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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Only seeks personal pleasure
Fluster
Hedonist
Demeanor
Consternation
2. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Inane
Paltry
Soporific
Bungler
3. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Apprehensive
Sanctuary
belligerent
4. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Fluster
Scowl
Gaunt
Cavalcade
5. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eulogy
Assiduous
Titillate
Cynical
6. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
invidious
serendipity
antebellum
Pensive
7. Bulky glove
Exhort
Gauntlet
Pensive
Embroider
8. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
juggernaut
lope
Pejorative
9. Barely sufficient/adequate
Scant
Sedate
Atelier
Mulish
10. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Ditty
Fracas
Paramour
Uncanny
11. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Demeanor
Scion
Impart
Allay
12. Young horse
Perturb
Loquacious
foal
seraphic
13. Expert judge in matter of taste
sybaritic
Connoisseur
Lithe
Cynical
14. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Austere
Amulet
Confab
Uncanny
15. Loud ringing of bells
Infringe
lethargy
Felicity
Peal
16. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Quintessence
cherubic
Ditty
17. Highest order of angels
Candid
Cavalcade
Lodge
seraphic
18. A lover of luxury.
Lackey
Pertinent
sybaritic
Gluttony
19. A hospital
Frivolous
Infirmary
demagogue
Continent
20. Hard to control/deal with
Fluster
Intractable
Sanctuary
Obsequious
21. Extremely foolish or stupid
Asinine
Profusion
Tame
Circuitous
22. Laugh in a gleeful way
perfidy
Chortle
Tractable
Spindle
23. Break/interlude
Continent
Slake
Promulgate
Infringe
24. Mythical beast; unreal.
Quant
pariah
chimerical
Profusion
25. Dizzy
Giddy
Inexorable
Clamor
Ingenious
26. Stubborn to change one's mind
chimerical
Dulcet
Obstinate
Atelier
27. Shun or avoid
Snare
laconic - spartan
Eschew
Dissolute
28. Most noticeable; important
Spurn
Abhor
masochist
Salient
29. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Dandy
Prerogative
Balmy
Profligate
30. Beggar
Mendicant
Acquiesce
Pejorative
Abstruse
31. Generous/munificent/forgive
Magnanimous
lethargy
Fracas
quixotic
32. Obstinately uncooperative
Blight
Lax
Recalcitrant
Modicum
33. Meeting between sides in a dispute
quixotic
Desultory
Parley
Demure
34. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Trowel
Imbue
Placebo
cynicism
35. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Confluence
Inadvertent
sybaritic
Pier
36. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Libidinous
Repugnant
hackneyed
Raucous
37. Extensive/destructive fire
Placebo
Pernicious
Conflagration
melancholy
38. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Nadir
Coffer
Infringe
39. Happen by chance
quixotic
Fortuitous
Lapel
Docile
40. Excessively detailed; boring
Pedant
Abate
Rebuke
Valor
41. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Pusillanimous
Berth
Inane
Inadvertent
42. Endure pain without showing feeling
Begrudge
Chicanery
Demoralize
Stoical
43. Art/practice of disputation.
invidious
Pertinent
Strident
polemic
44. Deep respect
Reverence
aridity
Denude
Cynical
45. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Regression
diligence
Poignant
Asinine
46. Causing (likely) disagreement
Bland
Hoard
Pertinent
Contentious
47. Anticipating with anxiety
Circuitous
Mendacity
Apprehensive
Dandy
48. Violent uprising against authority
Miscreant
Insurrection
Anodyne
Eulogy
49. Too obedient/servile.
Vapid
Assiduous
Impart
Obsequious
50. Excessive in eating
Gluttony
bewildering
Tame
Mellifluous