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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. Lover (against marriage)
Boorish
Paramour
Entomology
Poignant
2. Appropriate - suitable
Ditty
Apt
Continent
Acclimate
3. (of a person) fat
Lariat
Ethereal
Corpulent
Skirmish
4. Servant
Lackey
revered
Giddy
Predilection
5. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Gaunt
Coalesce
Abhor
Dilettante
6. Written message (diplomacy)
Austere
Inane
Memorandum
Conducive
7. Permanent
Indelible
Scrutiny
Amalgamate
Semantic
8. Study of insects
Troupe
Lunacy
Preside
Entomology
9. One who suffers without complaining.
Infringe
Enamel
stoic
barrenness
10. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Skirmish
lethargy
Demeanor
Fickle
11. Communicate; give to something
Impart
Abhor
bewildering
Placebo
12. Angel (light and purity)
choleric
Avarice
Quarry
Seraphic
13. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Stoical
Ostentatious
Quarry
Coalesce
14. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Sedate
Pilfer
perfidy
15. Causing (likely) disagreement
Loquacious
sanguine
Contentious
adulation
16. A lover of luxury.
Incompetent
Spurn
Conducive
sybaritic
17. Placate by acceding their demands
Appease
Supplant
Pilfer
Desultory
18. Of vital importance; requisite
Eulogy
stoic
Fulminate
Imperative
19. Art/practice of disputation.
Inexorable
polemic
Gluttony
belladonna
20. Store of money or valuable objects
Auspicious
Hoard
Coalesce
Trowel
21. A mischievous person
Vapid
Rapscallion
Inundate
Titillate
22. Belief of something/one is useless
Hoard
Contempt
Amulet
Candid
23. Stubborn to change one's mind
Eminence
Futility
Obstinate
Intrepid
24. Gather things together
Valor
invidious
Pusillanimous
Amalgamate
25. Long speech of angry criticism
Dulcet
Contentious
Tirade
Indignation
26. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Surreptitious
seraphic
invidious
Pier
27. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
Quarry
Rife
Impart
28. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Paucity
Demure
Sterile
Enamel
29. Strange or mysterious
Lunacy
Uncanny
Preside
Pilfer
30. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
demagogue
Asinine
Diatribe
inanimate
31. Hard to control/deal with
Intractable
Intrepid
Revue
Impart
32. Capricious; changing mind frequently
demagogue
Fickle
Admonition
Spurn
33. Travel over esp. on foot
Appease
perambulate
Modicum
Soporific
34. Before the war
Infirmary
Loquacious
Angler
antebellum
35. Anxiety or dismay.
Revue
Eminence
Consternation
Obsequious
36. Anger
Futility
Repugnant
Ire
Virile
37. Bucket
Anomaly
Pail
Impart
Lax
38. Something to vehemently dislike
Pertinent
Raucous
Anathema
Connoisseur
39. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Salient
Parley
Diatribe
Discombobulate
40. Silly (lacking sense)
Inane
Impart
Vociferous
posh
41. Extreme greed for wealth
Nadir
Loquacious
Entomology
Avarice
42. Destroy completely
Extirpate
Pernicious
Contentious
Infringe
43. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Mellifluous
Entomology
serendipity
Insipid
44. Anticipating with anxiety
Confab
Apprehensive
cynicism
Rancid
45. Descendant (notable - long family)
Demoralize
Docile
Querulous
Scion
46. Represent as little worth; scorn
Enamel
Ethereal
Lunacy
Disparage
47. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Preside
Dandy
Blight
Candid
48. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Reticent
Carouse
Malady
Fracas
49. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
Gauntlet
Languish
Loquacious
50. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Seraphic
Acquiesce
Castigate