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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. Officially absolve from blame
Eulogy
Exonerate
juggernaut
foal
2. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Slake
Hoard
Soporific
Spindle
3. Bulky glove
Vociferous
Uncanny
Gauntlet
cogent
4. Very generous
Memorandum
Munificent
Inundate
Ostentatious
5. Causing (likely) disagreement
Contentious
Dissolute
Demure
lethargy
6. Pretending shyness or modesty
Derision
pariah
Coy
cherubic
7. Fault-finding
pariah
Mellifluous
Captious
bewildering
8. Restate
Innocuous
Ruse
Recapitulate
Asinine
9. Praise enthusiastically
Denude
Extol
Auspicious
Discreet
10. Offering nothing challenging
seraphic
Vapid
Conducive
Demure
11. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Ethereal
Lax
ostracism
12. Greatly honored.
Mendacity
Amenable
Unanimous
revered
13. Junction of two rivers; merging
Cabal
Confluence
Connoisseur
Pervasive
14. A hospital
Scrutiny
Infirmary
Reprieve
quixotic
15. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Extirpate
Revue
Anodyne
Ingenious
16. Happen by chance
vitriol
Inundate
Approbation
Fortuitous
17. Hard to control/deal with
Intractable
Rancid
Avarice
Lugubrious
18. Insulting/mocking remark
Connoisseur
Paramour
Jibe
filibuster
19. Slim; supple; graceful
Fluster
Lithe
Giddy
Quant
20. Group of entertainers who tour
belladonna
Connoisseur
Hackneyed
Troupe
21. Heavy rainfall
Pugilist
Infirmary
Profligate
Downpour
22. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Exorbitant
lope
obverse
Frivolous
23. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Disparage
cherubic
Desultory
Tame
24. Express disapproval in action
Reproach
Seraphic
Lunacy
agnostic
25. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
ostracism
Ethereal
apocryphal
Paregoric
26. Member of a band
Candid
Scion
Impetuous
Brigand
27. Deadly
Diatribe
Pernicious
Sate (satiate)
Relegate
28. Cancel punishment of
Reproach
Paregoric
Downpour
Reprieve
29. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Approbation
Castigate
Desultory
Inundate
30. Extremely foolish or stupid
Asinine
Eschew
hangar
Mellifluous
31. Criticize sharply
Promulgate
Exhort
Obstinate
Rebuke
32. Of a subject - obscure
Modicum
Assiduous
Recondite
Inexorable
33. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Begrudge
Mendacity
agnostic
Quintessence
34. Lose composure; make agitated
Fluster
Plethora
filibuster
Soporific
35. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Regression
Troupe
Eminence
Imbue
36. Valuable stolen goods
Demure
Booty
Quant
naïvete
37. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Nefarious
Discreet
Dour
38. Saying much in few words; brief.
maudlin
Paucity
laconic - spartan
Querulous
39. Perplex - confusing
Extol
Pedant
bewildering
Jibe
40. House/repair airplanes
Troupe
hangar
Eschew
Pernicious
41. Praise and honor
sybaritic
Kudos
Allay
Unanimous
42. Sorrowful
Gaunt
Insurrection
Dolorous
Eminence
43. Cancel or take back
Downpour
Rescind
Amalgamate
antebellum
44. Excessively detailed; boring
Hilt
Pedant
Exorbitant
Approbation
45. Written message (diplomacy)
Magnanimous
Connoisseur
Memorandum
Regression
46. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Indignation
Ubiquitous
Dolorous
47. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Ennui
behemoth
Abstruse
Spurn
48. Destroy completely
Extirpate
Continent
Blight
Atelier
49. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Denude
Abhor
Stoical
Fickle
50. Outward behavior
Errant
Demeanor
Anachronism
Abdicate