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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. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Pervasive
Placebo
Infringe
2. Extreme greed for wealth
Munificent
Avarice
Conducive
Hone
3. Member of a band
Anomaly
Brigand
Remission
Apt
4. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Discombobulate
Recondite
Amulet
trite
5. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Magnanimous
Raucous
Indolent
Lapel
6. Communicate; give to something
Chicanery
Impart
apocryphal
Entomology
7. Recklessly daring
Effervescent
Eccentric
Audacious
Comestible
8. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Captious
Profligate
Modicum
9. Fake substitute for a drug
Invective
adulation
Placebo
Apprehensive
10. Replace
Lugubrious
Paucity
Anodyne
Supplant
11. An episode of irregular fighting
Quintessence
Skirmish
vitriol
Recalcitrant
12. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
ostracism
Bungler
Acquiesce
Dissolute
13. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Hone
Connoisseur
Dilettante
14. Causing (likely) disagreement
diligence
Indelible
Contentious
Allay
15. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Depot
Cabal
Impertinent
Discreet
16. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Panacea
Balmy
Pedestrian
Obstinate
17. Express vehement protest
Fulminate
polemic
Insipid
Denude
18. To flatter/admire excessively.
demagogue
adulation
Docile
Indolent
19. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Consummate
Libidinous
Prerogative
Discordant
20. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Brackish
Admonition
Austere
Lapel
21. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Ardent
Dilettante
Reverence
Dulcet
22. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Paltry
Subjective
Corpulent
23. Deceptive/deceitful
Ubiquitous
perambulate
Imbue
Duplicitous
24. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
Ostentatious
Parley
Demotic
25. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Gluttony
Salient
Rancid
Tenuous
26. Be in the position of authority
Preside
Banal
Reproach
Derision
27. Valuable stolen goods
lope
Snare
Confluence
Booty
28. One living in solitude (religious)
Amenable
Hermit
Assiduous
Impart
29. Praise enthusiastically
Extol
Mendicant
Perfidious
Supplant
30. Large amount of something; myriad
Exacerbate
Castigate
Anomaly
Profusion
31. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Dour
Angler
Errant
serendipity
32. Express disapproval in action
Reproach
naïvete
hackneyed
Balmy
33. Loud/confused noise
Clamor
Solace
Languish
Contempt
34. Short simple song
Ditty
Assiduous
Hilt
ostracism
35. Excessively detailed; boring
Libidinous
Blight
Conflagration
Pedant
36. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Snare
Inundate
Cabal
Fracas
37. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Demure
Exhort
sanguine
Munificent
38. Grow weak/feeble
Hackneyed
Rife
Languish
Dandy
39. Expressing disapproval
Anathema
Dour
Sanctuary
Pejorative
40. Break/interlude
Reprimand
cherubic
Infringe
Nadir
41. Something opposite to another
Giddy
masochist
Lackey
obverse
42. Dizzy
Booty
Giddy
Histrionic
Perfunctory
43. Not harmful or offensive
Coffer
Ostentatious
Paregoric
Innocuous
44. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Remission
Pugilist
Impetuous
Invective
45. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Poignant
Lithe
Pail
Demure
46. Calm; unhurried
Perjury
Sedate
Consternation
Placebo
47. Selfish motives
lope
cynicism
Miscreant
Brigand
48. Reject with disdain
Anachronism
juggernaut
Intractable
Spurn
49. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
perfidy
Quintessence
Obsequious
Perturb
50. Not resulting from plan
Impart
Inadvertent
Jibe
Lapel