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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. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Audacious
Duplicitous
Regression
Cavalcade
2. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Reprieve
Pusillanimous
Ingenious
3. Rope used as a lasso
Munificent
Demotic
Lariat
Connoisseur
4. Large amount of something; myriad
Contempt
Gauntlet
Profusion
Dulcet
5. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Frivolous
Obstinate
invidious
Unanimous
6. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Scant
Ethereal
Imperative
Indelible
7. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Berth
Revue
Memorandum
Effervescent
8. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
panegyric
Jibe
Unanimous
Castigate
9. Complete happiness/ expressing
Felicity
Smug
lucidity
Lodge
10. An episode of irregular fighting
Salient
Skirmish
Inane
Valor
11. To flatter/admire excessively.
Pervasive
adulation
Malady
Gaunt
12. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Allay
Quarry
Enamel
Cabal
13. Accept passively (give in); accede
Eulogy
Acquiesce
ostracism
Inane
14. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Apex
Austere
Boorish
Parley
15. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Lithe
foal
quixotic
Abate
16. Lustful
Eschew
Petulant
Libidinous
Denude
17. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Pervasive
sybaritic
Stoical
Virile
18. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Smug
Frivolous
Silo
Rebuke
19. Post that holds up a handrail
Auspicious
Spindle
Petulant
Brigand
20. Perplex - confusing
Atelier
Consummate
Histrionic
bewildering
21. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Pert
Hedonist
Quintessence
Dulcet
22. Reject with disdain
Pert
Spurn
Languish
Berth
23. Praise enthusiastically
Pedestrian
Exorbitant
Boorish
Extol
24. Trickery or fraud
Insurrection
agnostic
Indignation
Chicanery
25. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Tractable
Imbue
Repugnant
Recapitulate
26. Art/practice of disputation.
Modicum
pariah
Lapel
polemic
27. Causing (likely) disagreement
Petulant
belligerent
Contentious
Brigand
28. Lose composure; make agitated
Indolent
Fluster
Pusillanimous
Exorbitant
29. Medicinal extract.
lucidity
Avarice
Cavalcade
belladonna
30. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
chastened
Confab
Slake
Querulous
31. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Duplicitous
Recondite
panegyric
Pert
32. Promote/make widely known
Mellifluous
Promulgate
Virile
Prerogative
33. Stubborn (like a mule)
Lax
Mulish
Captious
Pedagogy
34. Beggar
bellicose
Mendicant
Lackey
Bungler
35. Dizzy
Giddy
Pert
Brackish
Languish
36. Critical observation/examination
Abdicate
Predilection
Pedant
Scrutiny
37. Place of refuge/safety
sanguine
Demoralize
Sanctuary
Peal
38. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Coalesce
Memorandum
Spurn
Bland
39. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Kudos
Intrepid
Ostentatious
Gaudy
40. Self-resistant (sexually)
panegyric
Continent
Lackey
Anachronism
41. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Disparage
Hackneyed
Consternation
Eschew
42. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Impetuous
Revue
Virile
Ardent
43. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Tenuous
Valor
Recapitulate
Brigand
44. Brief and concise.
Intrepid
ostracism
Discombobulate
succinct
45. Making harsh/loud noise
Hackneyed
choleric
Raucous
Remission
46. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Rapscallion
Discombobulate
Semantic
Trowel
47. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Inundate
Lithe
Lax
bellicose
48. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Invective
Tenuous
Ethereal
Reprimand
49. Angel (light and purity)
Acclimate
Blight
Quintessence
Seraphic
50. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Lunacy
Demoralize
Memorandum
Rapscallion