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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. Resign/give up
perambulate
Scowl
Abdicate
Brackish
2. Talkative
Plethora
Ire
Promulgate
Loquacious
3. Make (something bad) worse
Regression
Exhort
Ire
Exacerbate
4. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Ubiquitous
Malady
Rapscallion
Virile
5. Anxiety or dismay.
Consternation
panegyric
adulation
Seraphic
6. Extensive/destructive fire
Ardent
Bland
Contempt
Conflagration
7. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
lucidity
Mellifluous
Corpulent
invidious
8. Trick
Ruse
Boorish
Consummate
Incompetent
9. Break/interlude
Infringe
polemic
Kudos
perambulate
10. Warlike
Plethora
Pervasive
bellicose
Lodge
11. Impatient/bad-tempered
Perturb
Spurn
Petulant
Lithe
12. Uselessness; pointless
Scowl
Hackneyed
Apt
Futility
13. Praise enthusiastically
Diatribe
Extol
Abhor
Tenuous
14. Apathy or sluggishness
Fracas
Brigand
Querulous
phlegmatic
15. Return to former state
Munificent
Regression
Remission
Dour
16. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
behemoth
Contempt
Expedient
Pensive
17. Flood/large amount of water
Inundate
Inadvertent
Flounder
Demoralize
18. Not sufficiently skillful
Incompetent
Virile
Parley
Castigate
19. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Begrudge
Moratorium
foal
Asinine
20. Regard with hatred
Audacious
Hermit
Eschew
Abhor
21. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Demeanor
Brigand
Futility
22. Greatly honored.
Magnanimous
Impart
revered
apocryphal
23. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Sterile
Trowel
Ardor
Snare
24. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Exhort
Innocuous
Pusillanimous
Atelier
25. Strange or mysterious
phlegmatic
Impetuous
Uncanny
Brigand
26. Informal private conversation
Quarry
Perfidious
Confab
Virile
27. Base - lowest
Ennui
Rebuke
Nadir
Ascetic
28. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Gluttony
Allay
Scowl
revered
29. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Plethora
Mellifluous
Acclimate
Discordant
30. Grow weak/feeble
Languish
evanescent
phlegmatic
cogent
31. Prudent; careful
Cynical
Magnanimous
Discreet
Plethora
32. Lose composure; make agitated
Fluster
Consternation
filibuster
Profusion
33. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
cherubic
Quarry
Modicum
lethargy
34. Add to end of a document
Surreptitious
Append
Ditty
trite
35. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Remission
Inundate
Lunacy
posh
36. Temporary prohibition of activity
Moratorium
Supplant
Booty
quixotic
37. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lariat
Lugubrious
Prerogative
Ditty
38. Store of money or valuable objects
vitriol
Gluttony
drawl
Hoard
39. Assign inferior rank to
obverse
Anathema
Domicile
Relegate
40. Contributing/helping towards
Scrutiny
Pilfer
Amenable
Conducive
41. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Obstinate
Rancid
Circuitous
Revue
42. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Slake
Surreptitious
Ruse
Magnanimous
43. Lacking flavor
Insipid
Lax
adulation
Exonerate
44. Schemer/fisherman
cherubic
Angler
Nadir
Snare
45. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Dandy
Pertinent
Apt
Impertinent
46. Clear to apprehension/conception.
lucidity
Gaudy
Chicanery
Dogmatic
47. Small quantity
Demotic
Modicum
Supplant
meretricious
48. Stubborn (like a mule)
Infirmary
Mulish
behemoth
Ostentatious
49. Officially absolve from blame
Pervasive
Exonerate
Reverence
Incompetent
50. Excessively detailed; boring
Hone
Pedant
Confab
Impetuous