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PCAT Vocab2
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1. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Hedonist
Diatribe
Hilt
Pedant
2. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
Frivolous
Corpulent
Apt
3. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Quintessence
Consternation
chimerical
Dour
4. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Lithe
Pusillanimous
Coalesce
Insipid
5. Deceptive/deceitful
demagogue
apocryphal
Duplicitous
behemoth
6. Fake substitute for a drug
Ingenious
Placebo
Domicile
Discreet
7. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Anachronism
Sanctuary
Pert
Confluence
8. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Modicum
Exacerbate
Pertinent
Querulous
9. Express disapproval in action
Stoical
Reproach
Contentious
Pensive
10. Very generous
bellicose
Frivolous
Munificent
Anathema
11. Barren; fruitless
Relegate
Anomaly
Gluttony
Sterile
12. Store of money or valuable objects
hangar
Hoard
succinct
quixotic
13. Extreme greed for wealth
Subjective
Blight
Exacerbate
Avarice
14. Appropriate - suitable
Ditty
Lackey
Apt
Pail
15. Cause to lose confidence/hope
belladonna
Querulous
Ire
Demoralize
16. (of a person) fat
Frivolous
demagogue
Tractable
Corpulent
17. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Rapscallion
Austere
Paregoric
Apex
18. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Loquacious
Errant
barrenness
19. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
Reprimand
Garish
drawl
20. Used by ordinary people; secular
foal
Captious
Demotic
belligerent
21. Resign/give up
Fickle
Abdicate
Coffer
Snare
22. Mournful/sad/dismay
Derision
Discreet
Prerogative
Lugubrious
23. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
Austere
Ennui
Impart
24. Hard to control/deal with
Troupe
belladonna
Intractable
Inundate
25. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Hackneyed
Rife
Extol
diligence
26. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Cavalcade
Eschew
Regression
Boorish
27. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Poignant
Consummate
Soporific
Candid
28. To flatter/admire excessively.
filibuster
obverse
adulation
Panacea
29. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Nefarious
Ardor
cogent
Hilt
30. Break/interlude
Libidinous
Infringe
Hoard
Remission
31. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
panegyric
quixotic
Anodyne
Connoisseur
32. Grow weak/feeble
Confab
Sterile
Languish
Paltry
33. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Ruse
Disparage
Trowel
Spindle
34. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Indignation
lethargy
melancholy
Gaunt
35. Have no serious purpose/value
Innocuous
Frivolous
polemic
Impertinent
36. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Berth
antebellum
Expedient
Pervasive
37. Wordy (fewer would do)
Lodge
Intractable
Circumlocution
Cabal
38. Part of a suit
Petulant
Lapel
Revue
cavalier
39. Extensive/destructive fire
Balmy
Conflagration
Appease
Magnanimous
40. Obstinately uncooperative
Recalcitrant
Brigand
Dandy
Kudos
41. Lustful
Inundate
Imperative
Libidinous
stoic
42. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Raucous
Candid
cherubic
bewildering
43. Deep respect
Reverence
Lithe
Balmy
Lapel
44. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inundate
Inundate
Inexorable
Acclimate
45. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
Chicanery
chimerical
Profligate
46. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Pedagogy
Insipid
Prerogative
lucidity
47. Satisfy fully
Disparage
Sate (satiate)
Connoisseur
Approbation
48. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eulogy
vitriol
Regression
apocryphal
49. Abusive/highly critical language
Invective
Inundate
Recapitulate
melancholy
50. Flood/large amount of water
Paragon
Rife
Eschew
Inundate
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