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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Acquiesce
Expedient
Reticent
Entomology
2. Reject with disdain
stoic
Candid
Lax
Spurn
3. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
Eccentric
phlegmatic
Berth
4. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Cynical
Fickle
Insipid
5. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Apt
Lunacy
Pier
Futility
6. Calm; unhurried
antebellum
Pier
Sedate
belligerent
7. Violation of faith or loyalty
chastened
perfidy
Bungler
chimerical
8. Depression of spirits
Ubiquitous
melancholy
Panacea
Connoisseur
9. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Tirade
Hoard
Dissolute
10. Deep respect
Obsequious
Diatribe
Querulous
Reverence
11. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Lariat
cherubic
Disparage
Modicum
12. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Bristle
Reticent
belligerent
agnostic
13. Tall tower used to store grain
Recondite
foal
Predilection
Silo
14. A studio (where sculpture works)
Spurn
evanescent
Lithe
Atelier
15. Stubborn to change one's mind
Blight
Obstinate
Preside
Quarry
16. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Salient
Scowl
Confab
Contempt
17. A public expression of approval
Castigate
Mulish
panegyric
Eccentric
18. Make or become fixed; stuck
Paltry
Semantic
Lodge
Tenuous
19. Temporary prohibition of activity
Coffer
Moratorium
naïvete
Reverence
20. An episode of irregular fighting
Smug
Conflagration
Profusion
Skirmish
21. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Felicity
Plethora
Depot
Mendacity
22. Praise enthusiastically
Extol
cherubic
Demoralize
Pail
23. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
Exacerbate
Quintessence
Depot
24. Bring together to form a whole
Consummate
Contempt
Coalesce
Scion
25. Only motivated by self-interest
Vociferous
Cynical
Nefarious
Booty
26. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
perambulate
Apt
Quant
Modicum
27. Recklessly daring
Anodyne
Eschew
Exacerbate
Audacious
28. Profession/science of teaching
Pedagogy
masochist
Allay
Pier
29. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Abdicate
Contempt
Paucity
30. Extremely foolish or stupid
Exonerate
Scowl
Asinine
Subjective
31. Grow weak/feeble
Demeanor
Cavalcade
Languish
Preside
32. To flatter/admire excessively.
adulation
Vapid
Kudos
Malady
33. Concerned with minor detail
invidious
Pedant
Sedate
Miscreant
34. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Revue
Anodyne
Querulous
Ubiquitous
35. Not having life.
Elegy
lucidity
Bland
inanimate
36. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Allay
Dolorous
Rapscallion
choleric
37. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
obverse
quixotic
Diatribe
38. Barren; fruitless
Paragon
Sterile
Pervasive
Desultory
39. Strip of covering; make bare
belladonna
Bland
Denude
Lugubrious
40. Trickery or fraud
Chicanery
Clamor
Impart
Imperative
41. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
Spurn
Pertinent
belligerent
42. Strange or mysterious
Perjury
trite
Uncanny
Paucity
43. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Hackneyed
Downpour
Discreet
Flounder
44. Man concern with stylish looks
Lunacy
Strident
Dandy
Paucity
45. Study of insects
chastened
Entomology
Anodyne
Fluster
46. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
stoic
Confluence
Demoralize
47. Critical observation/examination
Coalesce
Anathema
Avarice
Scrutiny
48. Item of food; something eaten
Comestible
Moratorium
Nefarious
Ubiquitous
49. Submissive
agnostic
Pilfer
Docile
Apprehensive
50. Mournful/sad/dismay
Coffer
Lugubrious
Hoard
Assiduous