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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. Small quantity
Modicum
Scrutiny
pariah
Ethereal
2. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Eschew
Malady
Discreet
Pusillanimous
3. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Asinine
Pertinent
barrenness
Revue
4. Member of a band
Chortle
Brigand
Skirmish
Rife
5. Trap for catching small animals
Dolorous
Ardor
Snare
Brackish
6. Generous/munificent/forgive
juggernaut
Slake
Magnanimous
Vapid
7. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Spurn
Exhort
Eccentric
stoic
8. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
Promulgate
belligerent
posh
9. Give up or become compliant
Fickle
Tractable
Audacious
Blight
10. Very severe - stern - gloomy
stoic
Dour
Pervasive
Indolent
11. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Tractable
Ethereal
Disparage
12. Express disapproval in action
Contentious
Seraphic
chastened
Reproach
13. One living in solitude (religious)
Fulminate
Dolorous
Hermit
Banal
14. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Jibe
Admonition
Auspicious
Chortle
15. Depression of spirits
Bristle
Hedonist
Scrutiny
melancholy
16. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Profusion
Spurn
Coffer
17. Beggar
Inundate
apocryphal
Mendicant
Troupe
18. Abusive/highly critical language
Ethereal
filibuster
Bristle
Invective
19. Lying under oath
cogent
Perjury
Impetuous
Pugilist
20. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
cynicism
Discreet
Fracas
Placebo
21. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Indignation
Histrionic
Nadir
Seraphic
22. Having power; convincing
Magnanimous
cogent
Vociferous
Mulish
23. Base - lowest
Revue
Nadir
Skirmish
Preside
24. Appropriate - suitable
Conducive
Bristle
Coy
Apt
25. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Solace
Audacious
lethargy
Pail
26. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Snare
Bungler
Embroider
27. Easily influenced/controlled
aridity
Amenable
Acclimate
Miscreant
28. Lacking flavor
Predilection
Exacerbate
Insipid
Inundate
29. Mythical beast; unreal.
Angler
Confluence
chimerical
Placebo
30. Descendant (notable - long family)
Scion
Abstruse
pariah
Hone
31. Cancel or take back
invidious
Insurrection
Rescind
Pedestrian
32. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Obsequious
aridity
Chortle
33. Having no fear
Paltry
Intrepid
Hone
Malady
34. Slim; supple; graceful
Philander
Snare
Lithe
Ostentatious
35. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Flounder
Allay
Carouse
Garish
36. Overly theatrical
Supplant
Depot
Histrionic
Ostentatious
37. Short simple song
Preside
Downpour
Uncanny
Ditty
38. Critical observation/examination
choleric
Titillate
Apt
Scrutiny
39. Obstinately uncooperative
antebellum
Recalcitrant
Revue
Rebuke
40. Difficult to understand
Abstruse
Quarry
Avarice
Inexorable
41. Extreme greed for wealth
Snare
Hedonist
Coffer
Avarice
42. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
Sanctuary
Conducive
Contempt
43. Saying much in few words; brief.
Boorish
agnostic
Repugnant
laconic - spartan
44. Submissive
Docile
Raucous
Depot
Reverence
45. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Obsequious
Enamel
Balmy
maudlin
46. Something to vehemently dislike
Atelier
Gaunt
Anathema
maudlin
47. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Cavalcade
antebellum
Amulet
48. Express vehement protest
bewildering
revered
Fulminate
Lariat
49. Self-resistant (sexually)
Spurn
Ingenious
Jibe
Continent
50. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Exorbitant
Subjective
Ubiquitous
Garish