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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. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
Scrutiny
Anachronism
obverse
2. Submissive
Docile
Apt
Amalgamate
Lariat
3. Very small/meager
Paltry
Ubiquitous
Lariat
Miscreant
4. Very generous
Munificent
Tirade
Demoralize
Modicum
5. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Extol
Querulous
Ethereal
Sedate
6. Great enthusiasm/passion
Cavalcade
panegyric
Amulet
Ardor
7. Violation of faith or loyalty
Impetuous
perfidy
Bland
Trowel
8. Saying much in few words; brief.
naïvete
Castigate
Relegate
laconic - spartan
9. Something to vehemently dislike
Anathema
hangar
Berth
Pedant
10. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
chimerical
Castigate
Hackneyed
Pier
11. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Mendacity
Querulous
Tenuous
Candid
12. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Paregoric
Lithe
serendipity
Fluster
13. Warlike
Impart
Gaudy
bellicose
Solace
14. Express vehement protest
revered
invidious
Reverence
Fulminate
15. Bucket
Tenuous
Pail
Raucous
Paramour
16. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Pusillanimous
Abate
Salient
17. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
Perjury
Banal
Disparage
18. Return to former state
Regression
Discordant
Pervasive
Lariat
19. Favorable
Obsequious
Auspicious
Perjury
Effervescent
20. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Ingenious
Derision
Dolorous
Approbation
21. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Kudos
Austere
Intrepid
Mendicant
22. Cancel or take back
Rescind
Predilection
Silo
chastened
23. Become less intense/widespread
Flounder
Abate
Spurn
Lackey
24. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Conflagration
Circumlocution
Poignant
Ardent
25. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Surreptitious
Magnanimous
Disparage
Confluence
26. Silly (lacking sense)
Pervasive
cherubic
Inane
lope
27. Found everywhere
Exonerate
Contempt
Lapel
Ubiquitous
28. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Dulcet
Append
cogent
Dissolute
29. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Rescind
Expedient
Blight
Exonerate
30. Complete happiness/ expressing
Balmy
Felicity
obverse
Docile
31. Causing (likely) disagreement
Ubiquitous
Contentious
Vociferous
hackneyed
32. Feelings of ill will.
Mendacity
vitriol
Lunacy
Rapscallion
33. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Boorish
Tractable
masochist
34. Irritated - angry.
Quintessence
choleric
Supplant
Mendacity
35. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Obstinate
Captious
Blight
Revue
36. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
Tenuous
Tractable
Paucity
37. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Valor
Giddy
melancholy
38. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Reprieve
Effervescent
Fluster
masochist
39. To flatter/admire excessively.
Pedant
Spindle
adulation
Profligate
40. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
perambulate
Salient
Dolorous
41. Of a subject - obscure
Poignant
Recondite
Soporific
Spurn
42. Small amount of something; iota
Dulcet
Vapid
Paucity
Solace
43. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Tenuous
Cavalcade
Imperative
apocryphal
44. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Felicity
chimerical
Inadvertent
45. Very severe - stern - gloomy
ostracism
Sate (satiate)
Dour
Bungler
46. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Circuitous
Candid
Admonition
Impertinent
47. Study of insects
Entomology
Infirmary
Salient
Silo
48. Pretending shyness or modesty
Profusion
Balmy
Coy
Append
49. Temporary prohibition of activity
Uncanny
Inundate
Moratorium
Salient
50. Carried out with minimal effort
Indignation
Perfunctory
serendipity
Felicity