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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. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
apocryphal
serendipity
Scrutiny
Peal
2. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Avarice
Pusillanimous
Banal
Extol
3. Outcast
Perfidious
Fulminate
pariah
Pert
4. Permanent
lucidity
Consternation
Indelible
Poignant
5. Straying from the law
belladonna
Errant
drawl
Hedonist
6. Bring together to form a whole
Coalesce
cavalier
Demeanor
Demure
7. Fake substitute for a drug
Pensive
belladonna
Placebo
Eccentric
8. Clear to apprehension/conception.
lucidity
Dogmatic
Ardor
Captious
9. Outward behavior
Rancid
Flounder
Demeanor
Reproach
10. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Embroider
Soporific
revered
Appease
11. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Remission
Tenuous
Allay
Mendicant
12. Regard with hatred
Exhort
Hilt
Abhor
Giddy
13. A public expression of approval
Eminence
panegyric
Quant
Ascetic
14. Speak slowly
Expedient
Troupe
Codicil
drawl
15. Loud and harsh
Strident
Mulish
belligerent
Lackey
16. Unproductive of results
barrenness
Admonition
Disparage
Indolent
17. Addition to a will
Recalcitrant
Relegate
Memorandum
Codicil
18. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Ire
Ethereal
succinct
19. Slightly salty
Hackneyed
Brackish
Coy
Indolent
20. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
belligerent
Effervescent
Repugnant
Desultory
21. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Scowl
behemoth
Ostentatious
Pedagogy
22. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Dissolute
antebellum
Castigate
Allay
23. Dryness
aridity
Eccentric
Peal
Impart
24. Irritated - angry.
phlegmatic
Extol
Hackneyed
choleric
25. Accept passively (give in); accede
Malady
Acquiesce
hangar
pariah
26. Clever/original/inventive
Ingenious
Solace
Acclimate
Modicum
27. Store of money or valuable objects
Lithe
Codicil
Plethora
Hoard
28. Fully in agreement
drawl
Poignant
Gaunt
Unanimous
29. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Reproach
Garish
Pedant
Inexorable
30. Very generous
Boorish
apocryphal
Munificent
Modicum
31. Prudent; careful
Gluttony
Discreet
Demotic
Discombobulate
32. Violent uprising against authority
Inadvertent
Incompetent
Insurrection
Valor
33. Only motivated by self-interest
Innocuous
chimerical
Cynical
adulation
34. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Infirmary
Predilection
Continent
35. Slim; supple; graceful
Recalcitrant
Pedestrian
Lithe
Insipid
36. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Elegy
Pertinent
Ardent
Solace
37. A mischievous person
Rapscallion
Sate (satiate)
Amenable
Predilection
38. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Cavalcade
Semantic
Eschew
Amulet
39. Stubborn to change one's mind
Obstinate
Clamor
lope
Bristle
40. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
evanescent
Errant
seraphic
41. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Parley
Frivolous
Tame
Cynical
42. Make (something bad) worse
Pedagogy
Panacea
Exacerbate
Hilt
43. Have no serious purpose/value
Languish
Frivolous
Demoralize
Circumlocution
44. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Expedient
Predilection
Enamel
Docile
45. Expert judge in matter of taste
Tame
Connoisseur
Memorandum
Lunacy
46. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Paltry
Impertinent
Eccentric
Lapel
47. Medicinal extract.
Banal
lethargy
belladonna
Domicile
48. Exhibiting aggression.
belladonna
belligerent
Contempt
lope
49. Not harmful or offensive
Recalcitrant
Ingenious
Corpulent
Innocuous
50. Complete happiness/ expressing
naïvete
juggernaut
Spurn
Felicity