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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. Self-resistant (sexually)
diligence
Relegate
Pier
Continent
2. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Anomaly
Candid
Amulet
Berth
3. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Chicanery
Exonerate
Magnanimous
4. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Modicum
Sedate
Anathema
Fracas
5. Formally display sorrow
Hilt
Dulcet
Magnanimous
Elegy
6. Long speech of angry criticism
Spindle
Nefarious
Continent
Tirade
7. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Imbue
Euphoric
Begrudge
Inexorable
8. Not having life.
Inundate
Paltry
choleric
inanimate
9. Travel over esp. on foot
Dogmatic
perambulate
Abate
Ascetic
10. Reject with disdain
Futility
Spurn
Rancid
Ardor
11. Offering nothing challenging
Vapid
Perfidious
lucidity
Loquacious
12. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Reprieve
Remission
hangar
Avarice
13. Trickery or fraud
Austere
Chicanery
Profligate
Profusion
14. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Relegate
Admonition
agnostic
Smug
15. One living in solitude (religious)
Hermit
Parley
cavalier
Pusillanimous
16. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Revue
antebellum
Promulgate
17. One who suffers without complaining.
stoic
Pedestrian
Infirmary
Perjury
18. Accept passively (give in); accede
Modicum
Trowel
Demeanor
Acquiesce
19. Having no fear
Intrepid
Intractable
filibuster
panegyric
20. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
demagogue
Incompetent
Sanctuary
meretricious
21. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Consternation
Pusillanimous
Docile
Allay
22. Highest order of angels
Lithe
seraphic
barrenness
Codicil
23. Happen by chance
Fortuitous
chastened
Nadir
Discordant
24. Accustom to new conditions
lucidity
cherubic
Acclimate
maudlin
25. Impossible to stop or prevent
Sterile
Inexorable
Corpulent
Anomaly
26. Deep respect
Pensive
Coy
Recapitulate
Reverence
27. Sew
Paucity
Demure
cherubic
Embroider
28. Bucket
Pail
Demotic
chimerical
Euphoric
29. Flood/large amount of water
Lunacy
Inundate
Pedagogy
Duplicitous
30. Making harsh/loud noise
adulation
Raucous
Brigand
Cynical
31. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Lax
Hone
Scant
hangar
32. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Spindle
Sterile
Carouse
Tame
33. Be in the position of authority
Preside
Impetuous
Recapitulate
Incompetent
34. Written message (diplomacy)
Pusillanimous
Memorandum
Acclimate
Consternation
35. Submissive
Effervescent
Silo
Lunacy
Docile
36. Very small/meager
Pier
Pedestrian
Chortle
Paltry
37. Lustful
Docile
Fickle
Libidinous
Innocuous
38. Dull and uninspired
antebellum
Begrudge
Pedestrian
Titillate
39. Trick
Ruse
Perfidious
Append
agnostic
40. Appropriate - suitable
Infringe
adulation
Apt
Invective
41. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
maudlin
Tractable
Bristle
stoic
42. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
lope
Ethereal
posh
Sedate
43. Lover (against marriage)
cynicism
Dilettante
Paramour
Flounder
44. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Inundate
Fickle
serendipity
Exacerbate
45. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Predilection
Trowel
Pervasive
Pilfer
46. Extreme form of sharpening
Hone
cherubic
Skirmish
Contentious
47. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
cherubic
Uncanny
Miscreant
Imbue
48. Prudent; careful
Scion
Discreet
Fortuitous
Tractable
49. Criticize sharply
Rebuke
Imperative
Reverence
Regression
50. Extensive/destructive fire
Conflagration
foal
Spurn
barrenness