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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. One living in solitude (religious)
Ascetic
Demure
Eminence
Hermit
2. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Surreptitious
Hackneyed
Angler
Indignation
3. Longer than most direct way
Rife
agnostic
Circuitous
adulation
4. Carried out with minimal effort
Paragon
Remission
Perfunctory
hangar
5. Resign/give up
posh
Apprehensive
Abdicate
Magnanimous
6. Speak slowly
Discombobulate
lucidity
Impart
drawl
7. Strange or mysterious
barrenness
Eminence
Uncanny
Gaudy
8. Give up or become compliant
Contempt
Ruse
Modicum
Tractable
9. Having no fear
Pert
Unanimous
Intrepid
Paucity
10. Angel (light and purity)
Remission
Cavalcade
Perfunctory
Seraphic
11. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Gaunt
Exacerbate
Insipid
Flounder
12. Concerned with minor detail
aridity
masochist
Ethereal
Pedant
13. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Amalgamate
Felicity
Fluster
14. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Placebo
Dulcet
succinct
Ascetic
15. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Virile
Hermit
Tame
demagogue
16. Generous/munificent/forgive
phlegmatic
Reprimand
Circumlocution
Magnanimous
17. Uselessness; pointless
vitriol
Pedestrian
Futility
Pedant
18. Hard to control/deal with
hackneyed
Conducive
adulation
Intractable
19. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Slake
Quintessence
Hoard
Perturb
20. Making harsh/loud noise
Audacious
Amalgamate
Ingenious
Raucous
21. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Profusion
aridity
Expedient
Moratorium
22. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Philander
Perturb
Paragon
Enamel
23. Depression of spirits
Inundate
cynicism
Contempt
melancholy
24. Too obedient/servile.
Obsequious
Tame
Corpulent
Jibe
25. Stubborn to change one's mind
Extol
Incompetent
Reticent
Obstinate
26. Member of a band
Balmy
Ardent
Pensive
Brigand
27. Young horse
Lariat
Demotic
Infirmary
foal
28. Steady earnest effort
masochist
hackneyed
lope
diligence
29. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Sanctuary
Plethora
Recapitulate
Fortuitous
30. Unproductive of results
Kudos
barrenness
Angler
Nefarious
31. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Amulet
Tractable
Lax
Ostentatious
32. Violent uprising against authority
Derision
Insurrection
Consummate
Assiduous
33. Man concern with stylish looks
Jibe
Dandy
Bungler
Innocuous
34. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Lodge
Scion
Perjury
Derision
35. Reject with disdain
Embroider
Spurn
Spindle
foal
36. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Tenuous
Abstruse
Pert
Virile
37. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Coalesce
ostracism
Lodge
Soporific
38. Slim; supple; graceful
Peal
Intractable
Lithe
Dilettante
39. Not sufficiently skillful
Acclimate
Incompetent
Pedagogy
Hoard
40. Untruthful
Gaunt
Profusion
Mendacity
Smug
41. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Pugilist
Denude
Soporific
Flounder
42. Most perfect/typical example
pariah
Extirpate
Eschew
Quintessence
43. Complete happiness/ expressing
Downpour
sanguine
Captious
Felicity
44. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Demoralize
Perfunctory
invidious
Bungler
45. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Miscreant
Blight
Reprieve
Hackneyed
46. Complaining in whining manner
Angler
Querulous
Recapitulate
Extirpate
47. Fault-finding
Auspicious
Captious
Soporific
Surreptitious
48. Descendant (notable - long family)
Exhort
Virile
Perturb
Scion
49. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Sate (satiate)
Garish
Pejorative
Lackey
50. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Frivolous
Spindle
Intrepid
Panacea