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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. Trickery or fraud
Exacerbate
Pertinent
Chicanery
Pejorative
2. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Tirade
Eulogy
Gaunt
Append
3. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Perfidious
Impart
Admonition
Blight
4. Express disapproval; reprove
Lithe
Reprimand
Quant
Duplicitous
5. Lover (against marriage)
Unanimous
Acclimate
Paramour
Codicil
6. Become less intense/widespread
Languish
Pedant
Profusion
Abate
7. Replace
obverse
Pedestrian
Languish
Supplant
8. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Inexorable
Dandy
Perfidious
Intrepid
9. To flatter/admire excessively.
Pier
Conducive
Bland
adulation
10. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
pariah
Reticent
Ardent
cavalier
11. Barely sufficient/adequate
Futility
Scant
chastened
Innocuous
12. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
Sterile
Histrionic
juggernaut
13. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Tame
Hedonist
Sedate
quixotic
14. Sew
ostracism
Assiduous
Embroider
Dandy
15. House/repair airplanes
Lithe
Spindle
hangar
Philander
16. Only seeks personal pleasure
Cynical
Repugnant
Hedonist
Silo
17. Excessively detailed; boring
Solace
Exorbitant
Rancid
Pedant
18. Beggar
Imbue
Mendicant
chimerical
Pejorative
19. Dryness
Tirade
Avarice
Blight
aridity
20. Model; exemplar
Paragon
Lackey
Exacerbate
Sate (satiate)
21. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Blight
Coffer
cavalier
Coalesce
22. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Nefarious
Bland
trite
Inexorable
23. Preference/special liking for
Predilection
Dolorous
Ubiquitous
adulation
24. Barren; fruitless
Sterile
Indolent
Recapitulate
Atelier
25. Impatient/bad-tempered
Embroider
Circumlocution
Petulant
stoic
26. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
maudlin
Surreptitious
Consummate
Insurrection
27. Informal private conversation
Paucity
Confab
Recondite
Semantic
28. Make or become fixed; stuck
Promulgate
Lodge
succinct
Rapscallion
29. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Impertinent
Atelier
Fluster
Seraphic
30. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Brigand
Miscreant
Gaudy
hackneyed
31. In widespread practice - use - existence
Begrudge
Pedestrian
Rife
Amalgamate
32. Exhibiting aggression.
obverse
Solace
belligerent
Imperative
33. Anger
Derision
Berth
Denude
Ire
34. Deadly
Pernicious
Snare
Predilection
Circuitous
35. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Seraphic
Prerogative
Extirpate
Hermit
36. Have no serious purpose/value
lucidity
Frivolous
Elegy
Paucity
37. Confuse
Lithe
Discombobulate
Ingenious
Spurn
38. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Coy
filibuster
Hilt
39. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
Sterile
Ardent
Gaunt
40. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
perfidy
Titillate
Infringe
Ascetic
41. Complete happiness/ expressing
behemoth
Peal
Felicity
Futility
42. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Dolorous
Slake
Moratorium
43. Carried out with minimal effort
barrenness
Begrudge
Perfunctory
Ostentatious
44. Complaining in whining manner
Jibe
Ire
Conducive
Querulous
45. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
obverse
Poignant
Tenuous
Connoisseur
46. Restate
Recapitulate
Rancid
Revue
Duplicitous
47. Extensive/destructive fire
Conflagration
Ardent
Felicity
Blight
48. Reject with disdain
Prerogative
Reticent
Spurn
Lapel
49. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
Enamel
succinct
Perturb
50. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Inundate
Desultory
Sedate
Obstinate