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PCAT Vocab2
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english
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1. Fake substitute for a drug
Placebo
filibuster
Paucity
Duplicitous
2. Small quantity
Indolent
Pusillanimous
Corpulent
Modicum
3. Small amount of something; iota
Paucity
revered
pariah
Philander
4. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Pilfer
Sterile
serendipity
Discombobulate
5. Deadly
Silo
Pernicious
Preside
Perjury
6. Laugh in a gleeful way
stoic
Snare
Demeanor
Chortle
7. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Abhor
Extirpate
lethargy
Infringe
8. Heavy rainfall
Coalesce
Downpour
Lunacy
Mendicant
9. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
naïvete
Denude
Pernicious
10. Saying much in few words; brief.
laconic - spartan
Austere
Pertinent
drawl
11. Speak slowly
Scant
Discordant
Inane
drawl
12. Promote/make widely known
cogent
Gaudy
Promulgate
Lithe
13. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Abdicate
Derision
Exhort
Lapel
14. Anticipating with anxiety
Repugnant
Innocuous
Apprehensive
Lax
15. Massive relentless force
Jibe
Mendacity
juggernaut
Berth
16. Recklessly daring
Pejorative
Acclimate
Jibe
Audacious
17. Model; exemplar
Confab
Paragon
Boorish
Paramour
18. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Expedient
Valor
Pervasive
Fluster
19. Member of a band
Brigand
Cabal
Indelible
cynicism
20. Most noticeable; important
Lithe
Reverence
Salient
Recapitulate
21. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Ethereal
Ardor
Euphoric
22. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Petulant
Begrudge
Gaudy
Asinine
23. Carried out with minimal effort
Assiduous
Perfunctory
Intractable
Anathema
24. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Anachronism
Recalcitrant
Indignation
25. Violent uprising against authority
Exonerate
Insurrection
panegyric
Acquiesce
26. Unconventional/slightly strange
Eccentric
Relegate
chastened
Pilfer
27. Bring together to form a whole
Hoard
Coalesce
Abate
Profligate
28. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Ditty
Berth
quixotic
Paucity
29. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Bristle
Avarice
Coalesce
30. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Anomaly
Pervasive
Promulgate
hackneyed
31. Placate by acceding their demands
perfidy
Impetuous
Flounder
Appease
32. Selfish motives
Spurn
Codicil
cynicism
Ruse
33. Small quantity
Modicum
Brackish
Hone
Perjury
34. A studio (where sculpture works)
Insurrection
Atelier
Reverence
Histrionic
35. Based on personal feeling/opinion
quixotic
Surreptitious
seraphic
Subjective
36. Very small/meager
Atelier
Strident
Append
Paltry
37. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Unanimous
Soporific
demagogue
Anachronism
38. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Ennui
Pier
Pail
39. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Modicum
Discordant
Petulant
Blight
40. Secret political faction in collusion
Troupe
Stoical
Cabal
Derision
41. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Circumlocution
Bland
Downpour
Demeanor
42. Post that holds up a handrail
Sedate
Munificent
Spindle
Anathema
43. Give up or become compliant
Indelible
Demure
Tractable
Coalesce
44. Critical observation/examination
Lithe
Scrutiny
Embroider
demagogue
45. Container storing valuables
Jibe
Coffer
drawl
cogent
46. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Corpulent
Lax
Munificent
Pedestrian
47. Country of one's permanent stay
Demotic
Pugilist
inanimate
Domicile
48. Impatient/bad-tempered
Trowel
barrenness
Downpour
Petulant
49. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Denude
Effervescent
evanescent
Perfunctory
50. Self-resistant (sexually)
Pejorative
Gauntlet
Continent
Contempt
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