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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. Loud ringing of bells
Pier
Ennui
Peal
Jibe
2. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Extol
Dilettante
Kudos
Supplant
3. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Circuitous
Stoical
ostracism
4. A hospital
Brackish
Infirmary
Promulgate
Ascetic
5. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
cavalier
Plethora
Paltry
filibuster
6. Before the war
Rapscallion
antebellum
Anathema
demagogue
7. Warlike
Frivolous
bellicose
Ubiquitous
Pusillanimous
8. Officially absolve from blame
Coy
Modicum
hackneyed
Exonerate
9. Loud/confused noise
Clamor
Expedient
Acclimate
demagogue
10. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Recapitulate
Ethereal
Mulish
Gaudy
11. Unconventional/slightly strange
Eccentric
Lithe
Codicil
Silo
12. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Ire
Denude
Dissolute
Desultory
13. Heavy rainfall
Peal
Duplicitous
Downpour
apocryphal
14. Causing (likely) disagreement
Cavalcade
Disparage
Captious
Contentious
15. Approval; praise
Reproach
stoic
Approbation
Fluster
16. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Cabal
Ennui
Supplant
17. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Indignation
Downpour
Recondite
Allay
18. Slightly salty
behemoth
choleric
Brackish
Infirmary
19. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Approbation
Fluster
Ubiquitous
20. Belonging to another period
Rescind
Anachronism
Contempt
Bland
21. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Inexorable
demagogue
Fortuitous
Errant
22. Replace
Pedant
seraphic
Trowel
Supplant
23. Greatly honored.
Incompetent
Lunacy
revered
Inadvertent
24. Acknowledged superiority in
Gaudy
Eminence
Mendicant
Obsequious
25. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Demure
Snare
Duplicitous
Jibe
26. Man concern with stylish looks
sanguine
Jibe
Dandy
Anathema
27. Base - lowest
Anomaly
Modicum
Pensive
Nadir
28. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Duplicitous
demagogue
Lunacy
Vociferous
29. Reject with disdain
Spurn
Bungler
Captious
perambulate
30. Short simple song
Ditty
Pugilist
panegyric
Flounder
31. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Discreet
maudlin
Dulcet
Abdicate
32. A lover of luxury.
vitriol
Ardent
sybaritic
Pernicious
33. Insanity
Lunacy
Exonerate
Tenuous
Smug
34. Meeting between sides in a dispute
antebellum
juggernaut
Remission
Parley
35. Deceptive/deceitful
Corpulent
Spurn
Append
Duplicitous
36. Barely sufficient/adequate
Lariat
stoic
juggernaut
Scant
37. Reject with disdain
invidious
Pail
Spurn
Brackish
38. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
pariah
Infringe
naïvete
39. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Boorish
Innocuous
Indolent
Scrutiny
40. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Conducive
Dour
Depot
Connoisseur
41. Addition to a will
Dour
Codicil
Profusion
Titillate
42. Too obedient/servile.
Obsequious
polemic
Appease
Effervescent
43. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Dandy
Memorandum
lethargy
Invective
44. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Paucity
Insipid
Castigate
Conflagration
45. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Paregoric
evanescent
Strident
Eschew
46. Placate by acceding their demands
Lackey
Prerogative
Derision
Appease
47. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Smug
Predilection
Pier
Garish
48. Of vital importance; requisite
Scant
Desultory
bellicose
Imperative
49. Valuable stolen goods
laconic - spartan
Rebuke
Booty
Diatribe
50. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Flounder
Gauntlet
Diatribe
laconic - spartan