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PCAT Vocab2
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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. Strange or mysterious
Gluttony
Uncanny
Fickle
Contentious
2. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
naïvete
agnostic
lope
Cavalcade
3. Depression of spirits
melancholy
apocryphal
Comestible
Magnanimous
4. Base - lowest
Incompetent
Virile
Nadir
Rebuke
5. Lacking flavor
Paregoric
Austere
Insipid
Trowel
6. Acknowledged superiority in
Paltry
Confluence
Moratorium
Eminence
7. Used by ordinary people; secular
Demotic
Lapel
Extol
Codicil
8. Return to former state
Regression
revered
Codicil
Pier
9. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Regression
Garish
evanescent
Skirmish
10. Sorrowful
Dolorous
Errant
ostracism
Indelible
11. Item of food; something eaten
Extol
Peal
maudlin
Comestible
12. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
sybaritic
Tenuous
Extirpate
13. Make (something bad) worse
Exacerbate
Castigate
Fortuitous
Languish
14. Carried out with minimal effort
Perfunctory
Spindle
Errant
Append
15. Restate
Corpulent
Exorbitant
Recapitulate
Quintessence
16. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Booty
lethargy
Insurrection
17. Bucket
perfidy
Pail
hackneyed
Insurrection
18. Store of money or valuable objects
Rapscallion
Hoard
demagogue
belladonna
19. Selfish motives
cynicism
Blight
naïvete
Coalesce
20. Excessive in eating
Comestible
Gluttony
Demoralize
Indelible
21. Something to vehemently dislike
Rapscallion
Begrudge
Pernicious
Anathema
22. Satisfy fully
Sate (satiate)
Lodge
cynicism
Promulgate
23. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Anodyne
Perfidious
Solace
Impertinent
24. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Ardor
Indelible
Titillate
Mellifluous
25. Lying under oath
Perjury
Extirpate
Rebuke
Coalesce
26. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Allay
Intractable
cherubic
Tractable
27. Obstinately uncooperative
Lackey
Recalcitrant
Semantic
Enamel
28. Short simple song
Extirpate
Dilettante
Ditty
belligerent
29. Self-resistant (sexually)
Dour
Continent
Invective
Auspicious
30. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable
Ditty
Pilfer
Codicil
31. In widespread practice - use - existence
Uncanny
Rife
quixotic
Connoisseur
32. Overly theatrical
Malady
perfidy
Histrionic
Giddy
33. Preference/special liking for
Invective
Pugilist
Predilection
Eminence
34. Lose composure; make agitated
Expedient
Prerogative
Jibe
Fluster
35. Assign inferior rank to
Relegate
Skirmish
Silo
Mulish
36. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
Brigand
Scion
Begrudge
37. To flatter/admire excessively.
adulation
Codicil
Imbue
Inadvertent
38. Cheerful - hopeful.
Quarry
Insurrection
sanguine
Pervasive
39. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Indelible
Paregoric
Lithe
Amulet
40. Happen by chance
Regression
Fortuitous
Fickle
lope
41. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Lax
Scion
Admonition
trite
42. Critical observation/examination
Miscreant
Scrutiny
Reverence
Relegate
43. Most perfect/typical example
Quintessence
Ingenious
Circuitous
Scion
44. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Consternation
quixotic
Parley
Abate
45. Criticize sharply
Amenable
Rebuke
posh
Futility
46. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Coy
Petulant
Bland
Inundate
47. Informal private conversation
Entomology
Obsequious
Confab
Apex
48. Member of a band
Promulgate
Strident
Brigand
Comestible
49. Trap for catching small animals
Begrudge
Valor
Pedant
Snare
50. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Amalgamate
Ardor
Austere