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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. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Bungler
Eminence
bellicose
Ennui
2. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Balmy
Circumlocution
Sedate
Rife
3. Tolerant; set as true
Dogmatic
Apt
agnostic
Blight
4. Base - lowest
Nadir
Bland
Reprieve
Hackneyed
5. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
Ardent
Fortuitous
drawl
6. Place for storage of large commodity
Supplant
Languish
Continent
Depot
7. Most noticeable; important
Carouse
Salient
Demeanor
meretricious
8. Critical observation/examination
Elegy
Scrutiny
Spurn
Circumlocution
9. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Memorandum
Dissolute
Impertinent
Extirpate
10. Too obedient/servile.
phlegmatic
Obsequious
Bland
Assiduous
11. One who suffers without complaining.
cogent
Effervescent
Comestible
stoic
12. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Pervasive
Demeanor
Begrudge
Ennui
13. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Discreet
Demeanor
Hermit
Boorish
14. Violent uprising against authority
Plethora
Paltry
Fortuitous
Insurrection
15. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Pedagogy
Comestible
Reticent
Impart
16. Lying under oath
belligerent
Perjury
antebellum
Recapitulate
17. Praise enthusiastically
Lodge
Reprieve
Pervasive
Extol
18. Confuse
Allay
sanguine
polemic
Discombobulate
19. Praise and honor
Kudos
Malady
Panacea
Pervasive
20. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
diligence
Exacerbate
sanguine
21. Deadly
sanguine
Coffer
Apt
Pernicious
22. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Mendacity
Plethora
Allay
Expedient
23. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Abhor
Inane
Coy
24. Cheerful - hopeful.
sanguine
Discordant
Fulminate
Scion
25. Express vehement protest
Lackey
Quant
Comestible
Fulminate
26. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Entomology
Unanimous
Hilt
Reverence
27. Extensive/destructive fire
Conflagration
invidious
Smug
filibuster
28. House/repair airplanes
Skirmish
quixotic
Magnanimous
hangar
29. Excessively detailed; boring
Pedant
Downpour
masochist
Kudos
30. Unconventional/slightly strange
Flounder
Eccentric
Placebo
phlegmatic
31. Man entering frequent sex relation
Philander
Vociferous
Angler
Supplant
32. One living in solitude (religious)
Hermit
Tractable
Avarice
Embroider
33. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Anodyne
Fracas
Mulish
serendipity
34. Heavy rainfall
Lackey
Snare
Atelier
Downpour
35. Self-resistant (sexually)
trite
Reprieve
Continent
Incompetent
36. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
trite
succinct
Vapid
Tame
37. In widespread practice - use - existence
Rife
Poignant
Confab
Errant
38. Part of a suit
perfidy
inanimate
Lapel
Discordant
39. Concerned with minor detail
Pedant
Errant
Languish
Promulgate
40. Trick
Dissolute
Auspicious
Ruse
Derision
41. Cancel or take back
Rescind
quixotic
Kudos
Sanctuary
42. Most perfect/typical example
Quintessence
cogent
Rapscallion
Pertinent
43. Greatly honored.
Garish
Pejorative
revered
Atelier
44. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Indolent
Infringe
Scion
Consternation
45. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Peal
Pejorative
Ingenious
46. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Derision
Mulish
Duplicitous
Ruse
47. Restate
Spurn
Recapitulate
Coffer
Invective
48. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Consummate
Pier
Anodyne
Comestible
49. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Valor
Exorbitant
Rancid
Contempt
50. Country of one's permanent stay
Loquacious
Exorbitant
Domicile
Perjury