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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. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Semantic
cavalier
Valor
Pusillanimous
2. Reject with disdain
Docile
Rancid
Spurn
Reticent
3. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Titillate
Ruse
Reticent
Exacerbate
4. Making harsh/loud noise
Tractable
cynicism
Scant
Raucous
5. Accustom to new conditions
Dour
Confluence
Acclimate
diligence
6. Small quantity
Mendicant
Modicum
Pilfer
Magnanimous
7. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
Abate
Perfidious
Dolorous
8. Critical observation/examination
Codicil
Anomaly
Atelier
Scrutiny
9. Small quantity
Obstinate
Modicum
Frivolous
polemic
10. Acknowledged superiority in
Reprimand
Confab
Candid
Eminence
11. Excessively detailed; boring
Spurn
Pedant
hackneyed
Intractable
12. Temporary prohibition of activity
Cabal
Moratorium
chimerical
Ubiquitous
13. Satisfy fully
Sate (satiate)
Lodge
Histrionic
Codicil
14. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Sanctuary
Sedate
evanescent
15. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Impertinent
Titillate
Reproach
Paramour
16. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
evanescent
Effervescent
Booty
Intractable
17. Unproductive of results
barrenness
Chortle
apocryphal
Expedient
18. Having no fear
Mendacity
Intrepid
Insipid
Kudos
19. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Mellifluous
Chortle
Discreet
Lodge
20. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Insipid
trite
Pusillanimous
Entomology
21. House/repair airplanes
Domicile
Angler
hangar
Corpulent
22. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Gaunt
Perfidious
Ardent
Inadvertent
23. Of vital importance; requisite
Nefarious
Imperative
inanimate
Abdicate
24. (woman) reserved/modest/shy
Discreet
Parley
Inundate
Demure
25. Lying under oath
Moratorium
Soporific
Consternation
Perjury
26. Most perfect/typical example
lethargy
Repugnant
hackneyed
Quintessence
27. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Garish
Hone
Demeanor
evanescent
28. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Lunacy
Boorish
Ingenious
Blight
29. Cancel or take back
melancholy
Troupe
Rescind
Recondite
30. Not having life.
meretricious
inanimate
Scrutiny
Continent
31. Loud/confused noise
Banal
Perfidious
Discordant
Clamor
32. Praise enthusiastically
Approbation
Extol
Relegate
Exhort
33. Most noticeable; important
Salient
Pedestrian
Seraphic
Inexorable
34. Bucket
Pail
Gluttony
Inundate
Troupe
35. Generous/munificent/forgive
Mendacity
Hilt
Smug
Magnanimous
36. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Pert
Discombobulate
ostracism
37. Replace
Supplant
Expedient
perfidy
Rapscallion
38. Outcast
Balmy
Denude
chastened
pariah
39. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Indignation
Modicum
Felicity
Bungler
40. Valuable stolen goods
Spindle
Abhor
Booty
Ennui
41. Sew
Discombobulate
sanguine
Embroider
Inadvertent
42. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Paregoric
Ardor
Tractable
43. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Balmy
Discombobulate
trite
Dilettante
44. Feelings of ill will.
vitriol
Spindle
Dilettante
Apprehensive
45. Appropriate - suitable
Placebo
Semantic
Loquacious
Apt
46. Return to former state
Surreptitious
Imperative
Regression
Ardent
47. Belonging to another period
Blight
Anachronism
Assiduous
Infringe
48. Fault-finding
Rapscallion
bewildering
Rancid
Captious
49. Laugh in a gleeful way
Ire
Blight
Chortle
Modicum
50. Easily influenced/controlled
Amenable
Smug
chastened
Querulous