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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. Not having life.
Pilfer
inanimate
Begrudge
Preside
2. Depression of spirits
Impertinent
melancholy
Moratorium
Obstinate
3. Be in the position of authority
Preside
Blight
Allay
Banal
4. Small quantity
Continent
Modicum
Conflagration
Rebuke
5. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Stoical
Lugubrious
Append
6. Gather things together
maudlin
Amalgamate
Remission
Mendicant
7. Member of a band
Gluttony
Brigand
Ardent
Pedant
8. Dizzy
Giddy
Anathema
Disparage
Semantic
9. Highest order of angels
revered
seraphic
Intractable
obverse
10. Outward behavior
Avarice
Jibe
Cabal
Demeanor
11. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Rescind
Lariat
Snare
apocryphal
12. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
seraphic
Virile
Gaunt
Pervasive
13. (of a person) fat
Connoisseur
Perjury
Dilettante
Corpulent
14. Extensive/destructive fire
Jibe
Quintessence
Conflagration
Connoisseur
15. Bucket
cherubic
laconic - spartan
Pail
trite
16. Man entering frequent sex relation
Titillate
Slake
Philander
Panacea
17. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Append
Acclimate
Codicil
18. Written message (diplomacy)
Audacious
Giddy
sybaritic
Memorandum
19. One living in solitude (religious)
Avarice
Hermit
Coy
Depot
20. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
Skirmish
Loquacious
Nadir
21. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Fracas
behemoth
Munificent
Coy
22. Formally display sorrow
Elegy
Cavalcade
Pernicious
Obsequious
23. A lover of luxury.
Pedagogy
Codicil
Dandy
sybaritic
24. Regard with hatred
Euphoric
Abhor
Ubiquitous
Malady
25. Part of a suit
Duplicitous
Coffer
belligerent
Lapel
26. Causing (likely) disagreement
Scion
Contentious
lethargy
Ostentatious
27. Mournful/sad/dismay
Philander
Consternation
revered
Lugubrious
28. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Discombobulate
Contempt
Felicity
Derision
29. Barren; fruitless
Subjective
Insurrection
Sterile
Quintessence
30. Store of money or valuable objects
Rescind
Silo
Hoard
choleric
31. Art/practice of disputation.
Ditty
Supplant
polemic
Spurn
32. Exhibiting aggression.
chastened
belligerent
Indelible
Carouse
33. Excessively detailed; boring
belladonna
Smug
vitriol
Pedant
34. Anticipating with anxiety
hangar
Abhor
Apprehensive
Confluence
35. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Perjury
Reprimand
behemoth
Fluster
36. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Flounder
meretricious
Obstinate
Amulet
37. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
Scrutiny
Pedant
Mellifluous
38. Temporary prohibition of activity
Moratorium
filibuster
Downpour
Profligate
39. Self-resistant (sexually)
Demure
Munificent
Continent
pariah
40. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Clamor
Vociferous
Duplicitous
41. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Confluence
Extol
Demoralize
42. Fully in agreement
Allay
Ditty
Unanimous
Assiduous
43. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
filibuster
Carouse
Felicity
adulation
44. Something opposite to another
obverse
stoic
Blight
Sterile
45. Complaining in whining manner
Fracas
Codicil
Balmy
Querulous
46. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Strident
Hilt
Pert
Garish
47. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Reproach
Chicanery
Eschew
Perfidious
48. Lose composure; make agitated
Desultory
Fluster
Sterile
Paltry
49. Resign/give up
Quarry
Begrudge
Giddy
Abdicate
50. Show great care and perseverance
Approbation
Assiduous
Innocuous
Vociferous