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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. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Booty
Indignation
Rancid
Smug
2. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Plethora
Soporific
Sterile
Lackey
3. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Hone
Pensive
Eschew
Bungler
4. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Dogmatic
Diatribe
Imperative
Petulant
5. Appropriate - suitable
Apt
juggernaut
Codicil
Amulet
6. Lose composure; make agitated
Fluster
Promulgate
Insurrection
Perfidious
7. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
Indelible
filibuster
Silo
8. Selfish motives
Scant
Lax
cynicism
Gauntlet
9. Used by ordinary people; secular
Pilfer
Subjective
quixotic
Demotic
10. Steady earnest effort
Jibe
Raucous
Discombobulate
diligence
11. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Allay
Angler
Miscreant
12. Temporary prohibition of activity
Abhor
Fickle
Moratorium
Ingenious
13. Act angrily or defensively
Pert
Candid
Scrutiny
Bristle
14. Extreme greed for wealth
Blight
Avarice
Anachronism
Docile
15. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Paregoric
Salient
Impart
Eulogy
16. Profession/science of teaching
Pedagogy
Impetuous
stoic
vitriol
17. Place for storage of large commodity
Downpour
Depot
Relegate
Enamel
18. Medicinal extract.
Hilt
Errant
belladonna
Revue
19. Restate
Recapitulate
Virile
Auspicious
Uncanny
20. Praise enthusiastically
Futility
Preside
Insurrection
Extol
21. Unoriginal; commonplace
Banal
Gaudy
Impetuous
Carouse
22. Cancellation of a debt/charge
bewildering
Candid
lethargy
Remission
23. Something opposite to another
obverse
succinct
Infringe
laconic - spartan
24. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Frivolous
Ditty
Dour
Ostentatious
25. Group of entertainers who tour
Derision
Troupe
Eccentric
meretricious
26. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Enamel
Profligate
Tirade
Expedient
27. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Magnanimous
diligence
Predilection
28. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Exorbitant
Denude
Downpour
Dissolute
29. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Domicile
Pedagogy
perfidy
30. Acknowledged superiority in
Admonition
Reverence
Obstinate
Eminence
31. Anticipating with anxiety
Carouse
Pedagogy
Apprehensive
Fracas
32. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Blight
Lackey
Admonition
33. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Consternation
Quarry
Strident
Append
34. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Intractable
Vapid
demagogue
Ennui
35. Loud ringing of bells
Imbue
Cavalcade
Peal
Demotic
36. Denying one's self pleasure
Ruse
Preside
Ascetic
Hoard
37. Very generous
chastened
meretricious
Munificent
Libidinous
38. Only seeks personal pleasure
Hedonist
chimerical
Dolorous
Chicanery
39. Servant
Surreptitious
Lackey
Disparage
Amulet
40. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Lax
Tractable
polemic
Tame
41. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Supplant
bellicose
Paramour
42. Sorrowful
Confab
Inundate
Dolorous
Lunacy
43. Break/interlude
Indolent
Prerogative
Infringe
Surreptitious
44. Submissive
Boorish
Troupe
Docile
Promulgate
45. Expressing disapproval
Mellifluous
Bristle
Carouse
Pejorative
46. Easily influenced/controlled
Amenable
Cynical
Cabal
Panacea
47. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Abate
Profligate
Codicil
Blight
48. Most noticeable; important
Salient
Ingenious
Mendacity
Codicil
49. Base - lowest
Nadir
Troupe
Reprimand
Cavalcade
50. Slightly salty
Querulous
Poignant
Brackish
Pier
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