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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. Appropriate - suitable
Surreptitious
Apt
Libidinous
Extol
2. Small amount of something; iota
Ethereal
Inundate
Atelier
Paucity
3. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Pedant
Corpulent
Ruse
apocryphal
4. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Ire
Rescind
Blight
Dulcet
5. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ardent
Consummate
Elegy
Ethereal
6. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Atelier
Coalesce
Pugilist
Vociferous
7. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Errant
Hermit
Lackey
8. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
belladonna
maudlin
Garish
Tame
9. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Dolorous
Pugilist
Append
Quarry
10. Offering nothing challenging
Elegy
Vapid
Errant
Tirade
11. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Gauntlet
Ennui
Carouse
Berth
12. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Errant
Modicum
behemoth
Inundate
13. Feelings of ill will.
vitriol
evanescent
Scion
panegyric
14. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Lackey
Tirade
Imperative
15. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Seraphic
Angler
Bland
Pilfer
16. Having power; convincing
phlegmatic
Captious
Docile
cogent
17. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
Circuitous
Paucity
perfidy
18. Not resulting from plan
lethargy
juggernaut
Obsequious
Inadvertent
19. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Abstruse
Lunacy
Candid
20. Obstinately uncooperative
Tame
Nadir
Recalcitrant
cogent
21. Self-resistant (sexually)
Lackey
Entomology
Semantic
Continent
22. Extreme happiness/elated
Austere
Pusillanimous
Euphoric
Vociferous
23. Lustful
Munificent
Recalcitrant
Dolorous
Libidinous
24. Gather things together
Amalgamate
Cavalcade
Connoisseur
Recapitulate
25. Used by ordinary people; secular
Demotic
Pertinent
Querulous
Infringe
26. Secret political faction in collusion
Cabal
Abdicate
Acclimate
Euphoric
27. Art/practice of disputation.
Contempt
Balmy
polemic
Connoisseur
28. Unproductive of results
meretricious
Amulet
barrenness
Silo
29. Permanent
Modicum
Indelible
Querulous
Preside
30. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Ennui
Strident
Profusion
Paregoric
31. Silly (lacking sense)
Coffer
Mendicant
melancholy
Inane
32. Irritated - angry.
Futility
Histrionic
choleric
Reprieve
33. Hard to control/deal with
Asinine
Skirmish
Intractable
Errant
34. Recklessly daring
Supplant
Audacious
lucidity
seraphic
35. Formally display sorrow
Gaudy
Frivolous
Elegy
Acclimate
36. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Unanimous
Imbue
Perturb
Brigand
37. Stubborn (like a mule)
Depot
Gauntlet
Eminence
Mulish
38. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coy
ostracism
Surreptitious
Exhort
39. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Prerogative
Blight
Pejorative
Perfunctory
40. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Virile
Scowl
Apt
Brackish
41. (of a person) fat
Exacerbate
Assiduous
Vapid
Corpulent
42. Strip of covering; make bare
Denude
Predilection
Reverence
Coffer
43. Expressing disapproval
Lax
Boorish
Regression
Pejorative
44. Bucket
barrenness
Discordant
Pail
Querulous
45. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
filibuster
Reticent
Atelier
Revue
46. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Amenable
Pertinent
Eulogy
Flounder
47. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Fulminate
Acclimate
Demure
48. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Felicity
Hilt
agnostic
Anodyne
49. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
Abstruse
Demeanor
Jibe
50. House/repair airplanes
stoic
Depot
hangar
Ascetic