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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. Fake substitute for a drug
bellicose
Placebo
Pervasive
Sedate
2. Offering nothing challenging
naïvete
Vapid
Comestible
Anathema
3. Steady earnest effort
Ardent
diligence
Angler
Inundate
4. Expert judge in matter of taste
Garish
Connoisseur
hackneyed
Expedient
5. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Infirmary
Perfidious
Ardor
Rancid
6. Denying one's self pleasure
Ascetic
Jibe
Conflagration
Circumlocution
7. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Unanimous
Dilettante
Querulous
Tame
8. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Circuitous
Pier
Acquiesce
invidious
9. Loud/confused noise
Hone
Clamor
sanguine
Pernicious
10. Warlike
Memorandum
bellicose
obverse
Infirmary
11. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Lackey
Paramour
Pusillanimous
Pensive
12. Restate
Tractable
Ardent
Recapitulate
Remission
13. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
Libidinous
Mendacity
Continent
14. Endure pain without showing feeling
Spindle
Stoical
Admonition
cavalier
15. Base - lowest
Nadir
Languish
quixotic
Disparage
16. Tastelessly bright or showy
Demure
Lunacy
aridity
Gaudy
17. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Invective
Skirmish
Blight
Contentious
18. Express disapproval; reprove
Ethereal
Languish
Anodyne
Reprimand
19. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Domicile
Pusillanimous
Impertinent
20. Used by ordinary people; secular
Relegate
Demotic
Demeanor
bewildering
21. Permanent
Indelible
trite
Domicile
Entomology
22. Mythical beast; unreal.
naïvete
Mulish
Cavalcade
chimerical
23. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
quixotic
Gaunt
Gluttony
24. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Tenuous
Plethora
Demoralize
Circuitous
25. Lose composure; make agitated
Trowel
Fluster
Discombobulate
Eccentric
26. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Demoralize
Modicum
Recondite
Rapscallion
27. Dizzy
Avarice
Giddy
Unanimous
Duplicitous
28. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Conflagration
Vociferous
Circuitous
Felicity
29. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Anomaly
apocryphal
Mellifluous
Dilettante
30. Country of one's permanent stay
Domicile
Inundate
Demoralize
lope
31. Concerned with minor detail
Pedant
Ennui
Smug
hangar
32. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Histrionic
Placebo
cavalier
Impetuous
33. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
lethargy
Derision
Indelible
demagogue
34. Complete happiness/ expressing
Perjury
Felicity
Consummate
hackneyed
35. Small quantity
Tame
Modicum
Surreptitious
Amulet
36. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Expedient
trite
Solace
Conducive
37. Outward behavior
Ingenious
Blight
Pedestrian
Demeanor
38. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Circumlocution
Smug
Infringe
Anodyne
39. Become less intense/widespread
Memorandum
Abate
Pail
Scrutiny
40. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Seraphic
Bungler
naïvete
Infringe
41. End something
Indignation
Extirpate
Dogmatic
Consummate
42. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Scowl
Frivolous
Discordant
43. Member of a band
Brigand
Inundate
Valor
lope
44. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Euphoric
succinct
Lithe
Indolent
45. Strange or mysterious
Frivolous
Uncanny
Titillate
Confluence
46. Lacking in freshness or originality.
hackneyed
Pusillanimous
Consummate
Cynical
47. Laugh in a gleeful way
Chortle
Anomaly
Admonition
Exhort
48. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Smug
Atelier
Valor
Skirmish
49. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
apocryphal
Hone
Coy
Reverence
50. Critical observation/examination
Scrutiny
Snare
Ruse
Balmy