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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. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Quant
Vociferous
Prerogative
Modicum
2. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Fluster
Castigate
laconic - spartan
perfidy
3. Uselessness; pointless
Ennui
Futility
Moratorium
Lax
4. Become less intense/widespread
sanguine
Abate
Contempt
Quintessence
5. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
Ingenious
Eminence
Coffer
6. Communicate; give to something
Booty
Impart
Ostentatious
Lariat
7. Make (something bad) worse
Miscreant
Exacerbate
Sterile
Fulminate
8. Bulky glove
Libidinous
Gauntlet
Carouse
cynicism
9. Schemer/fisherman
Angler
Admonition
Tirade
lope
10. Large amount of something; myriad
Uncanny
Paucity
Profusion
Ascetic
11. Selfish motives
cynicism
Atelier
Angler
Modicum
12. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Apex
Impart
Paltry
13. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Pusillanimous
Perfidious
Balmy
behemoth
14. Trick
Peal
Ruse
Exhort
Virile
15. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Slake
Brigand
Enamel
chastened
16. Profession/science of teaching
Elegy
Pedagogy
Dour
Inadvertent
17. Too obedient/servile.
Domicile
Obsequious
meretricious
Downpour
18. Placate by acceding their demands
Scowl
Appease
Admonition
agnostic
19. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Surreptitious
Inundate
Perturb
Dogmatic
20. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Dour
Surreptitious
Booty
Domicile
21. Loud and harsh
Strident
Anachronism
Euphoric
Ascetic
22. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Amulet
Castigate
Booty
Desultory
23. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
Valor
Rapscallion
Histrionic
24. Dryness
Exacerbate
aridity
lucidity
apocryphal
25. Difficult to understand
Pedestrian
filibuster
Abstruse
Reticent
26. Trickery or fraud
Reticent
Chicanery
Modicum
Histrionic
27. Before the war
Lax
Anathema
Paucity
antebellum
28. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Errant
Supplant
Ardent
Gauntlet
29. Straying from the law
Errant
Paucity
Hackneyed
Invective
30. Confuse
Mellifluous
Parley
Elegy
Discombobulate
31. Reject with disdain
Admonition
Preside
bewildering
Spurn
32. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Quarry
Lithe
Tirade
Exhort
33. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Errant
chastened
Semantic
Cavalcade
34. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Exacerbate
Hilt
Coalesce
Gaunt
35. Not resulting from plan
Inadvertent
Profusion
Dogmatic
Allay
36. Not having life.
Gaunt
inanimate
Pail
Perturb
37. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Preside
Blight
perambulate
Perjury
38. Preference/special liking for
Predilection
Rebuke
Smug
Spindle
39. Tolerant; set as true
Dogmatic
Valor
Inundate
Profusion
40. Untruthful
Moratorium
Mendacity
Peal
cavalier
41. Rope used as a lasso
Lariat
perambulate
Duplicitous
Slake
42. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
Quintessence
Amulet
sybaritic
43. Secret political faction in collusion
Circuitous
serendipity
Pervasive
Cabal
44. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
Depot
demagogue
Allay
45. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Frivolous
Exorbitant
Revue
Semantic
46. Written message (diplomacy)
Dogmatic
Intrepid
Flounder
Memorandum
47. Clever/original/inventive
polemic
Strident
Moratorium
Ingenious
48. Have no serious purpose/value
Lariat
Frivolous
Tenuous
Pedagogy
49. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Imperative
Eccentric
Pervasive
Fickle
50. Causing (likely) disagreement
Ardent
Amalgamate
Strident
Contentious