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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. Of vital importance; requisite
Sate (satiate)
Gauntlet
Blight
Imperative
2. Belief of something/one is useless
Jibe
Clamor
Contempt
maudlin
3. Man concern with stylish looks
Profligate
Dandy
panegyric
Candid
4. Not having life.
inanimate
Indelible
Circumlocution
polemic
5. Trap for catching small animals
Bristle
Snare
apocryphal
Relegate
6. Country of one's permanent stay
Tirade
Fulminate
Domicile
cogent
7. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Miscreant
Ostentatious
Modicum
Munificent
8. Outcast
Incompetent
pariah
Comestible
bellicose
9. Clever/original/inventive
Ingenious
juggernaut
Perfunctory
Insurrection
10. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Fulminate
Subjective
Begrudge
Eulogy
11. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
Acclimate
adulation
antebellum
12. Difficult to understand
Euphoric
aridity
Abstruse
Tenuous
13. Submissive
Hedonist
diligence
Docile
Avarice
14. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Perfidious
Ruse
Amulet
Appease
15. A studio (where sculpture works)
demagogue
agnostic
Atelier
Dandy
16. Offering nothing challenging
Vapid
Eminence
Panacea
Inundate
17. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Titillate
Impertinent
Pervasive
Garish
18. Add to end of a document
Append
Enamel
Dandy
Cavalcade
19. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Obsequious
Balmy
Fracas
cynicism
20. Slim; supple; graceful
masochist
Innocuous
Lithe
Insurrection
21. Stubborn (like a mule)
Languish
Gaudy
stoic
Mulish
22. Lack harmony; conflicting
Hackneyed
Chicanery
Reprimand
Discordant
23. (of a person) fat
Vociferous
Flounder
Perturb
Corpulent
24. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Acquiesce
foal
Semantic
Asinine
25. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Miscreant
Flounder
Ennui
meretricious
26. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Loquacious
Abate
masochist
Hackneyed
27. Make or become fixed; stuck
panegyric
Lodge
Rife
Nefarious
28. Meeting between sides in a dispute
vitriol
Vapid
Desultory
Parley
29. Complaining in whining manner
Querulous
Asinine
Brigand
Silo
30. Only seeks personal pleasure
Downpour
Poignant
Hedonist
Expedient
31. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Lugubrious
Repugnant
Quant
cogent
32. Return to former state
Impetuous
posh
Lugubrious
Regression
33. Extreme greed for wealth
Docile
Skirmish
Avarice
Inundate
34. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
chimerical
Peal
Blight
Dilettante
35. Calm; unhurried
Strident
sybaritic
Sedate
revered
36. Communicate; give to something
laconic - spartan
Candid
Pedagogy
Impart
37. Obstinately uncooperative
Sedate
Begrudge
Recalcitrant
Ennui
38. Loud and harsh
Booty
Hermit
lethargy
Strident
39. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Modicum
invidious
Contentious
Demoralize
40. Gather things together
serendipity
Amalgamate
masochist
Mendacity
41. To flatter/admire excessively.
Continent
adulation
stoic
Solace
42. Talkative
Loquacious
Lugubrious
Ire
serendipity
43. Praise and honor
Discombobulate
Kudos
Pusillanimous
Giddy
44. Easily influenced/controlled
Approbation
Hackneyed
Dulcet
Amenable
45. Brief and concise.
Embroider
Imbue
Quintessence
succinct
46. Informal private conversation
Preside
Tame
Remission
Confab
47. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Reticent
Panacea
Elegy
Append
48. Addition to a will
Recalcitrant
Sedate
Codicil
Angler
49. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Quintessence
Demeanor
Contentious
Remission
50. Insanity
Subjective
Exacerbate
Flounder
Lunacy