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PCAT Vocab2
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pcat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Trick
Ruse
Lackey
antebellum
Quant
2. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Perjury
filibuster
Modicum
Imbue
3. Only seeks personal pleasure
Lugubrious
Castigate
Hedonist
Dilettante
4. Bring together to form a whole
Pert
Paltry
Coalesce
Booty
5. Servant
Predilection
Amulet
Reprieve
Lackey
6. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Gaunt
Conducive
Acquiesce
Austere
7. Reject with disdain
Paregoric
Pilfer
Spurn
evanescent
8. Make (something bad) worse
Blight
Clamor
Demure
Exacerbate
9. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Fracas
Allay
Diatribe
Amenable
10. Criticize sharply
Rebuke
Loquacious
Solace
Confab
11. Most noticeable; important
Salient
Infirmary
Incompetent
Errant
12. Resign/give up
lucidity
Abhor
Pervasive
Abdicate
13. Cancel punishment of
Petulant
Fluster
Predilection
Reprieve
14. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Incompetent
Eminence
Perfidious
15. Not sufficiently skillful
Incompetent
Kudos
Exhort
Auspicious
16. Slim; supple; graceful
Seraphic
Reproach
Lithe
Perfunctory
17. Not resulting from plan
Spindle
Inadvertent
Preside
Ennui
18. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Contempt
Allay
perfidy
quixotic
19. Trap for catching small animals
Nadir
Snare
cavalier
Skirmish
20. Selfish motives
Remission
Boorish
cynicism
Booty
21. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Sanctuary
Trowel
Ostentatious
Predilection
22. Easily influenced/controlled
Imperative
Amenable
vitriol
Lax
23. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Gaudy
Captious
Solace
Histrionic
24. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Panacea
Fortuitous
Depot
Ruse
25. Country of one's permanent stay
Domicile
Extirpate
Allay
Moratorium
26. Disease or ailment
Malady
Dilettante
Dogmatic
lope
27. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
lethargy
Smug
Giddy
Pensive
28. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Sanctuary
serendipity
Scion
Insipid
29. Exhibiting aggression.
belligerent
Repugnant
Reticent
Promulgate
30. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Relegate
Parley
seraphic
Dandy
31. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
Petulant
juggernaut
Acquiesce
32. Extreme greed for wealth
Chortle
Confab
Avarice
Infirmary
33. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Pugilist
Demeanor
Gluttony
Impetuous
34. Long speech of angry criticism
drawl
Corpulent
Ubiquitous
Tirade
35. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Inexorable
Anachronism
Pensive
Modicum
36. Mythical beast; unreal.
Consternation
Soporific
chimerical
Supplant
37. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Memorandum
Conducive
Perfidious
Bland
38. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Garish
Expedient
Amalgamate
39. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Angler
Perfidious
Pusillanimous
Malady
40. Satisfy fully
Ardor
Ditty
Brackish
Sate (satiate)
41. Add to end of a document
Abhor
antebellum
Append
Extirpate
42. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Relegate
cogent
maudlin
Paregoric
43. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
naïvete
Mellifluous
Pail
44. Difficult to understand
barrenness
Valor
Abstruse
obverse
45. Place for storage of large commodity
Kudos
Demoralize
Exorbitant
Depot
46. Critical observation/examination
Scrutiny
Trowel
Malady
Apt
47. Descendant (notable - long family)
Memorandum
belligerent
panegyric
Scion
48. Shun or avoid
Petulant
Begrudge
Eschew
Fickle
49. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Vociferous
Anodyne
Giddy
inanimate
50. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
belladonna
Promulgate
Inane