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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. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Ardent
Disparage
Troupe
Tame
2. Impossible to stop or prevent
Poignant
Inexorable
Allay
Apt
3. Reject with disdain
Tame
Spurn
Pert
Reprimand
4. Untruthful
Memorandum
Banal
Exacerbate
Mendacity
5. Stubborn to change one's mind
Obstinate
Mendicant
Demoralize
Codicil
6. Apathy or sluggishness
Recapitulate
Bungler
Mendacity
phlegmatic
7. Small quantity
Poignant
Modicum
Felicity
Perfunctory
8. Beggar
Mendicant
Amenable
Recondite
Pervasive
9. Unproductive of results
Connoisseur
Sterile
Discordant
barrenness
10. Grow weak/feeble
Conducive
Assiduous
Languish
Angler
11. Permanent
Bland
Abstruse
Indelible
Unanimous
12. Descendant (notable - long family)
Scion
Gaunt
Bristle
Discreet
13. Saying much in few words; brief.
Hone
Abdicate
Chicanery
laconic - spartan
14. Temporary prohibition of activity
bewildering
Moratorium
Obstinate
Coffer
15. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Inane
Confluence
cavalier
Imbue
16. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Mulish
chastened
Hoard
Diatribe
17. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Amulet
Rancid
drawl
Candid
18. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Impertinent
Impetuous
Seraphic
Miscreant
19. Long speech of angry criticism
Lackey
Ruse
Castigate
Tirade
20. Extreme greed for wealth
Anodyne
Avarice
Booty
Fluster
21. Break/interlude
Indelible
Bland
Unanimous
Infringe
22. Tolerant; set as true
Giddy
Paramour
Tirade
Dogmatic
23. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Pensive
Ethereal
Dissolute
Remission
24. Offering nothing challenging
Quintessence
Perfidious
Blight
Vapid
25. Expert judge in matter of taste
Abdicate
vitriol
Brackish
Connoisseur
26. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pusillanimous
Predilection
Paramour
Pier
27. Represent as little worth; scorn
Fortuitous
Sanctuary
Dogmatic
Disparage
28. Act angrily or defensively
Consummate
Tame
phlegmatic
Bristle
29. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Prerogative
Surreptitious
Avarice
Obstinate
30. Outcast
Allay
Hermit
Amalgamate
pariah
31. Officially absolve from blame
Ostentatious
Exonerate
Abstruse
demagogue
32. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Profligate
Avarice
Reprieve
Silo
33. Very severe - stern - gloomy
invidious
Raucous
Dour
Pier
34. Before the war
antebellum
Memorandum
Revue
evanescent
35. Massive relentless force
Malady
Fortuitous
Domicile
juggernaut
36. Satisfy fully
Fluster
Sate (satiate)
trite
Pedagogy
37. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Paregoric
Admonition
Fracas
Ascetic
38. Happen by chance
Anachronism
Fortuitous
Paucity
Histrionic
39. Young horse
Fracas
pariah
Lugubrious
foal
40. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Strident
Lapel
Felicity
Ethereal
41. Small quantity
Gaudy
Admonition
Modicum
Lunacy
42. Complete happiness/ expressing
Felicity
perfidy
Scant
Lax
43. Relevant/applicable to some matter
filibuster
Futility
apocryphal
Pertinent
44. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Demoralize
polemic
ostracism
behemoth
45. Highest order of angels
belladonna
seraphic
Hilt
Obsequious
46. Fashionable.
posh
Strident
serendipity
aridity
47. To flatter/admire excessively.
Spurn
adulation
belligerent
Continent
48. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Profusion
Blight
Dour
Dandy
49. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Impart
Ardor
Append
50. Bucket
Memorandum
Pail
Blight
Eulogy