
cherubic
Uncanny
Perjury
31. Promote/make widely known
Quarry
Titillate
Promulgate
Dolorous
32. Heavy rainfall
Contentious
Berth
Coalesce
Downpour
33. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Dolorous
cavalier
Inundate
Imbue
34. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Lugubrious
Demure
Pert
Lackey
35. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
drawl
Smug
Gauntlet
36. (girl or woman) attractively lively
obverse
Pert
Begrudge
Exorbitant
37. Tastelessly bright or showy
Gaudy
Pugilist
Circumlocution
Indignation
38. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Revue
Impetuous
Soporific
Memorandum
39. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Paramour
Enamel
Eschew
40. Slim; supple; graceful
Querulous
Lithe
Miscreant
Hone
41. Dizzy
Anomaly
Giddy
Pedestrian
Abdicate
42. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Chicanery
Pier
Inundate
hackneyed
43. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
revered
Paregoric
naïvete
Vociferous
44. Secret political faction in collusion
Circuitous
Eminence
Euphoric
Cabal
45. Insanity
Enamel
perambulate
aridity
Lunacy
46. Belief of something/one is useless
Scion
Exacerbate
Appease
Contempt
47. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Impetuous
Anodyne
Pusillanimous
Anathema
48. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Pedant
ostracism
cherubic
antebellum
49. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
sanguine
Inundate
melancholy
Carouse
50. Feelings of ill will.
Magnanimous
vitriol
Mendicant
Desultory