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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. In widespread practice - use - existence
Reprieve
Futility
Rife
Anathema
2. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Eccentric
Parley
cogent
Recalcitrant
3. Overly theatrical
Chortle
Histrionic
maudlin
Tame
4. Place of refuge/safety
Plethora
Surreptitious
Sanctuary
Apt
5. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Amalgamate
Paltry
Perfidious
6. Of a subject - obscure
seraphic
Denude
Recondite
Rapscallion
7. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Consummate
Ardor
lethargy
Semantic
8. Outward behavior
Demeanor
Infirmary
Peal
Indignation
9. Formally display sorrow
Elegy
Subjective
Lugubrious
Euphoric
10. Praise enthusiastically
Demure
Pernicious
Extol
Dulcet
11. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Paregoric
Candid
Reprimand
sybaritic
12. Heavy rainfall
Downpour
perfidy
Fickle
foal
13. Cancel punishment of
Ethereal
Reprieve
belladonna
Connoisseur
14. Lacking flavor
polemic
Hermit
Insipid
evanescent
15. Excessive in eating
Dilettante
Gluttony
Demeanor
Ubiquitous
16. Addition to a will
Codicil
Mulish
Paregoric
perambulate
17. Extreme greed for wealth
bewildering
Cavalcade
Avarice
Futility
18. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
Lugubrious
Entomology
Amalgamate
19. Wicked/criminal
panegyric
behemoth
Titillate
Nefarious
20. Speak slowly
Perjury
drawl
invidious
Desultory
21. A public expression of approval
panegyric
Histrionic
Consummate
Poignant
22. Flood/large amount of water
Pervasive
Kudos
Downpour
Inundate
23. Give up or become compliant
Avarice
Profligate
Tractable
Disparage
24. Having power; convincing
Scant
cogent
Captious
pariah
25. Favorable
Coy
Rescind
Auspicious
Loquacious
26. Criticize sharply
Vapid
Desultory
Stoical
Rebuke
27. Abusive/highly critical language
Downpour
Chortle
Invective
naïvete
28. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Regression
masochist
Ubiquitous
Eulogy
29. Fault-finding
Asinine
panegyric
Hone
Captious
30. Too obedient/servile.
Obsequious
Lithe
Hedonist
Castigate
31. Acknowledged superiority in
Eminence
Insurrection
Quarry
phlegmatic
32. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Bristle
Embroider
Reticent
Incompetent
33. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Profligate
Strident
Salient
Continent
34. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Bristle
Impertinent
Jibe
Boorish
35. Officially absolve from blame
Exonerate
Inundate
Recapitulate
Reprieve
36. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Panacea
Pedestrian
Hackneyed
lope
37. Great enthusiasm/passion
Vociferous
Fulminate
Ardor
Contempt
38. Small quantity
Exonerate
Vapid
Imperative
Modicum
39. Deceptive/deceitful
Pedagogy
polemic
Duplicitous
Denude
40. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Semantic
Prerogative
Perturb
Continent
41. Fashionable.
Angler
Appease
posh
Ire
42. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Berth
sybaritic
Pervasive
Skirmish
43. Dissatisfaction from boredom
perfidy
Ennui
Lunacy
Expedient
44. A studio (where sculpture works)
Placebo
Pernicious
Troupe
Atelier
45. Brief and concise.
succinct
Soporific
Avarice
Miscreant
46. Longer than most direct way
Prerogative
Circuitous
Demotic
posh
47. Rope used as a lasso
adulation
Virile
Petulant
Lariat
48. Generous/munificent/forgive
Fracas
Fickle
Magnanimous
Munificent
49. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Banal
Comestible
cherubic
Cavalcade
50. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
Avarice
Lunacy
Memorandum