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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. Fake substitute for a drug
Elegy
Raucous
Placebo
Impetuous
2. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Reprieve
Semantic
Effervescent
3. Apathy or sluggishness
naïvete
phlegmatic
Vociferous
Kudos
4. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Dolorous
quixotic
antebellum
Preside
5. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Prerogative
Circumlocution
Demoralize
Blight
6. Mournful/sad/dismay
trite
Pervasive
Chicanery
Lugubrious
7. Wordy (fewer would do)
Rebuke
Circumlocution
Dolorous
Indelible
8. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Perfidious
Virile
Consummate
Mellifluous
9. An episode of irregular fighting
Malady
Rife
Skirmish
Recondite
10. Permanent
Lunacy
Abate
Querulous
Indelible
11. Abusive/highly critical language
Brackish
Pedant
Invective
Pusillanimous
12. Angel (light and purity)
Seraphic
lethargy
Vociferous
Raucous
13. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Insipid
Impetuous
Perjury
14. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
Pier
Relegate
Demeanor
15. Expert judge in matter of taste
posh
Anodyne
Circuitous
Connoisseur
16. Steady earnest effort
diligence
panegyric
Lodge
Exonerate
17. Formally display sorrow
Modicum
Elegy
drawl
Disparage
18. Restate
aridity
Smug
Recapitulate
Garish
19. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Repugnant
Chicanery
sanguine
Solace
20. Have no serious purpose/value
Unanimous
Pedestrian
Insipid
Frivolous
21. Express vehement protest
Lodge
Eschew
Preside
Fulminate
22. Insanity
Lunacy
Appease
trite
Hackneyed
23. Not harmful or offensive
Ardent
Innocuous
chimerical
Paucity
24. Place of refuge/safety
Brigand
Contentious
laconic - spartan
Sanctuary
25. Stubborn to change one's mind
Cabal
Ire
Obstinate
Austere
26. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Poignant
Perfunctory
apocryphal
Euphoric
27. Not having life.
Codicil
Demeanor
Perfidious
inanimate
28. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Miscreant
Rapscallion
Disparage
Ire
29. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Unanimous
Ascetic
Perturb
Peal
30. Too obedient/servile.
Perfunctory
Tirade
Ostentatious
Obsequious
31. Represent as little worth; scorn
invidious
Disparage
Pail
Pedestrian
32. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Discombobulate
Rife
Mellifluous
Profligate
33. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Acquiesce
Domicile
Pervasive
cherubic
34. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Impetuous
Quintessence
lope
Panacea
35. Dryness
Modicum
aridity
Plethora
Reticent
36. Tastelessly bright or showy
Conflagration
Blight
Gaudy
Coy
37. Heavy rainfall
Downpour
Anathema
Hone
Profligate
38. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Continent
hangar
diligence
39. Outcast
apocryphal
pariah
Vociferous
Assiduous
40. Study of insects
Hoard
Entomology
Sedate
Hilt
41. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Nefarious
Inexorable
melancholy
42. Secret political faction in collusion
Cabal
cogent
Impetuous
Fluster
43. Small quantity
Perjury
Querulous
Modicum
chastened
44. Causing (likely) disagreement
Spurn
perfidy
Contentious
Comestible
45. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eschew
Garish
Perfunctory
Eulogy
46. Having no fear
behemoth
Intrepid
Lodge
Brigand
47. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Ditty
Futility
Bungler
hackneyed
48. Complaining in whining manner
Euphoric
Ruse
Querulous
Docile
49. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
behemoth
Scrutiny
Fracas
50. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Revue
Desultory
Apt
Lodge