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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. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Panacea
trite
Impertinent
Mellifluous
2. Deadly
Pernicious
Infringe
Unanimous
Pier
3. Group of entertainers who tour
Lithe
Perturb
Pedagogy
Troupe
4. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
chastened
Continent
sybaritic
cherubic
5. Deep respect
Balmy
Reverence
Spindle
Intractable
6. Small quantity
Discordant
Balmy
Preside
Modicum
7. Part of a suit
Lapel
Imbue
Virile
Scowl
8. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Pedestrian
Silo
Hackneyed
Exhort
9. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Asinine
Boorish
Ruse
10. Outcast
inanimate
Tirade
pariah
Atelier
11. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Exonerate
Confluence
Pedant
evanescent
12. Small quantity
Modicum
Ubiquitous
Hermit
Begrudge
13. Tastelessly bright or showy
Gaudy
Brackish
quixotic
pariah
14. Concerned with minor detail
obverse
Modicum
bewildering
Pedant
15. Denying one's self pleasure
succinct
Titillate
Auspicious
Ascetic
16. Not harmful or offensive
Imperative
Pervasive
Innocuous
Blight
17. Loud/confused noise
Virile
Ire
Ditty
Clamor
18. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Desultory
Soporific
Ingenious
Tenuous
19. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Desultory
Banal
Pedestrian
20. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Paltry
Mellifluous
Pusillanimous
Circumlocution
21. Clever/original/inventive
Uncanny
Ingenious
quixotic
Modicum
22. Lacking flavor
Blight
Promulgate
Amulet
Insipid
23. Apathy or sluggishness
Munificent
phlegmatic
Predilection
Abhor
24. Speak slowly
demagogue
drawl
Downpour
Conflagration
25. Very enthusiastic; passionate
pariah
Rescind
Ardent
maudlin
26. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Placebo
Coffer
Dissolute
Dogmatic
27. Carried out with minimal effort
Mendicant
Anathema
Perfunctory
Troupe
28. Insanity
Lunacy
Vociferous
Hedonist
posh
29. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Intractable
Paregoric
behemoth
Revue
30. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Incompetent
Perjury
Hone
31. Unconventional/slightly strange
Diatribe
Placebo
Eccentric
Pert
32. Expressing disapproval
Ardent
Connoisseur
Pejorative
Solace
33. Steady earnest effort
diligence
Cavalcade
inanimate
Pail
34. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
sybaritic
Audacious
Quant
Exorbitant
35. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Profligate
Mellifluous
Reprieve
Recondite
36. Offering nothing challenging
Corpulent
maudlin
Vapid
Inexorable
37. Extreme form of sharpening
Hone
Acclimate
Ethereal
hangar
38. Act angrily or defensively
Indignation
Pensive
Bristle
Prerogative
39. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Anathema
Anomaly
Acclimate
40. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Scrutiny
Conducive
Cavalcade
Pusillanimous
41. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
naïvete
Hilt
Inane
Gauntlet
42. Flood/large amount of water
Sate (satiate)
Inundate
Confluence
Coy
43. Violation of faith or loyalty
Frivolous
perfidy
Downpour
serendipity
44. Talkative
Salient
Spindle
Loquacious
bellicose
45. Sorrowful
Slake
Scrutiny
Dolorous
Eulogy
46. Abusive/highly critical language
meretricious
lethargy
Quintessence
Invective
47. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
lethargy
Docile
Angler
Obsequious
48. Represent as little worth; scorn
Paregoric
Candid
Disparage
Ardor
49. Medicinal extract.
apocryphal
belladonna
Ostentatious
Subjective
50. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Extol
Impertinent
demagogue
posh