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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. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
chastened
Loquacious
Strident
Valor
2. Prudent; careful
Mulish
Discreet
Elegy
Libidinous
3. Strip of covering; make bare
Exhort
Angler
Vapid
Denude
4. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Tenuous
Nefarious
Recalcitrant
5. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Circuitous
Spurn
Inundate
Hackneyed
6. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Hedonist
Carouse
Hoard
Perturb
7. Perplex - confusing
Fortuitous
Ire
bewildering
Depot
8. Cause sleep/drowsiness
trite
Chicanery
Tractable
Soporific
9. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Austere
maudlin
Eschew
10. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Dandy
stoic
Ethereal
Downpour
11. Deceptive/deceitful
Domicile
Duplicitous
perfidy
Prerogative
12. Warlike
Perfidious
Incompetent
Libidinous
bellicose
13. Deep respect
Reverence
Cavalcade
sanguine
Semantic
14. Formally display sorrow
Elegy
panegyric
Extirpate
sanguine
15. Obstinately uncooperative
Rife
Conducive
Recalcitrant
Modicum
16. Man concern with stylish looks
Dandy
Bungler
Fluster
Rapscallion
17. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Spindle
Loquacious
perambulate
Dulcet
18. Not having life.
Hermit
bewildering
Frivolous
inanimate
19. Something to vehemently dislike
Anathema
Cabal
Garish
trite
20. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Raucous
Dour
Malady
Paramour
21. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Silo
Lackey
Mulish
22. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Relegate
Downpour
foal
agnostic
23. Tall tower used to store grain
Blight
Silo
diligence
Downpour
24. Profession/science of teaching
Appease
Pedagogy
agnostic
Dogmatic
25. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Circuitous
Errant
Exacerbate
Bungler
26. Great enthusiasm/passion
Contentious
Lax
Ardor
Perfidious
27. Long speech of angry criticism
Innocuous
Pedagogy
Tirade
Perfunctory
28. Steal (things of little value)
Ascetic
Apt
Spurn
Pilfer
29. Sew
obverse
Peal
Hilt
Embroider
30. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
chimerical
Infringe
Lackey
31. Only motivated by self-interest
foal
Cynical
Entomology
lucidity
32. Part of a suit
Lackey
Atelier
Rife
Lapel
33. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Miscreant
Dulcet
Boorish
34. Bucket
Parley
meretricious
Pail
Quarry
35. Dissatisfaction from boredom
polemic
Pedant
Ennui
Eulogy
36. Stubborn (like a mule)
Vociferous
Dilettante
Mulish
Bungler
37. Extreme greed for wealth
Reverence
antebellum
Strident
Avarice
38. Hard to control/deal with
Slake
foal
Intractable
Berth
39. Placate by acceding their demands
Appease
Eulogy
Strident
Lodge
40. Cheerful - hopeful.
Berth
sanguine
Subjective
Eccentric
41. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Futility
Apt
Semantic
Vociferous
42. Of a subject - obscure
Effervescent
evanescent
Recondite
Felicity
43. Art/practice of disputation.
Audacious
Consternation
polemic
Begrudge
44. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Bristle
Amulet
Fracas
Abate
45. Junction of two rivers; merging
Cabal
Petulant
Confluence
seraphic
46. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Impertinent
Ire
Lugubrious
47. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Ardent
Spurn
Imperative
hackneyed
48. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Contempt
Scant
Candid
Relegate
49. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Amenable
Amulet
Eccentric
panegyric
50. Express vehement protest
Indelible
choleric
Fulminate
Futility