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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. Slightly salty
Dissolute
Booty
Brackish
Confluence
2. Small quantity
Brackish
Querulous
Balmy
Modicum
3. Art/practice of disputation.
Petulant
polemic
Ethereal
Apprehensive
4. Truthful and straightforward; frank
sanguine
panegyric
Candid
Pedagogy
5. Lack harmony; conflicting
Domicile
Discordant
Connoisseur
Pernicious
6. Steal (things of little value)
Spurn
Pilfer
Plethora
lucidity
7. In widespread practice - use - existence
Fluster
Rife
Quintessence
bewildering
8. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Circuitous
Imbue
Placebo
Acquiesce
9. Violent uprising against authority
Dilettante
chimerical
Insurrection
panegyric
10. Be in the position of authority
Reproach
Chortle
Preside
Contentious
11. Obstinately uncooperative
Abstruse
Eminence
Coffer
Recalcitrant
12. Something opposite to another
Scant
obverse
Promulgate
Lodge
13. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Tame
inanimate
Chortle
Cynical
14. Rope used as a lasso
sanguine
naïvete
Pertinent
Lariat
15. Jewelry giving protection from evil
sanguine
Amulet
foal
Candid
16. Man entering frequent sex relation
Anachronism
Philander
Raucous
Fortuitous
17. Break/interlude
Hermit
Spindle
Vapid
Infringe
18. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Predilection
maudlin
Fluster
Banal
19. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Dilettante
Felicity
Sterile
Demure
20. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Rebuke
filibuster
Tractable
21. Praise enthusiastically
Gluttony
Exhort
Extol
Banal
22. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Apt
Paragon
Ardent
Malady
23. Depression of spirits
Preside
Asinine
melancholy
Pedant
24. Violation of faith or loyalty
Recondite
perfidy
Exacerbate
Invective
25. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Rapscallion
Denude
Castigate
lope
26. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
naïvete
Vapid
Fracas
Pernicious
27. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Pedant
Flounder
Chicanery
Connoisseur
28. Only seeks personal pleasure
Semantic
Exacerbate
Dandy
Hedonist
29. Wicked/criminal
posh
Nefarious
antebellum
panegyric
30. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
juggernaut
Impertinent
Infringe
Perfidious
31. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Castigate
Contempt
Strident
32. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Seraphic
Impetuous
Felicity
Hilt
33. A mischievous person
Rapscallion
Ditty
belladonna
Ennui
34. Young horse
Brackish
foal
Perfunctory
Modicum
35. Extremely foolish or stupid
Pedant
Dulcet
Berth
Asinine
36. Beggar
invidious
Parley
Sanctuary
Mendicant
37. Fully in agreement
Unanimous
Sterile
Histrionic
Atelier
38. Difficult to understand
Pert
Abstruse
Errant
Cabal
39. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Preside
Anachronism
Memorandum
40. Straying from the law
Connoisseur
Inane
Errant
Revue
41. To flatter/admire excessively.
adulation
Spurn
Felicity
Sate (satiate)
42. Man concern with stylish looks
Castigate
Dandy
Apt
Pedant
43. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Incompetent
Prerogative
Allay
Subjective
44. Return to former state
succinct
Invective
Assiduous
Regression
45. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
Anodyne
Paregoric
Troupe
46. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
Paregoric
Virile
cogent
Revue
47. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
masochist
Discombobulate
Inadvertent
Effervescent
48. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Ennui
Rancid
Carouse
Codicil
49. Promote/make widely known
Brackish
Giddy
Eulogy
Promulgate
50. Not resulting from plan
Fracas
Reprieve
Inadvertent
Carouse