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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. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Predilection
Titillate
Avarice
Semantic
2. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Pervasive
Hilt
Blight
Rapscallion
3. Man entering frequent sex relation
Philander
Libidinous
seraphic
Ditty
4. Descendant (notable - long family)
behemoth
Scion
Exorbitant
Demotic
5. Flood/large amount of water
Allay
Flounder
Discordant
Inundate
6. Satisfy fully
Corpulent
Sate (satiate)
Snare
Lithe
7. Selfish motives
Discombobulate
cynicism
laconic - spartan
Eschew
8. Angel (light and purity)
Recalcitrant
Scrutiny
Seraphic
Nadir
9. Silly (lacking sense)
Inane
trite
Amalgamate
succinct
10. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Paragon
Imbue
Booty
Bland
11. Submissive
Smug
Boorish
Docile
Frivolous
12. Clever/original/inventive
Tirade
Ingenious
Sate (satiate)
Contempt
13. Irritated - angry.
Gaudy
choleric
Discordant
invidious
14. Promote/make widely known
Promulgate
cynicism
Boorish
Euphoric
15. Found everywhere
perambulate
Ubiquitous
Lapel
Admonition
16. Regard with hatred
diligence
Abhor
Lariat
Solace
17. Deceptive/deceitful
Pertinent
Abate
Duplicitous
Append
18. Dryness
Asinine
Ostentatious
belligerent
aridity
19. In widespread practice - use - existence
Connoisseur
Rife
Avarice
Dissolute
20. A hospital
Titillate
Promulgate
Effervescent
Infirmary
21. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Impetuous
Salient
Diatribe
Dulcet
22. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Hilt
meretricious
Innocuous
23. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Circuitous
trite
Indolent
Bungler
24. Bulky glove
laconic - spartan
Expedient
Gauntlet
Relegate
25. Fashionable.
posh
behemoth
Peal
Inundate
26. Rope used as a lasso
Impart
Abate
lucidity
Lariat
27. Carried out with minimal effort
Virile
Rescind
Revue
Perfunctory
28. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Demure
Confab
Smug
Rescind
29. Favorable
Parley
Snare
Anodyne
Auspicious
30. An episode of irregular fighting
Hone
Skirmish
Felicity
Inane
31. Barren; fruitless
Sterile
Denude
Inexorable
Rife
32. Something opposite to another
Bland
Pugilist
obverse
quixotic
33. Post that holds up a handrail
Eschew
Auspicious
Spindle
Hilt
34. Beggar
Querulous
Reverence
cynicism
Mendicant
35. Cheerful - hopeful.
perambulate
Mellifluous
Coy
sanguine
36. Strip of covering; make bare
Garish
Virile
Anodyne
Denude
37. One living in solitude (religious)
Apt
Hermit
Bungler
hackneyed
38. Unoriginal; commonplace
Banal
Abdicate
Dolorous
demagogue
39. Break/interlude
Consternation
Infringe
Abdicate
Angler
40. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Insipid
Derision
Entomology
Perfidious
41. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Reticent
Smug
Troupe
Extirpate
42. Informal private conversation
Confab
belligerent
Ennui
Smug
43. Act angrily or defensively
bewildering
Bristle
cogent
Scrutiny
44. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Allay
Reticent
Solace
chimerical
45. Violation of faith or loyalty
perfidy
Recondite
Stoical
Fracas
46. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Appease
Remission
Ditty
aridity
47. Calm; unhurried
evanescent
Appease
Sedate
Poignant
48. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Raucous
Rebuke
Extol
Fracas
49. Steady earnest effort
Tenuous
Kudos
diligence
panegyric
50. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Gluttony
Chicanery
drawl
Tenuous