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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. Having no fear
Lithe
Intrepid
Profligate
Ascetic
2. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
lope
Domicile
Hedonist
Fracas
3. Overly theatrical
Anachronism
Revue
adulation
Histrionic
4. Servant
Sedate
succinct
cavalier
Lackey
5. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Dilettante
Skirmish
Consummate
Pejorative
6. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Acquiesce
Ardor
Semantic
Scrutiny
7. Deep respect
Reverence
polemic
Extirpate
Entomology
8. One living in solitude (religious)
quixotic
Imperative
Hermit
Intractable
9. Submissive
lope
barrenness
Docile
Cavalcade
10. Assign inferior rank to
Allay
Pier
phlegmatic
Relegate
11. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
sybaritic
demagogue
lucidity
Obsequious
12. Warlike
Recalcitrant
Moratorium
Blight
bellicose
13. Recklessly daring
Audacious
phlegmatic
perambulate
cogent
14. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
perambulate
Atelier
Surreptitious
Titillate
15. Clever/original/inventive
ostracism
Extirpate
Ingenious
Spurn
16. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Prerogative
Vapid
Candid
Consummate
17. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Predilection
Pensive
Gluttony
Anodyne
18. Steal (things of little value)
Lax
Booty
Pilfer
adulation
19. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Nefarious
Perjury
Panacea
Promulgate
20. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
bewildering
Hilt
Cynical
Garish
21. Regard with hatred
Pusillanimous
lethargy
Poignant
Abhor
22. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Depot
Ennui
Quant
Garish
23. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
masochist
Fracas
Dour
Profligate
24. Stubborn to change one's mind
Quintessence
Obstinate
Pedant
bellicose
25. Approval; praise
Rebuke
Approbation
Salient
Ingenious
26. Straying from the law
Imperative
Lax
Errant
Languish
27. One who suffers without complaining.
Demotic
Ire
stoic
Obsequious
28. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
serendipity
Petulant
Indolent
29. Something opposite to another
Exonerate
obverse
Inadvertent
Seraphic
30. Saying much in few words; brief.
Chicanery
laconic - spartan
chimerical
Lackey
31. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Solace
Virile
revered
Hoard
32. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
panegyric
Inundate
Pier
chastened
33. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Pier
polemic
Quarry
Bland
34. Selfish motives
Scowl
Pedant
Comestible
cynicism
35. Offering nothing challenging
Frivolous
Vapid
Depot
Mellifluous
36. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Amenable
Perfunctory
Gaudy
Reticent
37. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
stoic
juggernaut
Incompetent
38. Anger
stoic
Invective
agnostic
Ire
39. Brief and concise.
succinct
Demotic
Desultory
Confab
40. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Bungler
Felicity
Unanimous
41. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Coffer
Desultory
trite
Insurrection
42. Sew
Anomaly
phlegmatic
Embroider
laconic - spartan
43. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Indelible
Remission
Abhor
44. Violation of faith or loyalty
Codicil
Tirade
perfidy
Avarice
45. Something to vehemently dislike
Rapscallion
Quintessence
Nefarious
Anathema
46. Dizzy
Discreet
Giddy
Eulogy
Anachronism
47. Confuse
Recalcitrant
Discombobulate
Approbation
laconic - spartan
48. Store of money or valuable objects
Comestible
Hoard
Ardent
Dogmatic
49. Valuable stolen goods
Intractable
Booty
Exhort
Diatribe
50. Comfort; consolation times of distress
posh
Demotic
Discreet
Solace