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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. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
Pedagogy
Dandy
Imbue
2. Expert judge in matter of taste
Connoisseur
Exorbitant
Munificent
quixotic
3. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Gluttony
Amulet
Sterile
Mulish
4. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable
stoic
Circuitous
Vociferous
5. Submissive
Cavalcade
Comestible
Sate (satiate)
Docile
6. Strange or mysterious
Apprehensive
Anachronism
sybaritic
Uncanny
7. Saying much in few words; brief.
Insurrection
laconic - spartan
Loquacious
Austere
8. Accept passively (give in); accede
Banal
sybaritic
Dilettante
Acquiesce
9. To flatter/admire excessively.
Philander
Dolorous
adulation
Sedate
10. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Apprehensive
Ire
Pail
Fickle
11. Represent as little worth; scorn
Unanimous
Fluster
Abate
Disparage
12. A mischievous person
Duplicitous
Paregoric
Allay
Rapscallion
13. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Apt
chastened
ostracism
Unanimous
14. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
cherubic
Profusion
Atelier
15. Valuable stolen goods
Booty
Docile
Audacious
Pejorative
16. Not resulting from plan
Blight
Inadvertent
Approbation
Eschew
17. Assign inferior rank to
Blight
Relegate
Berth
Paucity
18. Permanent
Pier
Indelible
Pedagogy
perambulate
19. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Modicum
Hilt
Cavalcade
Connoisseur
20. Hard to control/deal with
Connoisseur
Intractable
Demotic
Perturb
21. Greatly honored.
Austere
Modicum
Ruse
revered
22. Anxiety or dismay.
Contentious
Scion
Sterile
Consternation
23. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
filibuster
Poignant
Scion
Coy
24. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Fluster
antebellum
Scowl
Begrudge
25. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Salient
Docile
Boorish
Panacea
26. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Lunacy
trite
Gluttony
Eccentric
27. An episode of irregular fighting
Begrudge
Anachronism
Skirmish
Predilection
28. Only seeks personal pleasure
Reprimand
Hedonist
Smug
stoic
29. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Euphoric
Gaunt
sybaritic
Intrepid
30. A hospital
Discombobulate
adulation
Amenable
Infirmary
31. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Obstinate
seraphic
Gaudy
Anodyne
32. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Booty
Bland
Pusillanimous
Spurn
33. Fault-finding
Lithe
Captious
Demoralize
Fickle
34. Belonging to another period
Supplant
Anachronism
Recondite
Demoralize
35. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
perambulate
Vapid
Paregoric
behemoth
36. Express disapproval in action
Reproach
Conducive
Berth
Dolorous
37. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Append
Continent
maudlin
Vociferous
38. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Poignant
Impertinent
Connoisseur
Abate
39. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Apprehensive
lucidity
Tenuous
40. Beggar
Pejorative
cogent
Appease
Mendicant
41. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Derision
Contentious
cherubic
Flounder
42. Formally display sorrow
perambulate
Denude
evanescent
Elegy
43. Pretending shyness or modesty
Chortle
Coy
Invective
Reprieve
44. Container storing valuables
Infringe
Tenuous
Perturb
Coffer
45. Officially absolve from blame
Exonerate
Rife
Indelible
Conducive
46. (of a person) fat
Supplant
meretricious
Corpulent
Mulish
47. Something to vehemently dislike
Carouse
Inane
Lariat
Anathema
48. Not having life.
Invective
inanimate
Pusillanimous
revered
49. Lover (against marriage)
Raucous
Remission
Paramour
Hackneyed
50. Dull and uninspired
Virile
Pedestrian
Skirmish
Paramour