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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. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Castigate
chastened
Expedient
Eulogy
2. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Lax
Acquiesce
Impertinent
Bland
3. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
drawl
Derision
Pedant
Ascetic
4. Junction of two rivers; merging
Perjury
Scant
Confluence
Cabal
5. Beggar
Inundate
Felicity
Mendicant
Rebuke
6. Abusive/highly critical language
Invective
Regression
Domicile
Raucous
7. Belonging to another period
Appease
Clamor
Placebo
Anachronism
8. Disease or ailment
Malady
Append
Pervasive
Cynical
9. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Bland
Effervescent
cogent
Modicum
10. Strip of covering; make bare
sybaritic
Denude
Exonerate
Prerogative
11. Study of insects
Entomology
Perjury
Perfidious
Gaudy
12. Irritated - angry.
Pedant
choleric
Lodge
Boorish
13. Extreme greed for wealth
behemoth
Abhor
Balmy
Avarice
14. Deadly
Codicil
Sate (satiate)
Embroider
Pernicious
15. Not having life.
Lithe
inanimate
Brigand
Pedagogy
16. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Abate
Reprimand
Philander
17. A lover of luxury.
evanescent
Audacious
Avarice
sybaritic
18. Unproductive of results
Demure
Felicity
Querulous
barrenness
19. Only motivated by self-interest
Seraphic
Cynical
Sterile
agnostic
20. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Pertinent
Impetuous
Solace
Castigate
21. Used by ordinary people; secular
Soporific
Placebo
Dissolute
Demotic
22. Anticipating with anxiety
Apprehensive
Vapid
Codicil
Pensive
23. Impatient/bad-tempered
Eccentric
Apex
Assiduous
Petulant
24. Express vehement protest
Fickle
Fulminate
Candid
bewildering
25. Extreme form of sharpening
Impart
Ire
Hone
Comestible
26. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Demoralize
Connoisseur
Titillate
Exorbitant
27. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Revue
Dissolute
Valor
Profligate
28. Speak slowly
Languish
meretricious
Scowl
drawl
29. Having no fear
Demoralize
Vapid
Flounder
Intrepid
30. Apathy or sluggishness
Admonition
Conflagration
phlegmatic
Apt
31. Descendant (notable - long family)
posh
Impertinent
Ardor
Scion
32. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Lax
Ruse
Paragon
drawl
33. A studio (where sculpture works)
antebellum
masochist
Atelier
laconic - spartan
34. Return to former state
Regression
Eminence
Ditty
Cabal
35. Member of a band
Brigand
Quant
Soporific
Garish
36. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Quant
Felicity
Demotic
Rife
37. Not harmful or offensive
Innocuous
lucidity
agnostic
Reticent
38. Recklessly daring
chimerical
Audacious
Recondite
lethargy
39. Cause to lose confidence/hope
cherubic
Demoralize
Demotic
Hermit
40. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Rancid
maudlin
Hoard
Ruse
41. Very generous
Imbue
Munificent
Seraphic
Philander
42. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Ostentatious
Diatribe
Imbue
Impetuous
43. Insulting/mocking remark
Append
evanescent
Recondite
Jibe
44. Found everywhere
Remission
Carouse
Apex
Ubiquitous
45. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Querulous
Ennui
evanescent
Ascetic
46. Loud and harsh
Strident
Uncanny
Gauntlet
Ruse
47. Placate by acceding their demands
Quintessence
Appease
Trowel
Infringe
48. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Discombobulate
inanimate
Anodyne
Boorish
49. Loud ringing of bells
demagogue
Infringe
Peal
Preside
50. Large amount of something; myriad
belligerent
lope
Profusion
Tenuous