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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. Satisfy fully
Inexorable
Sate (satiate)
Ardor
laconic - spartan
2. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Extol
Eulogy
hangar
Rancid
3. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Exonerate
agnostic
Impertinent
sanguine
4. Express disapproval; reprove
Gaudy
Reprimand
filibuster
Magnanimous
5. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Contentious
Confluence
Soporific
6. Secret political faction in collusion
Dandy
Cabal
Silo
ostracism
7. Reject with disdain
Spurn
Pedant
diligence
Reverence
8. Large amount of something; myriad
Docile
Profusion
bellicose
Predilection
9. Stubborn to change one's mind
Discordant
Obstinate
Pedagogy
Auspicious
10. Man concern with stylish looks
Apt
Dulcet
Expedient
Dandy
11. Before the war
sybaritic
antebellum
quixotic
Pernicious
12. A hospital
Rebuke
perfidy
Infirmary
chastened
13. Saying much in few words; brief.
Imperative
Semantic
Mendacity
laconic - spartan
14. Accept passively (give in); accede
Acquiesce
Lunacy
Giddy
Uncanny
15. Steal (things of little value)
Anachronism
Dandy
Pilfer
Supplant
16. Approval; praise
Pusillanimous
Coalesce
Approbation
Lapel
17. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Plethora
Quarry
Philander
Dogmatic
18. Endure pain without showing feeling
Allay
Stoical
Acquiesce
Hermit
19. Straying from the law
Errant
Obsequious
perambulate
Imbue
20. Violent uprising against authority
Peal
Eccentric
Insurrection
Brackish
21. Insulting/mocking remark
Diatribe
Perfunctory
Approbation
Jibe
22. Found everywhere
Demotic
Sedate
belligerent
Ubiquitous
23. Deadly
Quintessence
Anathema
Perfunctory
Pernicious
24. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Acclimate
Chicanery
Ennui
25. House/repair airplanes
lethargy
hangar
Uncanny
Sate (satiate)
26. Lacking flavor
Insipid
Lugubrious
evanescent
diligence
27. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Modicum
Ostentatious
Brigand
28. Group of entertainers who tour
Euphoric
Troupe
demagogue
Downpour
29. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Eccentric
perfidy
Valor
Trowel
30. Offering nothing challenging
Vapid
behemoth
Inundate
phlegmatic
31. Formally display sorrow
Abhor
Elegy
Inundate
Repugnant
32. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Balmy
Paregoric
posh
Poignant
33. Dull and uninspired
posh
Indignation
polemic
Pedestrian
34. Loud and harsh
Jibe
Strident
Angler
Abhor
35. Long speech of angry criticism
Reverence
Tirade
Exacerbate
Infirmary
36. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Fortuitous
perfidy
Ennui
Moratorium
37. One who suffers without complaining.
stoic
Embroider
Philander
Conducive
38. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Ascetic
apocryphal
bewildering
Intrepid
39. Happen by chance
Bungler
Lithe
Fortuitous
lethargy
40. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Clamor
Exorbitant
Nefarious
41. Like a knight; proud or careless.
cavalier
Scrutiny
cogent
Assiduous
42. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
aridity
quixotic
Allay
foal
43. Sorrowful
vitriol
Mulish
Anathema
Dolorous
44. Informal private conversation
Docile
Abhor
maudlin
Confab
45. Having power; convincing
cogent
laconic - spartan
Munificent
Slake
46. Highest order of angels
Perjury
Mellifluous
seraphic
Inundate
47. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
Abate
Blight
hackneyed
48. Assign inferior rank to
Comestible
evanescent
Relegate
Ascetic
49. Short simple song
Anachronism
Poignant
Ditty
apocryphal
50. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Titillate
Scowl
lucidity