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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. Submissive
Atelier
Insurrection
Docile
laconic - spartan
2. Sew
Repugnant
Dour
Tractable
Embroider
3. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Booty
Entomology
Eulogy
Anachronism
4. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
seraphic
Dulcet
Rapscallion
Ardent
5. Servant
Pervasive
Lackey
naïvete
Cavalcade
6. Break/interlude
Paucity
Extirpate
Scowl
Infringe
7. Informal private conversation
Silo
Confab
Duplicitous
Pedagogy
8. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
Blight
diligence
Ostentatious
9. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
Ardent
Recapitulate
Append
10. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
Quarry
Chortle
Scant
11. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Vociferous
Confab
Angler
bewildering
12. Return to former state
Regression
Munificent
Bungler
Abdicate
13. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
chastened
Slake
Panacea
Consternation
14. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Mellifluous
Bristle
Conducive
Allay
15. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
diligence
Dissolute
Unanimous
Strident
16. Travel over esp. on foot
Paltry
perambulate
polemic
Auspicious
17. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Pier
hackneyed
Berth
Revue
18. Large amount of something; myriad
Profusion
Moratorium
Demotic
Predilection
19. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Approbation
Coalesce
Garish
Exacerbate
20. Beggar
Mendicant
Domicile
Spindle
Obsequious
21. Most noticeable; important
Amalgamate
Quarry
Salient
Predilection
22. Express vehement protest
Approbation
posh
Fulminate
Promulgate
23. Lover (against marriage)
Poignant
Hoard
Paramour
Eccentric
24. Shun or avoid
Magnanimous
Eschew
melancholy
maudlin
25. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
trite
Profusion
Fluster
naïvete
26. Have no serious purpose/value
Frivolous
chimerical
Inundate
Clamor
27. Complaining in whining manner
Eccentric
Pedestrian
lucidity
Querulous
28. Tall tower used to store grain
polemic
Silo
Ditty
Tenuous
29. Tastelessly bright or showy
Inundate
Fickle
Gaudy
Circuitous
30. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Cavalcade
Libidinous
Discordant
Dandy
31. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Pertinent
Eccentric
Relegate
Contempt
32. Very generous
Pier
Munificent
Assiduous
Pail
33. Member of a band
hackneyed
Pugilist
Brigand
Giddy
34. Boxer
antebellum
Ethereal
polemic
Pugilist
35. Obstinately uncooperative
Carouse
Uncanny
Brigand
Recalcitrant
36. Only motivated by self-interest
melancholy
Nadir
Cynical
Lodge
37. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Indolent
Discordant
Sate (satiate)
Exhort
38. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Inundate
Angler
Impertinent
Profligate
39. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Recalcitrant
Enamel
Tame
40. Feelings of ill will.
Indelible
vitriol
Errant
Semantic
41. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Derision
Fortuitous
Reprieve
Inundate
42. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Dilettante
Obstinate
lethargy
Dogmatic
43. Dissatisfaction from boredom
cynicism
Ennui
Tirade
Denude
44. Great enthusiasm/passion
Auspicious
Pervasive
Demotic
Ardor
45. Wordy (fewer would do)
Felicity
Repugnant
lucidity
Circumlocution
46. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Pedagogy
Panacea
Apex
diligence
47. Untruthful
Parley
Lariat
Mendacity
Pedagogy
48. Very small/meager
Hackneyed
Paltry
Ostentatious
Spurn
49. Part of a suit
Scant
Lapel
Confab
Gauntlet
50. To exclude from a group by common consent.
ostracism
Rancid
perfidy
Sedate