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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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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. House/repair airplanes
Ubiquitous
hangar
perfidy
apocryphal
2. To exclude from a group by common consent.
ostracism
Inundate
Scant
Enamel
3. Small amount of something; iota
perfidy
Paucity
Pervasive
Titillate
4. Excessively detailed; boring
Pedant
Inadvertent
Libidinous
Begrudge
5. (of a person) fat
Histrionic
Corpulent
Eccentric
meretricious
6. Something to vehemently dislike
Mendacity
drawl
cavalier
Anathema
7. Beggar
adulation
Modicum
Inundate
Mendicant
8. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Recalcitrant
Soporific
ostracism
Profligate
9. Formally display sorrow
Elegy
Plethora
Circuitous
Revue
10. Cheerful - hopeful.
Futility
Pier
Hedonist
sanguine
11. Lustful
lucidity
Ardor
Libidinous
Gauntlet
12. Hard to control/deal with
Coalesce
Intractable
Ubiquitous
Brackish
13. Extreme happiness/elated
Solace
Hackneyed
Insipid
Euphoric
14. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Pusillanimous
cherubic
Perfidious
Reticent
15. Relevant/applicable to some matter
lope
Lax
phlegmatic
Pertinent
16. Express disapproval; reprove
Mendacity
Reprimand
choleric
Candid
17. Show great care and perseverance
Blight
obverse
Reproach
Assiduous
18. Descendant (notable - long family)
bellicose
Recalcitrant
Miscreant
Scion
19. Abusive/highly critical language
Lariat
Invective
Demotic
behemoth
20. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Dilettante
Apt
Gaunt
lethargy
21. Violent uprising against authority
Cynical
maudlin
Insurrection
Discombobulate
22. Appropriate - suitable
Clamor
Apt
Languish
Inane
23. A hospital
Infirmary
Ardent
Strident
Salient
24. Mythical beast; unreal.
Consternation
bewildering
Pedant
chimerical
25. Shun or avoid
Eschew
Appease
Cavalcade
Avarice
26. Most noticeable; important
Impertinent
Discreet
Exorbitant
Salient
27. Complete happiness/ expressing
Pervasive
Poignant
Dogmatic
Felicity
28. Bucket
seraphic
Pail
Mendicant
Cabal
29. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Scowl
Scion
Eminence
Perjury
30. Regard with hatred
Abhor
polemic
Ostentatious
Lithe
31. Impossible to stop or prevent
Clamor
Inexorable
agnostic
Remission
32. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
Banal
Recalcitrant
Dour
33. Lack harmony; conflicting
Expedient
Anathema
Discordant
Confluence
34. Cancel or take back
foal
bewildering
Panacea
Rescind
35. Junction of two rivers; merging
Fickle
Confluence
Futility
maudlin
36. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Boorish
Effervescent
Discombobulate
Titillate
37. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Conducive
Placebo
Lax
Quarry
38. Country of one's permanent stay
Connoisseur
Domicile
Reticent
Frivolous
39. Praise enthusiastically
panegyric
Dilettante
Extol
Allay
40. Fashionable.
foal
Profligate
posh
sanguine
41. Reject with disdain
Spurn
Dissolute
Recapitulate
Demure
42. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
Ennui
Plethora
Snare
43. Excessive in eating
belladonna
Gluttony
Acquiesce
Reproach
44. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Obstinate
Imbue
Repugnant
Slake
45. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
Perfunctory
Lithe
Sanctuary
46. Anticipating with anxiety
Apprehensive
Reverence
Panacea
Fortuitous
47. Highest order of angels
Lodge
pariah
demagogue
seraphic
48. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Hilt
Moratorium
Dissolute
Balmy
49. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Prerogative
Boorish
Tame
Chortle
50. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
inanimate
Panacea
Coalesce
Connoisseur