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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. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Bungler
Flounder
Silo
Paregoric
2. Great enthusiasm/passion
Ardor
foal
Profligate
Modicum
3. A hospital
Candid
seraphic
Infirmary
melancholy
4. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
ostracism
Insipid
Pusillanimous
Anodyne
5. Base - lowest
Nadir
Ire
Carouse
Cavalcade
6. Group of entertainers who tour
chastened
Eschew
Boorish
Troupe
7. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
apocryphal
Coffer
Dandy
Paregoric
8. Brief and concise.
Infirmary
Avarice
succinct
Expedient
9. Item of food; something eaten
Pedagogy
Comestible
Petulant
Corpulent
10. Valuable stolen goods
Elegy
Ruse
Booty
Discreet
11. Schemer/fisherman
Fulminate
Demoralize
Semantic
Angler
12. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
barrenness
Atelier
Allay
Imbue
13. Offering nothing challenging
Fortuitous
panegyric
Vapid
Demoralize
14. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Salient
Malady
Blight
Berth
15. Very generous
obverse
Fulminate
cynicism
Munificent
16. Very small/meager
Smug
Obsequious
Circuitous
Paltry
17. Large amount of something; myriad
Imperative
Supplant
Profusion
bellicose
18. Make (something bad) worse
Uncanny
Exacerbate
Eulogy
Expedient
19. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Solace
Dogmatic
Paragon
Lax
20. Dizzy
antebellum
Giddy
Pernicious
Hilt
21. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Inane
Rebuke
Boorish
22. House/repair airplanes
Scion
hangar
Perfidious
Contentious
23. Making harsh/loud noise
Pedant
Acclimate
Virile
Raucous
24. Man concern with stylish looks
Ethereal
Ardent
Dandy
Predilection
25. Dryness
Remission
Consternation
aridity
cynicism
26. Informal private conversation
Quant
Confab
Carouse
Inadvertent
27. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
cherubic
Felicity
Ethereal
barrenness
28. Small quantity
meretricious
inanimate
Modicum
sybaritic
29. Expressing disapproval
Insurrection
Pejorative
Mendicant
Gaunt
30. Show great care and perseverance
Austere
Allay
Rife
Assiduous
31. Represent as little worth; scorn
stoic
Avarice
Extirpate
Disparage
32. Used by ordinary people; secular
Chicanery
evanescent
Demotic
Reproach
33. Irritated - angry.
Candid
Vapid
choleric
sanguine
34. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Pert
Ingenious
Ardor
Tenuous
35. Return to former state
Quintessence
Semantic
Regression
Pervasive
36. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Reprimand
revered
succinct
Carouse
37. Become less intense/widespread
bewildering
Abate
cavalier
Libidinous
38. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Admonition
Silo
Unanimous
39. Complete happiness/ expressing
Lapel
Inundate
Felicity
Ingenious
40. Outcast
Moratorium
Circumlocution
pariah
chastened
41. Beggar
Mendicant
Pail
Exhort
Demoralize
42. Easily influenced/controlled
Amenable
naïvete
Acclimate
Pedestrian
43. Long speech of angry criticism
sybaritic
Tirade
Bungler
Lax
44. Hard to control/deal with
Scant
Relegate
Banal
Intractable
45. Overly theatrical
Intractable
barrenness
Histrionic
Consternation
46. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Paregoric
Anomaly
Atelier
Impertinent
47. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
lethargy
Snare
agnostic
demagogue
48. Having no fear
Paregoric
Histrionic
Pedagogy
Intrepid
49. Make or become fixed; stuck
perambulate
Inundate
Demoralize
Lodge
50. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Miscreant
Soporific
Ruse
cavalier