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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. Short simple song
vitriol
Errant
Embroider
Ditty
2. Deceptive/deceitful
masochist
Mellifluous
Duplicitous
Hone
3. Servant
Munificent
Lackey
naïvete
Acquiesce
4. Written message (diplomacy)
Pejorative
Memorandum
Scion
Circumlocution
5. Tolerant; set as true
Dogmatic
Impetuous
Pensive
Paragon
6. Group of entertainers who tour
Demoralize
Troupe
Conflagration
Pervasive
7. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Candid
Dissolute
Clamor
Lax
8. Placate by acceding their demands
Demeanor
Acclimate
Paucity
Appease
9. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Discreet
Modicum
Impart
Fracas
10. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Allay
Ardent
diligence
Inane
11. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Rapscallion
serendipity
Incompetent
Perfunctory
12. Brief and concise.
Corpulent
succinct
Pejorative
Anomaly
13. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
diligence
Inane
Ingenious
Blight
14. Overly theatrical
Domicile
polemic
Histrionic
Hilt
15. Saying much in few words; brief.
Obstinate
laconic - spartan
Eulogy
Insipid
16. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Ubiquitous
Docile
Bristle
Desultory
17. Schemer/fisherman
masochist
Angler
Acquiesce
Extirpate
18. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Bland
Moratorium
Lithe
Bristle
19. Praise and honor
Kudos
Ditty
Moratorium
drawl
20. Submissive
cherubic
Scant
Docile
stoic
21. Communicate; give to something
Repugnant
Spindle
Impart
Booty
22. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Perfidious
Dolorous
Prerogative
perfidy
23. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Paragon
Revue
Cavalcade
Hedonist
24. Lustful
Libidinous
Atelier
Amulet
Exacerbate
25. Impatient/bad-tempered
Placebo
naïvete
Prerogative
Petulant
26. Express disapproval in action
Berth
Reproach
agnostic
Modicum
27. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Tenuous
Fulminate
quixotic
aridity
28. Large amount of something; myriad
Profusion
Audacious
Pernicious
Rife
29. Part of a suit
Consummate
Lapel
Tractable
Assiduous
30. Approval; praise
chastened
Dissolute
Auspicious
Approbation
31. Rope used as a lasso
Perfidious
Lariat
Brigand
Depot
32. Favorable
sybaritic
Auspicious
Imperative
Rebuke
33. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Obsequious
Dour
Cavalcade
Seraphic
34. Used by ordinary people; secular
Giddy
Demotic
Insurrection
Troupe
35. Accustom to new conditions
Acclimate
Pejorative
Inadvertent
Hone
36. Tastelessly bright or showy
Contentious
stoic
Gaudy
Hermit
37. Valuable stolen goods
Futility
hackneyed
Infirmary
Booty
38. Angry/bad-tempered expression
bewildering
Scowl
Discordant
Recapitulate
39. Anxiety or dismay.
Surreptitious
Consternation
Hilt
Pedagogy
40. Deep respect
polemic
naïvete
Reverence
Semantic
41. Loud and harsh
chimerical
Strident
Pertinent
Paltry
42. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Approbation
Subjective
Quant
Felicity
43. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Plethora
Mellifluous
Dilettante
Inexorable
44. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
filibuster
Errant
Duplicitous
Innocuous
45. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Eccentric
Rebuke
Mendicant
46. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
evanescent
Rapscallion
Bungler
Admonition
47. Of vital importance; requisite
lucidity
Petulant
Pernicious
Imperative
48. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Quant
Reprimand
Denude
Solace
49. Extremely foolish or stupid
Asinine
Ruse
Rife
Vapid
50. Before the war
Spindle
antebellum
Pail
Dulcet