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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. Placate by acceding their demands
Discombobulate
Discreet
Appease
Amalgamate
2. Container storing valuables
Auspicious
Coffer
Austere
Frivolous
3. Man entering frequent sex relation
Intractable
Dour
Philander
Exhort
4. Insanity
Blight
Rife
Pertinent
Lunacy
5. Impossible to stop or prevent
belladonna
Reverence
drawl
Inexorable
6. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
Inadvertent
barrenness
Pedant
7. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Pusillanimous
Fracas
lope
Recondite
8. Sorrowful
Embroider
Pedestrian
Insipid
Dolorous
9. Overly theatrical
Acquiesce
Scrutiny
Auspicious
Histrionic
10. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Apt
Virile
Titillate
Rancid
11. Extremely foolish or stupid
Nadir
Inane
Reprieve
Asinine
12. Store of money or valuable objects
Ubiquitous
Hoard
Pier
Boorish
13. Praise enthusiastically
Lodge
Invective
Extol
cynicism
14. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Poignant
Pensive
sanguine
Petulant
15. Extreme greed for wealth
lucidity
Abhor
Abdicate
Avarice
16. Lacking flavor
Profusion
trite
Gaunt
Insipid
17. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Extol
Desultory
Euphoric
Recondite
18. Restate
Pedagogy
Errant
Recapitulate
Rapscallion
19. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Surreptitious
adulation
juggernaut
Berth
20. Angry/bad-tempered expression
trite
serendipity
hangar
Scowl
21. Barren; fruitless
Sterile
Rebuke
Inadvertent
Querulous
22. Cheerful - hopeful.
Corpulent
sanguine
Parley
Ingenious
23. Prudent; careful
Confab
Stoical
Discreet
hangar
24. To flatter/admire excessively.
diligence
Inundate
adulation
Bungler
25. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Corpulent
Reprieve
Exorbitant
Coalesce
26. Outward behavior
Ardent
cogent
Demeanor
posh
27. Apathy or sluggishness
Ire
Audacious
phlegmatic
Berth
28. Replace
Supplant
obverse
barrenness
Unanimous
29. Talkative
Circuitous
Loquacious
Inadvertent
Obsequious
30. Belief of something/one is useless
Asinine
Desultory
succinct
Contempt
31. A mischievous person
Tirade
Rapscallion
Pedagogy
cogent
32. A public expression of approval
Coy
Conflagration
panegyric
Nefarious
33. Permanent
Jibe
Poignant
choleric
Indelible
34. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Silo
Ethereal
aridity
Trowel
35. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Impertinent
Banal
Vapid
Predilection
36. Loud/confused noise
Skirmish
Demotic
Avarice
Clamor
37. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Slake
Booty
Perjury
Apex
38. Not harmful or offensive
Innocuous
Extol
revered
Angler
39. Speak slowly
drawl
cherubic
Parley
Impart
40. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Austere
juggernaut
Infringe
Coffer
41. Pretending shyness or modesty
Asinine
Preside
Scowl
Coy
42. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Abate
Bland
lope
Ditty
43. Promote/make widely known
Promulgate
Sterile
Brackish
Spurn
44. Not sufficiently skillful
Recondite
Mulish
Modicum
Incompetent
45. Contributing/helping towards
Anachronism
perfidy
Eccentric
Conducive
46. Of vital importance; requisite
adulation
Modicum
Expedient
Imperative
47. Selfish motives
Insipid
evanescent
cynicism
Expedient
48. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Lariat
Rancid
Booty
Tenuous
49. Unoriginal; commonplace
Banal
Rancid
Bristle
Continent
50. Anticipating with anxiety
Apprehensive
Circumlocution
Cynical
Malady