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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. Member of a band
Brigand
Cabal
Eschew
chimerical
2. Trickery or fraud
Approbation
Chicanery
cherubic
Anomaly
3. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
Troupe
Modicum
Paucity
4. Express disapproval in action
Intrepid
Reproach
Indolent
demagogue
5. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
juggernaut
foal
Semantic
6. Fashionable.
posh
Soporific
Mendicant
demagogue
7. Most perfect/typical example
Ubiquitous
Quintessence
laconic - spartan
Euphoric
8. Small amount of something; iota
Munificent
Lugubrious
Insipid
Paucity
9. Heavy rainfall
Pedant
Insurrection
Downpour
Hoard
10. Item of food; something eaten
Ethereal
Gauntlet
Tame
Comestible
11. Written message (diplomacy)
Moratorium
Fickle
Memorandum
Libidinous
12. Generous/munificent/forgive
phlegmatic
Circumlocution
Magnanimous
Impart
13. Strange or mysterious
Uncanny
Silo
Exhort
Anachronism
14. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Gaunt
Recondite
naïvete
15. Wordy (fewer would do)
Apt
Anomaly
Circumlocution
Dogmatic
16. Informal private conversation
Predilection
Confab
Acclimate
Obstinate
17. Loud ringing of bells
Plethora
Blight
Pernicious
Peal
18. Too obedient/servile.
choleric
Obsequious
demagogue
Exhort
19. Laugh in a gleeful way
Pusillanimous
cogent
Chortle
Consternation
20. Accustom to new conditions
Modicum
Discordant
Extirpate
Acclimate
21. Long speech of angry criticism
Tirade
Codicil
Asinine
Virile
22. Recklessly daring
juggernaut
trite
Avarice
Audacious
23. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Extirpate
foal
Smug
Remission
24. Abusive/highly critical language
Inane
Errant
Scrutiny
Invective
25. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
Eulogy
revered
Contempt
26. Act angrily or defensively
Hoard
Bristle
Scion
Exacerbate
27. Flood/large amount of water
Rapscallion
Semantic
Indolent
Inundate
28. Unconventional/slightly strange
Imbue
Eccentric
Eschew
Confab
29. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
phlegmatic
Extirpate
Skirmish
Impertinent
30. Obstinately uncooperative
Gauntlet
Cynical
lope
Recalcitrant
31. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Pusillanimous
Conducive
Vapid
Jibe
32. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Paltry
drawl
Paragon
Cavalcade
33. Short simple song
Lugubrious
Ditty
filibuster
stoic
34. Expressing disapproval
Hilt
Pejorative
Ubiquitous
Spurn
35. Great enthusiasm/passion
Uncanny
Quant
Nefarious
Ardor
36. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Stoical
Regression
Revue
Eccentric
37. Difficult to understand
Ardent
Abstruse
Anathema
seraphic
38. Contributing/helping towards
Elegy
Vapid
Sanctuary
Conducive
39. Man concern with stylish looks
Amalgamate
Silo
Dandy
Loquacious
40. Acknowledged superiority in
Scowl
Eminence
Eulogy
Asinine
41. Medicinal extract.
Audacious
Ascetic
Apt
belladonna
42. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Silo
polemic
Contempt
43. Make (something bad) worse
cavalier
Inane
Chortle
Exacerbate
44. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Enamel
Effervescent
evanescent
Embroider
45. Having no fear
apocryphal
Downpour
Intrepid
Auspicious
46. Fault-finding
Pilfer
Captious
Ostentatious
naïvete
47. Extremely foolish or stupid
Infirmary
Asinine
perambulate
Clamor
48. Exclusive right/privilege held by
evanescent
Amenable
chastened
Prerogative
49. Complete happiness/ expressing
Audacious
Slake
Felicity
Memorandum
50. Valuable stolen goods
Silo
Booty
Strident
Memorandum