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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. Great enthusiasm/passion
sanguine
Uncanny
Ardor
Reverence
2. Violation of faith or loyalty
Lunacy
Prerogative
Tenuous
perfidy
3. Show great care and perseverance
polemic
Assiduous
Mendicant
Obstinate
4. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Paucity
Insipid
drawl
5. Loud and harsh
Strident
Entomology
Circumlocution
Approbation
6. Long speech of angry criticism
Quarry
Demeanor
Tirade
Bungler
7. Satisfy fully
Atelier
Sate (satiate)
Profusion
Acquiesce
8. Pretending shyness or modesty
Amenable
Coy
Errant
cavalier
9. Belief of something/one is useless
Preside
Contempt
Smug
Anachronism
10. Not sufficiently skillful
Dulcet
Incompetent
Mulish
Lunacy
11. Outward behavior
Impetuous
Demeanor
Snare
Contentious
12. Complaining in whining manner
Querulous
obverse
Begrudge
Sanctuary
13. Communicate; give to something
Obsequious
Rebuke
Impart
Spurn
14. Excessive in eating
Acclimate
filibuster
Gluttony
bellicose
15. Bring together to form a whole
Domicile
Insurrection
Placebo
Coalesce
16. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Histrionic
belligerent
Rife
17. Straying from the law
Surreptitious
Duplicitous
Cynical
Errant
18. Tastelessly bright or showy
Infringe
Ennui
Placebo
Gaudy
19. Overly theatrical
lethargy
Histrionic
antebellum
Gauntlet
20. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
belligerent
Entomology
Downpour
Miscreant
21. Loud/confused noise
Clamor
Insurrection
Recapitulate
Tirade
22. Hard to control/deal with
Conducive
Intractable
Abate
Modicum
23. Not resulting from plan
Bristle
seraphic
Inadvertent
Cynical
24. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Preside
Quintessence
Hackneyed
Pedagogy
25. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
Gaudy
Depot
Indolent
26. Expressing disapproval
Pedant
sanguine
Snare
Pejorative
27. Very small/meager
bellicose
Docile
Slake
Paltry
28. Member of a band
Brigand
Indignation
Candid
Pedagogy
29. Concerned with minor detail
Comestible
Anomaly
Pedant
Nefarious
30. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Demure
Unanimous
Pedant
31. Country of one's permanent stay
Profligate
naïvete
Domicile
Plethora
32. Longer than most direct way
Downpour
Spurn
Coalesce
Circuitous
33. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Impetuous
Soporific
masochist
Scant
34. Found everywhere
Valor
Recalcitrant
Ubiquitous
Inane
35. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Nadir
Euphoric
Parley
Ruse
36. Mythical beast; unreal.
Magnanimous
chimerical
Appease
Mulish
37. Anger
phlegmatic
Rife
seraphic
Ire
38. Deceitful/untrustworthy
posh
Perfidious
obverse
Scowl
39. Boxer
Gaunt
Languish
Quintessence
Pugilist
40. Extremely foolish or stupid
Kudos
Magnanimous
Obsequious
Asinine
41. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Obsequious
Peal
Profligate
ostracism
42. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
Semantic
Abate
Indignation
43. Unproductive of results
sybaritic
Carouse
barrenness
belligerent
44. End something
Philander
Impertinent
Sedate
Consummate
45. Insanity
Lunacy
Querulous
Pedestrian
Lax
46. Model; exemplar
Languish
trite
Paragon
Giddy
47. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Querulous
Pejorative
adulation
Panacea
48. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Munificent
Pusillanimous
Ire
Quarry
49. Tolerant; set as true
Dogmatic
Imperative
Gaudy
Pedant
50. Fault-finding
Tenuous
foal
Captious
Mulish