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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. Item of food; something eaten
Desultory
Tenuous
Comestible
Paltry
2. Lover (against marriage)
lethargy
Hedonist
Paramour
cherubic
3. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Austere
Discordant
cogent
4. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coy
Spurn
Inadvertent
Lariat
5. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Impertinent
diligence
revered
Pejorative
6. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Reprieve
Apt
Perfidious
Sedate
7. Prudent; careful
Rancid
Bland
Ire
Discreet
8. Place for storage of large commodity
Nefarious
Captious
Strident
Depot
9. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
demagogue
Derision
Dulcet
Acclimate
10. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Depot
Extol
Trowel
cavalier
11. (of a person) fat
Dandy
Corpulent
Abate
Promulgate
12. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
lethargy
Demoralize
Hedonist
Frivolous
13. Officially absolve from blame
Lunacy
Comestible
Exonerate
perambulate
14. Excessively detailed; boring
Hilt
serendipity
Appease
Pedant
15. Apathy or sluggishness
phlegmatic
Rapscallion
Hedonist
Gaudy
16. Confuse
Eulogy
Paregoric
Indelible
Discombobulate
17. Informal private conversation
Obstinate
Confab
Booty
Lugubrious
18. Disease or ailment
Ardent
Innocuous
Cavalcade
Malady
19. Concerned with minor detail
seraphic
Ingenious
Pedant
Cabal
20. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Solace
Append
Peal
21. Replace
Nefarious
Allay
Supplant
Insipid
22. Insanity
Bland
Raucous
Lunacy
Peal
23. Saying much in few words; brief.
evanescent
cogent
Paramour
laconic - spartan
24. Anxiety or dismay.
polemic
Paragon
Consternation
Sanctuary
25. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
apocryphal
Eschew
Gaudy
Assiduous
26. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
behemoth
Impetuous
Smug
Garish
27. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Append
Anathema
Pejorative
28. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
stoic
inanimate
trite
Cavalcade
29. Assign inferior rank to
Mulish
Contempt
Relegate
Seraphic
30. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Berth
Perfunctory
Coffer
Candid
31. Favorable
Inundate
Giddy
Auspicious
bellicose
32. Not harmful or offensive
Innocuous
Scowl
Giddy
Ostentatious
33. Not sufficiently skillful
Incompetent
Reprieve
Tenuous
Slake
34. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Chicanery
Expedient
Memorandum
cavalier
35. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Indolent
Gaunt
Austere
Sate (satiate)
36. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Hackneyed
Fickle
Ethereal
Miscreant
37. Fake substitute for a drug
Dissolute
Insurrection
Placebo
Scowl
38. Express vehement protest
Ascetic
Trowel
Pail
Fulminate
39. Generous/munificent/forgive
Eulogy
Magnanimous
cherubic
filibuster
40. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Castigate
Amalgamate
Indolent
Rancid
41. One living in solitude (religious)
Pusillanimous
Tame
Hermit
Dolorous
42. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Atelier
Pier
lope
Perjury
43. Break/interlude
Infringe
Nefarious
Garish
Denude
44. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
filibuster
Magnanimous
Duplicitous
sybaritic
45. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Carouse
Solace
naïvete
Pert
46. Dryness
aridity
Corpulent
Downpour
juggernaut
47. Boxer
trite
Histrionic
Pugilist
Vociferous
48. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
melancholy
aridity
Hermit
49. Preference/special liking for
Perjury
Austere
chimerical
Predilection
50. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Denude
Poignant
Eschew
Miscreant