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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. Small quantity
serendipity
Mendacity
Modicum
Sedate
2. Valuable stolen goods
Infringe
Pervasive
Exorbitant
Booty
3. Formal way to show praise/laudation
maudlin
Eulogy
Libidinous
Exacerbate
4. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
masochist
belligerent
Exorbitant
Mellifluous
5. Fake substitute for a drug
hackneyed
Placebo
Hoard
Lodge
6. Satisfy fully
Sate (satiate)
Hedonist
Booty
Flounder
7. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
Virile
Recapitulate
Conflagration
8. Resign/give up
Pier
Abdicate
obverse
Recondite
9. Officially absolve from blame
Anomaly
aridity
Exonerate
Fickle
10. Cancel punishment of
Desultory
Plethora
Reprieve
Exorbitant
11. Selfish motives
Paltry
Relegate
Modicum
cynicism
12. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Docile
Bungler
Dolorous
Profusion
13. Part of a suit
Lapel
Placebo
Tenuous
agnostic
14. Not resulting from plan
Confab
Inadvertent
Profligate
Audacious
15. Violation of faith or loyalty
Sate (satiate)
perfidy
maudlin
vitriol
16. Promote/make widely known
Berth
laconic - spartan
naïvete
Promulgate
17. Make or become fixed; stuck
Connoisseur
Lodge
Enamel
Tirade
18. One living in solitude (religious)
Conflagration
Hermit
Fracas
Skirmish
19. Most perfect/typical example
Obstinate
Quintessence
Circumlocution
Pedant
20. Schemer/fisherman
Angler
Insipid
Eulogy
Begrudge
21. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Spurn
laconic - spartan
drawl
Ethereal
22. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Imbue
Demure
Smug
obverse
23. Container storing valuables
Desultory
Anachronism
Gluttony
Coffer
24. Critical observation/examination
Ardent
Comestible
Scrutiny
Pervasive
25. Deceitful/untrustworthy
panegyric
maudlin
Perfidious
Depot
26. Return to former state
cavalier
pariah
Comestible
Regression
27. Regard with hatred
Abhor
revered
Cynical
Berth
28. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Lodge
Fluster
Chicanery
29. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Inundate
Ennui
ostracism
Pusillanimous
30. Pretending shyness or modesty
Elegy
Coy
meretricious
Mellifluous
31. Lose composure; make agitated
apocryphal
Ardent
Fluster
Pervasive
32. Long speech of angry criticism
Reverence
Tirade
Recapitulate
Mulish
33. Young horse
Fickle
Amenable
Inundate
foal
34. Fashionable.
Insipid
Confluence
demagogue
posh
35. Jewelry giving protection from evil
cynicism
Pensive
Prerogative
Amulet
36. Abusive/highly critical language
Entomology
Invective
melancholy
Pensive
37. Show great care and perseverance
Mendicant
Giddy
Assiduous
Fortuitous
38. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Exorbitant
Brackish
Domicile
Reticent
39. Deadly
naïvete
Pernicious
seraphic
Extol
40. Dryness
Libidinous
aridity
lethargy
Rapscallion
41. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Paucity
Parley
Ubiquitous
Quant
42. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
Inadvertent
Ingenious
Berth
43. An episode of irregular fighting
Boorish
Skirmish
Comestible
behemoth
44. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
perfidy
Demeanor
inanimate
45. Clever/original/inventive
Ingenious
Languish
Inundate
perambulate
46. Temporary prohibition of activity
Moratorium
Prerogative
lucidity
Ditty
47. Unconventional/slightly strange
chimerical
Dandy
Eccentric
Virile
48. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Repugnant
drawl
Perturb
behemoth
49. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Moratorium
Pensive
lope
Perfidious
50. Hard to control/deal with
Seraphic
stoic
Intractable
quixotic