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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. Unoriginal; commonplace
Banal
Coalesce
Repugnant
Indolent
2. Feelings of ill will.
Pedagogy
Append
vitriol
Regression
3. Steal (things of little value)
Dolorous
Pilfer
Gaudy
Petulant
4. Exhibiting aggression.
belligerent
Euphoric
Lariat
quixotic
5. Favorable
Auspicious
Soporific
Quarry
Pugilist
6. Accustom to new conditions
Lariat
Acclimate
Eulogy
Reproach
7. Young horse
foal
Ubiquitous
Exhort
Consummate
8. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Hilt
serendipity
Discordant
Duplicitous
9. Fitting/practical (improper?)
panegyric
Anathema
Expedient
sybaritic
10. Valuable stolen goods
Pugilist
Auspicious
Nefarious
Booty
11. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Silo
Cavalcade
Derision
Banal
12. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Ennui
Sterile
Extirpate
Indignation
13. Angel (light and purity)
Impetuous
Seraphic
Scrutiny
Invective
14. Mythical beast; unreal.
Hedonist
chimerical
Begrudge
Invective
15. Concerned with minor detail
Scion
Spurn
cherubic
Pedant
16. Silly (lacking sense)
Ditty
Inane
trite
Contentious
17. Assign inferior rank to
melancholy
Relegate
evanescent
Fortuitous
18. Used by ordinary people; secular
Coy
Supplant
Parley
Demotic
19. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
cynicism
Quarry
Pilfer
Troupe
20. Promote/make widely known
Boorish
Austere
Inexorable
Promulgate
21. Causing (likely) disagreement
Prerogative
Connoisseur
Contentious
Comestible
22. Addition to a will
Rescind
Codicil
Brigand
Connoisseur
23. Unconventional/slightly strange
belladonna
Amulet
Eccentric
aridity
24. Impossible to stop or prevent
Sterile
Gauntlet
Anathema
Inexorable
25. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Allay
behemoth
Quant
Inundate
26. Break/interlude
Infringe
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Vapid
27. Clear to apprehension/conception.
lucidity
Fracas
Impertinent
Lax
28. Cause to lose confidence/hope
antebellum
Docile
Moratorium
Demoralize
29. Bring together to form a whole
stoic
Coalesce
Expedient
lucidity
30. Hard to control/deal with
Carouse
lucidity
Intractable
melancholy
31. Medicinal extract.
polemic
belladonna
Modicum
panegyric
32. Express vehement protest
Fulminate
Reverence
Discordant
Surreptitious
33. Based on personal feeling/opinion
panegyric
Chicanery
Imperative
Subjective
34. Member of a band
Brigand
Discombobulate
Anomaly
Hermit
35. Small amount of something; iota
Dilettante
perambulate
masochist
Paucity
36. Acknowledged superiority in
Bland
Pernicious
Eminence
Preside
37. Fully in agreement
Appease
Unanimous
Contentious
Anodyne
38. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Demure
chimerical
Hilt
Appease
39. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Rebuke
Candid
Mendacity
Ingenious
40. Not having life.
inanimate
Strident
Berth
Abate
41. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Plethora
Smug
chastened
Pugilist
42. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Impart
Hone
Confluence
43. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Perfidious
Abstruse
chimerical
Preside
44. Written message (diplomacy)
Unanimous
Uncanny
Hedonist
Memorandum
45. Saying much in few words; brief.
laconic - spartan
Tirade
Lugubrious
Libidinous
46. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Contempt
Slake
Reticent
Flounder
47. Violation of faith or loyalty
perfidy
Ostentatious
Circumlocution
Kudos
48. Anger
Ire
chimerical
Soporific
Prerogative
49. Insanity
serendipity
Poignant
Lunacy
Ethereal
50. Trickery or fraud
Chicanery
Lapel
Quintessence
Profusion