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PCAT Vocab2
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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. Deviate from standard/normal
Brigand
Anomaly
filibuster
Fulminate
2. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
apocryphal
juggernaut
Docile
3. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Acclimate
Apex
Gluttony
Lapel
4. Bucket
Amenable
bewildering
Contentious
Pail
5. A studio (where sculpture works)
Remission
Eccentric
Atelier
Denude
6. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Tame
Pensive
Boorish
Giddy
7. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Extol
Coffer
Pert
bewildering
8. Favorable
antebellum
Auspicious
Euphoric
Rife
9. Regard with hatred
phlegmatic
Downpour
Repugnant
Abhor
10. Fake substitute for a drug
Lodge
aridity
Placebo
cherubic
11. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Desultory
Connoisseur
bellicose
Abstruse
12. Complaining in whining manner
Exhort
Pugilist
Querulous
Pedestrian
13. Trick
Profligate
Impetuous
Ruse
Discordant
14. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Mendacity
Blight
Expedient
Placebo
15. Act angrily or defensively
Abstruse
Bristle
Amulet
Strident
16. Lying under oath
perfidy
Perjury
Ruse
Pertinent
17. Small amount of something; iota
Imbue
Paucity
Pilfer
Spindle
18. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Plethora
Hedonist
stoic
Surreptitious
19. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
Entomology
Captious
Pedant
20. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Skirmish
Sedate
Ditty
Titillate
21. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Desultory
Apprehensive
Nadir
22. Tall tower used to store grain
cogent
Nadir
cavalier
Silo
23. One who suffers without complaining.
Allay
Pervasive
Munificent
stoic
24. Very small/meager
Chicanery
Parley
Paltry
demagogue
25. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Slake
aridity
Magnanimous
Asinine
26. Base - lowest
Nadir
Apprehensive
Confab
Dogmatic
27. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
demagogue
Lapel
Nefarious
28. Something opposite to another
Diatribe
Pedant
Ditty
obverse
29. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Corpulent
Virile
phlegmatic
Repugnant
30. Concerned with minor detail
Futility
Dilettante
Pedant
Ostentatious
31. Most noticeable; important
Audacious
Hermit
Salient
belladonna
32. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
sanguine
Exacerbate
Brigand
33. Depression of spirits
Semantic
melancholy
Nadir
Sterile
34. Confuse
Discombobulate
Pensive
Titillate
Quintessence
35. An episode of irregular fighting
Exonerate
Jibe
Skirmish
Profusion
36. Uselessness; pointless
cogent
Impetuous
Futility
Silo
37. Addition to a will
Jibe
Codicil
Acquiesce
stoic
38. Add to end of a document
Moratorium
Reticent
Append
apocryphal
39. Easily influenced/controlled
Obstinate
Amenable
Domicile
demagogue
40. Acknowledged superiority in
hangar
Magnanimous
Ennui
Eminence
41. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Scowl
Relegate
Abstruse
Fulminate
42. Express disapproval; reprove
Coy
Candid
Reprimand
Ditty
43. Deadly
Pernicious
Elegy
Lithe
vitriol
44. Fully in agreement
Pert
Unanimous
Rife
Paltry
45. Unoriginal; commonplace
Lunacy
Bland
Banal
foal
46. Container storing valuables
Atelier
Sanctuary
Coffer
Connoisseur
47. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Malady
Imperative
Vociferous
Brigand
48. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Dandy
Bristle
Cynical
49. Become less intense/widespread
cherubic
Abate
Bland
invidious
50. Insulting/mocking remark
Indignation
Jibe
Ascetic
Titillate