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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. Clever/original/inventive
Derision
Carouse
Banal
Ingenious
2. Outcast
pariah
lethargy
Clamor
Insipid
3. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Impertinent
Boorish
trite
Pail
4. Lose composure; make agitated
Reverence
Discordant
Fluster
Hone
5. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
chastened
Allay
Perfunctory
Dolorous
6. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Reprimand
Reticent
Desultory
7. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Assiduous
Relegate
Dulcet
Flounder
8. Greatly honored.
Discreet
panegyric
revered
belligerent
9. Loud and harsh
Impetuous
Recondite
Unanimous
Strident
10. Denying one's self pleasure
Ascetic
Sanctuary
Ardor
Blight
11. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Skirmish
Cavalcade
Exacerbate
Mulish
12. Appropriate - suitable
Apt
Skirmish
Supplant
Perfunctory
13. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Nefarious
Mulish
Virile
chimerical
14. Temporary prohibition of activity
Bland
Moratorium
Vapid
Perjury
15. Depression of spirits
Appease
Bristle
melancholy
Audacious
16. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Ennui
Scant
Contempt
Valor
17. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Panacea
laconic - spartan
Euphoric
Apex
18. Unoriginal; commonplace
Coffer
Pier
Smug
Banal
19. Express disapproval; reprove
Gluttony
vitriol
Reverence
Reprimand
20. Lacking in freshness or originality.
maudlin
Moratorium
hackneyed
Dissolute
21. Resign/give up
Disparage
Hackneyed
Raucous
Abdicate
22. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
cogent
perfidy
evanescent
Begrudge
23. Act angrily or defensively
Pugilist
Bristle
Embroider
Derision
24. Excessive in eating
Contempt
Gluttony
hackneyed
Disparage
25. Bucket
seraphic
Pail
Brigand
Titillate
26. Descendant (notable - long family)
sybaritic
Perturb
Scion
Append
27. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Pernicious
Pert
maudlin
28. Model; exemplar
Pertinent
Paragon
Auspicious
Clamor
29. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Pugilist
succinct
Quarry
Pert
30. Wicked/criminal
Sate (satiate)
Amenable
Nefarious
Diatribe
31. Young horse
Pugilist
Lackey
Conflagration
foal
32. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Eccentric
Quarry
cherubic
Captious
33. Straying from the law
Errant
Skirmish
bewildering
Exhort
34. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
Solace
Inundate
Spurn
35. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Abstruse
Corpulent
Demoralize
Embroider
36. Lacking flavor
Anomaly
Bland
diligence
Insipid
37. Place for storage of large commodity
chimerical
Depot
Intrepid
Recapitulate
38. Exhibiting aggression.
belligerent
Perfidious
Diatribe
phlegmatic
39. Laugh in a gleeful way
Malady
Chortle
Amulet
Blight
40. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Nadir
Carouse
Desultory
cogent
41. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Denude
Perfidious
Obsequious
Bungler
42. Dizzy
Circuitous
Giddy
Lugubrious
Obstinate
43. Most noticeable; important
Salient
Disparage
Anomaly
lethargy
44. Accustom to new conditions
Mendacity
Bristle
Ditty
Acclimate
45. Grow weak/feeble
Fulminate
Hilt
Languish
Ditty
46. Great enthusiasm/passion
Ardor
Pedestrian
Coffer
Lugubrious
47. Trick
filibuster
Inadvertent
Ruse
Eschew
48. Bring together to form a whole
Derision
Coalesce
Anachronism
Modicum
49. Regard with hatred
laconic - spartan
Dissolute
Abhor
perambulate
50. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Gaunt
Subjective
Exacerbate
Infirmary