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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
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
obverse
lope
Contempt
filibuster
2. Secret political faction in collusion
Querulous
Embroider
Cabal
Perturb
3. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Ditty
Admonition
Garish
Repugnant
4. Submissive
Exonerate
Ardor
Docile
lethargy
5. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
obverse
Stoical
Ire
6. A mischievous person
Spindle
Rapscallion
Plethora
lethargy
7. Promote/make widely known
Promulgate
Obsequious
diligence
Hilt
8. Cancel punishment of
Relegate
lope
Troupe
Reprieve
9. Complete happiness/ expressing
Felicity
Conflagration
bewildering
filibuster
10. Sorrowful
Perjury
Conflagration
Circumlocution
Dolorous
11. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Salient
Pervasive
panegyric
Candid
12. Untruthful
Desultory
Predilection
Mendacity
Entomology
13. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Obsequious
Allay
Acquiesce
Pedagogy
14. Overly theatrical
Histrionic
Blight
Garish
Docile
15. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Carouse
Dandy
Apprehensive
Amulet
16. Profession/science of teaching
Anachronism
Pedagogy
Incompetent
vitriol
17. Deceptive/deceitful
Flounder
Revue
Impart
Duplicitous
18. Acknowledged superiority in
Subjective
Fortuitous
Eminence
Garish
19. Valuable stolen goods
Modicum
Booty
Dulcet
Pilfer
20. Tastelessly bright or showy
Hermit
Fluster
Gaudy
barrenness
21. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Apt
Relegate
Corpulent
invidious
22. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Memorandum
hackneyed
ostracism
Fortuitous
23. Deviate from standard/normal
Remission
Fortuitous
sybaritic
Anomaly
24. Talkative
Strident
Loquacious
Pedagogy
Demoralize
25. Approval; praise
Booty
Dulcet
Approbation
Allay
26. Barely sufficient/adequate
Profligate
Chortle
agnostic
Scant
27. Recklessly daring
Slake
Fulminate
Entomology
Audacious
28. Rope used as a lasso
Hackneyed
Lariat
Corpulent
Reverence
29. Highest order of angels
Unanimous
seraphic
adulation
Berth
30. Easily influenced/controlled
filibuster
Amenable
Conducive
chastened
31. Having power; convincing
Ditty
agnostic
Inadvertent
cogent
32. Sew
Disparage
Embroider
posh
Pejorative
33. Lover (against marriage)
Bungler
Paramour
Moratorium
Apex
34. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Amalgamate
Infringe
Consummate
Dour
35. A public expression of approval
filibuster
Boorish
Paregoric
panegyric
36. Most noticeable; important
Salient
Uncanny
Rebuke
Subjective
37. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
sanguine
sybaritic
Scrutiny
38. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Assiduous
Hedonist
pariah
39. Dizzy
Giddy
Stoical
Pugilist
Nadir
40. Small quantity
Modicum
Spurn
Titillate
Sterile
41. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Futility
Relegate
Indolent
Poignant
42. Expressing disapproval
Promulgate
Pejorative
Skirmish
Tenuous
43. Part of a suit
Assiduous
Lapel
agnostic
Pernicious
44. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Trowel
belligerent
Expedient
Derision
45. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Audacious
Salient
Assiduous
46. Grow weak/feeble
lucidity
Domicile
Languish
behemoth
47. House/repair airplanes
hangar
Moratorium
Euphoric
Pugilist
48. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Gaunt
cherubic
Invective
Effervescent
49. Make or become fixed; stuck
Spindle
Infringe
Lodge
Pert
50. Cheerful - hopeful.
Paregoric
sanguine
juggernaut
perambulate