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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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1. Return to former state
Frivolous
Rapscallion
Regression
Gluttony
2. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Demotic
Eschew
succinct
Subjective
3. Not harmful or offensive
Mellifluous
Ruse
Innocuous
Pervasive
4. Item of food; something eaten
Sedate
Comestible
Ingenious
Insipid
5. An episode of irregular fighting
Amalgamate
Chicanery
Skirmish
Rife
6. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Disparage
Insurrection
polemic
7. Extreme happiness/elated
Uncanny
cynicism
Euphoric
invidious
8. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Solace
Eccentric
Pedant
Austere
9. Approval; praise
Duplicitous
Approbation
Anomaly
Prerogative
10. Favorable
pariah
Tractable
Auspicious
Carouse
11. Member of a band
Fulminate
Brigand
choleric
Abhor
12. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Abhor
Seraphic
perambulate
lope
13. Prudent; careful
Titillate
Munificent
Panacea
Discreet
14. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Paragon
Contentious
Ennui
cavalier
15. Recklessly daring
Ubiquitous
Semantic
Begrudge
Audacious
16. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Intractable
Castigate
Berth
Revue
17. Tastelessly bright or showy
Philander
Kudos
Uncanny
Gaudy
18. Praise and honor
Rescind
Kudos
Discordant
Brackish
19. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Mellifluous
Pedant
Abstruse
Cabal
20. Bulky glove
Impetuous
Scant
Gauntlet
Candid
21. Container storing valuables
Bland
Coffer
Conducive
Pail
22. Post that holds up a handrail
Discordant
Spindle
Modicum
Recalcitrant
23. Cancel punishment of
Chortle
Ennui
Reverence
Reprieve
24. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Rife
Dolorous
Modicum
25. Stubborn to change one's mind
Pedant
Parley
Obstinate
Ubiquitous
26. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Uncanny
Boorish
Diatribe
Hackneyed
27. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Depot
Reverence
Profusion
28. Break/interlude
Ostentatious
Angler
Infringe
Insipid
29. Self-resistant (sexually)
Ennui
Continent
trite
Bungler
30. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Effervescent
Subjective
Enamel
Elegy
31. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Quant
Dolorous
Embroider
Atelier
32. Assign inferior rank to
Pert
Relegate
Begrudge
hackneyed
33. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eulogy
foal
seraphic
Silo
34. Addition to a will
bellicose
Perjury
lethargy
Codicil
35. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Hackneyed
Pervasive
Dour
Ennui
36. Trap for catching small animals
Pier
Amalgamate
Tractable
Snare
37. Deadly
Exorbitant
Pernicious
quixotic
Felicity
38. Complaining in whining manner
Querulous
Indignation
Rancid
Cabal
39. Violation of faith or loyalty
Predilection
Quant
Rebuke
perfidy
40. Secret political faction in collusion
Contentious
Invective
Pier
Cabal
41. Restate
Lithe
Anathema
Recapitulate
Dilettante
42. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Dilettante
Sanctuary
quixotic
evanescent
43. Highest order of angels
seraphic
antebellum
Ostentatious
Predilection
44. Slim; supple; graceful
hangar
Anachronism
Lithe
laconic - spartan
45. Anger
Hilt
Ire
Brackish
cynicism
46. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Sate (satiate)
Euphoric
Anodyne
Perfidious
47. Mournful/sad/dismay
demagogue
Lugubrious
Inexorable
Dogmatic
48. Confuse
Discombobulate
pariah
Intractable
Slake
49. Valuable stolen goods
Relegate
Assiduous
Booty
Cabal
50. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Chicanery
Demure
Insipid
cherubic