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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. Servant
Paltry
Eulogy
Infirmary
Lackey
2. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Amenable
Repugnant
Allay
Dandy
3. Be in the position of authority
quixotic
Silo
Dolorous
Preside
4. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
cavalier
Dogmatic
Fracas
Pernicious
5. Assign inferior rank to
Relegate
Balmy
Euphoric
Ascetic
6. Placate by acceding their demands
Denude
Insurrection
Appease
Depot
7. Informal private conversation
Confab
Apt
Quarry
Errant
8. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Coy
evanescent
Parley
Eulogy
9. Reject with disdain
Preside
Spurn
Apt
Skirmish
10. Dizzy
melancholy
diligence
perambulate
Giddy
11. Making harsh/loud noise
Ingenious
Fracas
Raucous
Lithe
12. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
succinct
Imbue
Carouse
13. Insanity
Salient
Lunacy
Captious
obverse
14. Small quantity
Imperative
Pert
Sate (satiate)
Modicum
15. Item of food; something eaten
Rancid
posh
Comestible
Paramour
16. Model; exemplar
Relegate
Paragon
Incompetent
maudlin
17. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Eccentric
Perfunctory
obverse
Repugnant
18. Most perfect/typical example
Duplicitous
Balmy
Quarry
Quintessence
19. Barren; fruitless
Carouse
Mendicant
Sterile
Intractable
20. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
invidious
Insipid
Fickle
21. Prudent; careful
Expedient
cherubic
Discreet
Imbue
22. Of a subject - obscure
Acclimate
Recondite
Trowel
Regression
23. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Append
Virile
Prerogative
Circuitous
24. Break/interlude
Infringe
Dissolute
lope
Discombobulate
25. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Consternation
Querulous
Modicum
26. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
Recalcitrant
lope
Anomaly
27. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Dolorous
invidious
Inundate
Effervescent
28. Art/practice of disputation.
Histrionic
polemic
quixotic
Modicum
29. In widespread practice - use - existence
meretricious
Solace
Rife
Downpour
30. Return to former state
Reprieve
Discordant
Abstruse
Regression
31. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
revered
Gauntlet
Pedagogy
Profligate
32. Fully in agreement
Dolorous
Eccentric
Unanimous
Ditty
33. Insulting/mocking remark
Pilfer
Jibe
Coalesce
Hoard
34. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Dulcet
choleric
Pusillanimous
Angler
35. Cancel or take back
Rescind
vitriol
Demeanor
Quarry
36. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Expedient
Poignant
Smug
Lackey
37. Comfort; consolation times of distress
trite
Approbation
Surreptitious
Solace
38. Sew
Invective
Seraphic
Embroider
Pusillanimous
39. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Pert
Lariat
Dandy
agnostic
40. Easily influenced/controlled
Corpulent
Amenable
Dolorous
Sedate
41. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Pier
Insipid
Uncanny
Quant
42. Descendant (notable - long family)
Scion
Denude
Peal
Eschew
43. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
sanguine
Ubiquitous
Paregoric
Blight
44. Something to vehemently dislike
Dandy
Errant
Anathema
Unanimous
45. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Sterile
Desultory
Scant
Spindle
46. Violent uprising against authority
Revue
Intractable
Insurrection
Apex
47. Highest order of angels
Silo
Rescind
seraphic
quixotic
48. Anger
Valor
melancholy
Moratorium
Ire
49. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
Insurrection
Scion
Predilection
50. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Spindle
Chortle
Impetuous
behemoth