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PCAT Vocab2
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pcat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Promote/make widely known
Indignation
Vociferous
Profligate
Promulgate
2. Junction of two rivers; merging
Disparage
Remission
Confluence
Extirpate
3. Place for storage of large commodity
Miscreant
Depot
cogent
Slake
4. Dull and uninspired
Languish
Prerogative
Intrepid
Pedestrian
5. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Philander
Perfidious
Rife
6. Not harmful or offensive
Gluttony
Elegy
Innocuous
Inadvertent
7. A lover of luxury.
Amalgamate
sybaritic
cavalier
Exonerate
8. Servant
Ethereal
Paragon
Lackey
seraphic
9. Showy (no value); prostitute.
meretricious
Mellifluous
panegyric
Appease
10. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Preside
Philander
Lariat
11. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Slake
seraphic
Invective
Dissolute
12. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Apex
Trowel
Conflagration
Apprehensive
13. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Comestible
Rebuke
Hermit
Anodyne
14. Not resulting from plan
Reticent
Snare
Rancid
Inadvertent
15. Lover (against marriage)
Consummate
Dour
Paramour
succinct
16. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
Relegate
Pier
naïvete
Indelible
17. Deep respect
naïvete
Reverence
behemoth
Asinine
18. Fully in agreement
Allay
Vapid
Unanimous
choleric
19. A studio (where sculpture works)
apocryphal
Profligate
Atelier
aridity
20. Belonging to another period
Indolent
Anachronism
Ire
naïvete
21. Speak slowly
drawl
obverse
Cabal
Valor
22. Great enthusiasm/passion
Jibe
Indignation
Reticent
Ardor
23. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Effervescent
Desultory
Eulogy
Flounder
24. Reject with disdain
phlegmatic
Spurn
Expedient
Infringe
25. Outward behavior
Demeanor
Salient
juggernaut
Gauntlet
26. Written message (diplomacy)
Sedate
Admonition
inanimate
Memorandum
27. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Apprehensive
Allay
Ethereal
juggernaut
28. Appropriate - suitable
Apt
Demure
Tirade
Booty
29. Lustful
Prerogative
Lariat
Libidinous
Corpulent
30. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Invective
Demoralize
Ascetic
Eschew
31. Permanent
Indelible
Profusion
Supplant
Extirpate
32. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Frivolous
Indolent
Fracas
Scrutiny
33. Approval; praise
Paregoric
Approbation
Allay
Conflagration
34. Easily influenced/controlled
Malady
Dilettante
masochist
Amenable
35. Shun or avoid
Disparage
stoic
Eschew
Hone
36. Offering nothing challenging
Consternation
posh
Vapid
inanimate
37. Large amount of something; myriad
Profusion
Eccentric
Semantic
Imperative
38. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Hilt
Dilettante
Anomaly
Denude
39. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Exorbitant
Pedant
Avarice
40. A public expression of approval
Raucous
panegyric
Salient
Blight
41. Selfish motives
Discordant
hackneyed
Exorbitant
cynicism
42. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Munificent
Magnanimous
Expedient
43. Calm; unhurried
Mellifluous
Amulet
Sedate
Cavalcade
44. Straying from the law
Errant
Raucous
Demoralize
Lariat
45. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Rebuke
Demure
Profusion
Spurn
46. Massive relentless force
Conflagration
juggernaut
Ostentatious
Scion
47. Assign inferior rank to
perambulate
Promulgate
Apprehensive
Relegate
48. Container storing valuables
pariah
Pugilist
stoic
Coffer
49. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lugubrious
Pedant
Pertinent
Pusillanimous
50. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Paregoric
apocryphal
Trowel
Solace