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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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1. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
drawl
Exacerbate
Pedagogy
2. Extreme form of sharpening
Modicum
Hone
belligerent
chastened
3. Replace
Desultory
Supplant
Mendicant
Castigate
4. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Apt
Assiduous
Perfidious
Pedant
5. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
Discombobulate
Tenuous
Inundate
6. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Hackneyed
Impertinent
Apex
Profusion
7. Express disapproval; reprove
Abhor
Approbation
Reprimand
Invective
8. Extreme greed for wealth
Fluster
Coalesce
Avarice
Balmy
9. Straying from the law
Languish
adulation
Loquacious
Errant
10. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Infirmary
stoic
Ennui
Miscreant
11. Member of a band
Preside
Spindle
Brigand
Denude
12. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
Captious
perambulate
Petulant
13. Clear to apprehension/conception.
perfidy
lucidity
revered
Acclimate
14. Barren; fruitless
cavalier
Virile
Pertinent
Sterile
15. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
lucidity
Booty
Blight
Petulant
16. Irritated - angry.
Prerogative
choleric
phlegmatic
sybaritic
17. Offering nothing challenging
Lax
Vapid
Elegy
Hackneyed
18. Massive relentless force
Docile
Austere
juggernaut
Extol
19. Having power; convincing
Ingenious
Plethora
cogent
Disparage
20. Stubborn to change one's mind
Vapid
Slake
Obstinate
Apex
21. Small quantity
cogent
Obsequious
Flounder
Modicum
22. Loud and harsh
Garish
Strident
Rancid
Quarry
23. Become less intense/widespread
Ethereal
Abate
Rebuke
Mellifluous
24. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Abdicate
Desultory
Scowl
Lapel
25. Something opposite to another
Rebuke
Histrionic
obverse
Lugubrious
26. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Pail
Dissolute
Elegy
Tirade
27. Cancel punishment of
Insurrection
Salient
Regression
Reprieve
28. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
naïvete
Confab
Obstinate
Obsequious
29. Give up or become compliant
Eschew
Tractable
Plethora
seraphic
30. Hard to control/deal with
Paltry
Regression
Intractable
Ditty
31. Bucket
Pail
Profusion
Querulous
Tirade
32. Belief of something/one is useless
Ostentatious
Allay
Bungler
Contempt
33. Reject with disdain
Paltry
Invective
Spurn
Pusillanimous
34. Loud ringing of bells
Errant
Clamor
Balmy
Peal
35. Perplex - confusing
Giddy
belligerent
bewildering
Brackish
36. Most perfect/typical example
Dour
Expedient
Jibe
Quintessence
37. Barely sufficient/adequate
Fickle
aridity
Scant
Giddy
38. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Abate
aridity
Prerogative
Abstruse
39. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Blight
Predilection
Austere
Inundate
40. Selfish motives
cynicism
Approbation
Flounder
Bland
41. Medicinal extract.
Poignant
Boorish
Pensive
belladonna
42. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Subjective
Recalcitrant
ostracism
Austere
43. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Approbation
bellicose
Inane
apocryphal
44. Anger
Ire
Exhort
Dour
Vapid
45. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Tirade
Reproach
Abdicate
Hilt
46. Trickery or fraud
Querulous
Solace
Acclimate
Chicanery
47. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
demagogue
Anachronism
Paragon
Virile
48. Place of refuge/safety
Demoralize
Sanctuary
Confab
Skirmish
49. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
Fracas
Valor
Gauntlet
50. Destroy completely
Dogmatic
Lapel
Extirpate
Approbation