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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. Straying from the law
quixotic
agnostic
Errant
Balmy
2. Perplex - confusing
Semantic
Apt
Fracas
bewildering
3. Sew
Tractable
Chicanery
succinct
Embroider
4. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
bewildering
Imbue
Mendacity
Demure
5. Make (something bad) worse
foal
Dulcet
Exacerbate
Lodge
6. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Insurrection
Denude
Parley
invidious
7. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Memorandum
Bland
aridity
Loquacious
8. To flatter/admire excessively.
Booty
Anodyne
Coffer
adulation
9. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Reprimand
Amenable
Salient
10. Confuse
Ruse
Discombobulate
Moratorium
antebellum
11. One living in solitude (religious)
Hedonist
Hone
Hackneyed
Hermit
12. Insulting/mocking remark
Contempt
Philander
Jibe
Entomology
13. Exhibiting aggression.
belladonna
Bristle
belligerent
Contentious
14. Profession/science of teaching
Blight
Anachronism
Tirade
Pedagogy
15. Favorable
Auspicious
Paucity
Eminence
Dolorous
16. End something
Allay
Consummate
Lithe
Amalgamate
17. Violation of faith or loyalty
perfidy
Infringe
Banal
Fluster
18. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Eccentric
Exonerate
Smug
Stoical
19. Tastelessly bright or showy
Pensive
Quintessence
Pedant
Gaudy
20. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
obverse
Relegate
Tirade
21. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Chicanery
Troupe
Dissolute
Soporific
22. Loud ringing of bells
Languish
Embroider
Peal
Lax
23. Trickery or fraud
Demoralize
Abdicate
Chicanery
apocryphal
24. Fully in agreement
Invective
Unanimous
Pugilist
Poignant
25. Travel over esp. on foot
Libidinous
perambulate
Banal
Indignation
26. Small quantity
Austere
Modicum
Petulant
Kudos
27. Short simple song
Pernicious
Scant
Circumlocution
Ditty
28. Fault-finding
Captious
Perjury
inanimate
Paramour
29. Laugh in a gleeful way
Chortle
Lariat
bewildering
Eccentric
30. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
antebellum
lethargy
Scowl
Dolorous
31. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Dogmatic
Jibe
Hilt
Querulous
32. Extreme happiness/elated
Inane
Cabal
Euphoric
Perfunctory
33. Restate
Invective
Recapitulate
Abate
sanguine
34. Overly theatrical
Histrionic
Obsequious
Incompetent
Carouse
35. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Corpulent
Modicum
Amulet
sanguine
36. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
quixotic
Pedant
Futility
37. Outcast
Mendicant
Flounder
Conflagration
pariah
38. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Allay
Dogmatic
Dissolute
cherubic
39. Obstinately uncooperative
Scowl
Recalcitrant
Impetuous
Obstinate
40. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Rebuke
agnostic
Demoralize
Apex
41. Regard with hatred
Jibe
polemic
Abhor
Anodyne
42. Anger
Ruse
behemoth
Ire
Snare
43. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Poignant
Impertinent
Tame
Append
44. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Gluttony
maudlin
Effervescent
Perfidious
45. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
adulation
Ethereal
Impetuous
chastened
46. Excessive in eating
lucidity
Gluttony
drawl
Embroider
47. Container storing valuables
Contentious
Coffer
Allay
Preside
48. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Appease
Semantic
Demure
49. Fashionable.
Seraphic
Skirmish
cogent
posh
50. Impossible to stop or prevent
Errant
Ardor
Inexorable
belligerent