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PCAT Vocab2
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Histrionic
Silo
Chicanery
Cavalcade
2. Anticipating with anxiety
Gaunt
Indignation
bellicose
Apprehensive
3. Highest order of angels
inanimate
Infringe
seraphic
Profligate
4. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Exhort
Nefarious
Miscreant
Peal
5. Replace
Recapitulate
Invective
Supplant
Duplicitous
6. Impatient/bad-tempered
Scrutiny
Petulant
Lackey
Approbation
7. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Discordant
Trowel
Apex
melancholy
8. Small amount of something; iota
Nefarious
chastened
Paucity
Enamel
9. Heavy rainfall
Languish
Downpour
Domicile
Cynical
10. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Fickle
Vapid
Repugnant
lucidity
11. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Enamel
Eminence
Banal
Memorandum
12. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Coy
Frivolous
Paregoric
13. Descendant (notable - long family)
hackneyed
Scion
seraphic
Kudos
14. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Disparage
Ostentatious
drawl
15. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Nadir
evanescent
Avarice
bellicose
16. Comfort; consolation times of distress
hangar
Solace
Coy
foal
17. Stubborn to change one's mind
revered
Smug
Obstinate
aridity
18. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Coy
Pervasive
Cynical
Assiduous
19. Return to former state
Silo
Regression
Snare
Extirpate
20. Sew
evanescent
Embroider
Duplicitous
Pejorative
21. Preference/special liking for
Inundate
Predilection
Imbue
Ostentatious
22. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Dogmatic
Lugubrious
Candid
Lax
23. Silly (lacking sense)
Troupe
Inane
Recapitulate
Salient
24. Part of a suit
Fickle
Dulcet
Lapel
Innocuous
25. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
Indelible
Perfunctory
Hone
26. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Asinine
Assiduous
Ingenious
27. Only motivated by self-interest
Nefarious
Bland
Docile
Cynical
28. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Asinine
Carouse
Tame
Recondite
29. Difficult to understand
Pugilist
Paramour
inanimate
Abstruse
30. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Ethereal
Apex
Ennui
Querulous
31. Country of one's permanent stay
Domicile
maudlin
foal
Mulish
32. Express disapproval; reprove
Approbation
Reprimand
Giddy
naïvete
33. Temporary prohibition of activity
Pertinent
Discombobulate
Expedient
Moratorium
34. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Inundate
Memorandum
Recalcitrant
Sanctuary
35. Having no fear
Salient
Anachronism
Confluence
Intrepid
36. Steady earnest effort
sybaritic
Banal
Recalcitrant
diligence
37. Belief of something/one is useless
drawl
Placebo
Impertinent
Contempt
38. Impossible to stop or prevent
Rapscallion
Lunacy
Inexorable
Profligate
39. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Memorandum
Lariat
Conflagration
Desultory
40. Act angrily or defensively
Errant
Tractable
Exacerbate
Bristle
41. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Audacious
Fracas
Profligate
Uncanny
42. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Reverence
Plethora
Bungler
Booty
43. Extreme happiness/elated
Prerogative
Euphoric
Intrepid
Pusillanimous
44. Brief and concise.
Pertinent
succinct
Recondite
Quintessence
45. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Apprehensive
Allay
Contentious
Pensive
46. Mythical beast; unreal.
cherubic
Garish
chimerical
Preside
47. Too obedient/servile.
Obsequious
antebellum
Eminence
naïvete
48. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Pedestrian
Depot
Chicanery
Blight
49. Sorrowful
Dolorous
Perfidious
Rapscallion
Eulogy
50. Large amount of something; myriad
Vociferous
Snare
Ubiquitous
Profusion