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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. Grow weak/feeble
Spindle
Expedient
Languish
Hedonist
2. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
revered
Rebuke
Unanimous
3. Violation of faith or loyalty
Preside
Magnanimous
Spurn
perfidy
4. Give up or become compliant
Reticent
Tenuous
Tractable
cogent
5. Officially absolve from blame
Indelible
hackneyed
Impertinent
Exonerate
6. Feelings of ill will.
vitriol
Sate (satiate)
Demoralize
succinct
7. Fault-finding
Captious
Sedate
Sterile
Spindle
8. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Lithe
Bungler
Lackey
Ennui
9. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coy
Lariat
Scrutiny
Spurn
10. Too obedient/servile.
posh
Lax
meretricious
Obsequious
11. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
bellicose
Troupe
Pernicious
12. Post that holds up a handrail
Raucous
evanescent
Languish
Spindle
13. Fake substitute for a drug
Trowel
Placebo
Profusion
Booty
14. Like a knight; proud or careless.
inanimate
Eminence
cavalier
Ubiquitous
15. One who suffers without complaining.
stoic
evanescent
Panacea
Pugilist
16. Straying from the law
Errant
Impetuous
Snare
bewildering
17. Belief of something/one is useless
phlegmatic
Austere
Contempt
Preside
18. Young horse
Disparage
Abate
foal
Pensive
19. Rope used as a lasso
belligerent
bewildering
Begrudge
Lariat
20. Outcast
Vapid
Blight
Dolorous
pariah
21. Abusive/highly critical language
belladonna
Invective
Boorish
Carouse
22. Study of insects
Poignant
Entomology
Disparage
Lunacy
23. Become less intense/widespread
Abate
Perjury
Impertinent
Confab
24. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Magnanimous
filibuster
Derision
Modicum
25. Extensive/destructive fire
Titillate
Conflagration
Giddy
bellicose
26. Wordy (fewer would do)
inanimate
Circumlocution
Rapscallion
Uncanny
27. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Circuitous
meretricious
Fulminate
Pier
28. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Gluttony
Candid
Extol
demagogue
29. Speak slowly
Gauntlet
Coalesce
Docile
drawl
30. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Spindle
Abstruse
Dulcet
Diatribe
31. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Surreptitious
Hoard
Admonition
32. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Carouse
Chicanery
Admonition
Gauntlet
33. Something to vehemently dislike
lucidity
Asinine
Slake
Anathema
34. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Gaudy
Dour
Magnanimous
Desultory
35. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Hackneyed
Dilettante
Apex
Allay
36. Unproductive of results
Desultory
Contempt
sanguine
barrenness
37. Deviate from standard/normal
Perjury
Frivolous
Anomaly
Indelible
38. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Placebo
Apex
Depot
Anodyne
39. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Pugilist
Perfidious
Valor
Blight
40. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
Demure
Salient
vitriol
41. Group of entertainers who tour
Boorish
Pedant
Exorbitant
Troupe
42. Item of food; something eaten
Fluster
Balmy
Comestible
Lax
43. Make (something bad) worse
Eschew
Preside
Exacerbate
Nadir
44. Informal private conversation
Confab
revered
Tirade
Kudos
45. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
seraphic
Contempt
Tame
46. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Enamel
chimerical
juggernaut
Incompetent
47. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Impart
serendipity
revered
Approbation
48. Laugh in a gleeful way
Chortle
Carouse
Corpulent
Gluttony
49. Extreme greed for wealth
Pail
Trowel
Avarice
Demure
50. Bucket
Auspicious
Pail
Euphoric
revered