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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. Boxer
Pugilist
Virile
Scant
Panacea
2. Calm; unhurried
Sedate
Domicile
Modicum
Quintessence
3. Before the war
antebellum
Codicil
Libidinous
Entomology
4. Appropriate - suitable
Libidinous
Apt
Ardent
Scant
5. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eulogy
Conducive
Cynical
Troupe
6. Shun or avoid
Eschew
Memorandum
Brigand
sybaritic
7. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Effervescent
Scant
Begrudge
Tame
8. Junction of two rivers; merging
Memorandum
Confluence
Abdicate
Exhort
9. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Indolent
Demotic
Modicum
Lapel
10. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Unanimous
Petulant
invidious
Ascetic
11. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Admonition
Modicum
cavalier
Contentious
12. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable
drawl
Lackey
Embroider
13. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Garish
Predilection
Indignation
ostracism
14. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Eschew
Profligate
Extirpate
hackneyed
15. Outward behavior
Kudos
Demeanor
Coffer
polemic
16. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Predilection
Semantic
Pensive
Auspicious
17. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
Contentious
Mellifluous
Fracas
18. Recklessly daring
Confab
Coalesce
Admonition
Audacious
19. Fashionable.
posh
Obstinate
Allay
Allay
20. Container storing valuables
Jibe
Imperative
Coffer
Lariat
21. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Auspicious
Reticent
Strident
Comestible
22. Confuse
barrenness
Ostentatious
Discombobulate
Comestible
23. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Hilt
Demotic
masochist
stoic
24. Favorable
Extol
Audacious
Auspicious
Atelier
25. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Desultory
Felicity
Mendacity
Profusion
26. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
pariah
Perturb
Scion
Euphoric
27. Violent uprising against authority
Infringe
Exonerate
Semantic
Insurrection
28. Selfish motives
cynicism
Errant
Confab
Bland
29. Profession/science of teaching
Predilection
Spurn
Pedagogy
Repugnant
30. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Pervasive
Exorbitant
Incompetent
Placebo
31. Found everywhere
Admonition
filibuster
Ubiquitous
Nefarious
32. Part of a suit
choleric
Lapel
Apprehensive
Abate
33. Item of food; something eaten
Continent
Comestible
Intractable
inanimate
34. Formally display sorrow
Seraphic
Elegy
Moratorium
Sterile
35. Post that holds up a handrail
evanescent
Begrudge
Disparage
Spindle
36. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Perfunctory
Flounder
Effervescent
Stoical
37. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Pier
cynicism
Amulet
serendipity
38. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Imperative
lope
Infringe
Captious
39. Insulting/mocking remark
cynicism
Quant
Jibe
Contempt
40. Model; exemplar
Paragon
perfidy
Impart
Coalesce
41. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Nefarious
Smug
Blight
Hilt
42. Rope used as a lasso
bellicose
Pedagogy
Blight
Lariat
43. Restate
Eulogy
Recapitulate
Diatribe
Consummate
44. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Apt
Scrutiny
Quarry
Mulish
45. A public expression of approval
perfidy
Cynical
panegyric
Exhort
46. Having no fear
Intrepid
Entomology
Pedant
Eschew
47. Having power; convincing
trite
Inundate
cogent
Chicanery
48. Sew
Embroider
Gaudy
Imperative
Cynical
49. One who suffers without complaining.
stoic
quixotic
Pedagogy
Surreptitious
50. One living in solitude (religious)
Anomaly
Infirmary
Eminence
Hermit