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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Extensive/destructive fire
Conflagration
Spindle
adulation
Fickle
2. Expert judge in matter of taste
Exorbitant
Dandy
Connoisseur
Querulous
3. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Exhort
antebellum
Poignant
4. Clever/original/inventive
Paltry
Ingenious
Docile
Lunacy
5. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Ardent
Semantic
Cavalcade
Lunacy
6. Member of a band
Trowel
Brigand
sanguine
Flounder
7. Not sufficiently skillful
Incompetent
Exhort
Domicile
Recalcitrant
8. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Fluster
Recondite
cavalier
Ruse
9. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
Mellifluous
Brackish
Ethereal
10. Perplex - confusing
Seraphic
Uncanny
bewildering
Appease
11. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Ethereal
Intrepid
Smug
Mendacity
12. Addition to a will
Silo
polemic
Rife
Codicil
13. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
Promulgate
Dolorous
Cynical
chastened
14. Place for storage of large commodity
Philander
Rancid
Demeanor
Depot
15. Give up or become compliant
Quarry
Tractable
Modicum
Modicum
16. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Blight
Carouse
Memorandum
Eccentric
17. Anticipating with anxiety
Apprehensive
Preside
Dolorous
behemoth
18. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Cavalcade
Fracas
barrenness
Clamor
19. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Consternation
Dolorous
Stoical
20. Post that holds up a handrail
Spindle
cavalier
Futility
Exhort
21. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Sedate
Tame
Inane
Rebuke
22. Saying much in few words; brief.
sybaritic
Mellifluous
laconic - spartan
Exonerate
23. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Boorish
Slake
Solace
evanescent
24. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Giddy
Demoralize
meretricious
25. Apathy or sluggishness
Recalcitrant
phlegmatic
bewildering
Discombobulate
26. Model; exemplar
Ubiquitous
Paragon
Brackish
Extol
27. Place of refuge/safety
belligerent
Sanctuary
lope
Amalgamate
28. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
Inexorable
Consummate
Panacea
29. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Pedestrian
Downpour
lethargy
Impertinent
30. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Munificent
Virile
Repugnant
Trowel
31. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
Denude
Futility
Candid
32. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Bristle
Raucous
Captious
Austere
33. Dull and uninspired
Pedestrian
Ruse
filibuster
Clamor
34. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Acclimate
Hermit
Giddy
35. Part of a suit
Dolorous
Impetuous
Lapel
Raucous
36. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
perfidy
Loquacious
cherubic
belligerent
37. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Impertinent
Admonition
Perturb
Corpulent
38. Break/interlude
laconic - spartan
Demotic
Infringe
sanguine
39. Used by ordinary people; secular
Desultory
Demotic
Consternation
antebellum
40. Trickery or fraud
Demoralize
Impetuous
Chicanery
chimerical
41. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
filibuster
Hilt
Downpour
Fracas
42. Praise and honor
Chicanery
belladonna
Kudos
Lithe
43. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Libidinous
Berth
Nadir
Frivolous
44. Valuable stolen goods
Discreet
Booty
Coffer
Spindle
45. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Impetuous
Desultory
seraphic
46. House/repair airplanes
Unanimous
Carouse
Hedonist
hangar
47. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Berth
belladonna
Brackish
Imbue
48. Untruthful
Recapitulate
Pedant
drawl
Mendacity
49. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Domicile
Conducive
Vociferous
Rescind
50. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
inanimate
belligerent
Valor
belladonna