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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. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Amalgamate
Trowel
behemoth
Profligate
2. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Carouse
perfidy
Domicile
Confab
3. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Vociferous
Giddy
Entomology
Amulet
4. Promote/make widely known
Demotic
Profusion
Promulgate
Felicity
5. Violation of faith or loyalty
Duplicitous
Ire
Avarice
perfidy
6. Mournful/sad/dismay
Perturb
Lugubrious
Demeanor
Depot
7. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Reprieve
Fracas
Ethereal
Anomaly
8. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Magnanimous
Pervasive
Smug
obverse
9. Abusive/highly critical language
laconic - spartan
Perfunctory
Inundate
Invective
10. Express vehement protest
Candid
Chicanery
Extol
Fulminate
11. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Pert
cynicism
Impetuous
12. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Dissolute
Nefarious
Dogmatic
Recondite
13. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Derision
Paregoric
Intrepid
Lithe
14. Small amount of something; iota
Moratorium
Paucity
Paragon
Indelible
15. Self-resistant (sexually)
Expedient
Continent
Imperative
diligence
16. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Recondite
Impetuous
Downpour
Ascetic
17. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Amenable
Lunacy
Inexorable
18. Sorrowful
Mendicant
Insurrection
Inundate
Dolorous
19. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
serendipity
Ire
Enamel
Miscreant
20. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Lariat
Candid
hangar
Pusillanimous
21. Uselessness; pointless
Angler
Futility
Asinine
Abdicate
22. Perplex - confusing
Docile
Extol
bewildering
Spindle
23. Container storing valuables
Jibe
Munificent
Coffer
Intractable
24. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Exorbitant
Hermit
lope
Pervasive
25. Slightly salty
Rescind
Brackish
Confluence
Innocuous
26. Lacking flavor
Inundate
Discombobulate
Insipid
Avarice
27. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Rife
Dolorous
Mendicant
agnostic
28. Boxer
Titillate
phlegmatic
Anodyne
Pugilist
29. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Chortle
Indolent
Prerogative
Reproach
30. Found everywhere
Ubiquitous
Rapscallion
obverse
Pusillanimous
31. Cancel or take back
posh
Disparage
Moratorium
Rescind
32. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Pejorative
Indignation
Connoisseur
Supplant
33. Insulting/mocking remark
Appease
Jibe
Austere
Conflagration
34. Rope used as a lasso
Salient
Lariat
Moratorium
Languish
35. Of vital importance; requisite
Demeanor
Lapel
bellicose
Imperative
36. Hard to control/deal with
Intractable
perfidy
Downpour
Regression
37. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
lethargy
Gauntlet
panegyric
38. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Profusion
Hone
Discreet
serendipity
39. Impossible to stop or prevent
Spindle
Blight
Embroider
Inexorable
40. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perfunctory
Histrionic
Perturb
maudlin
41. Barren; fruitless
laconic - spartan
Sterile
lope
Strident
42. Country of one's permanent stay
Fulminate
Inexorable
Domicile
posh
43. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
Inane
Reprimand
belligerent
44. Sew
Embroider
Munificent
Derision
Consummate
45. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
Demotic
Ennui
aridity
46. Fully in agreement
Gaunt
Unanimous
Fluster
Obsequious
47. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Pervasive
Profusion
Disparage
Dissolute
48. Anxiety or dismay.
Munificent
Consternation
Fortuitous
perambulate
49. Unoriginal; commonplace
Austere
Coalesce
Banal
Relegate
50. Generous/munificent/forgive
barrenness
Soporific
Dour
Magnanimous