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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. Anger
Downpour
belladonna
Asinine
Ire
2. Slightly salty
Diatribe
Brackish
Cynical
Plethora
3. Temporary prohibition of activity
Eccentric
Imperative
Moratorium
Pert
4. Prudent; careful
Auspicious
serendipity
hangar
Discreet
5. Complaining in whining manner
Austere
Querulous
Appease
Angler
6. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Codicil
Consummate
Continent
Ostentatious
7. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Prerogative
Raucous
Diatribe
Spindle
8. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Eulogy
Circuitous
Lunacy
Perfunctory
9. Offering nothing challenging
aridity
Tractable
demagogue
Vapid
10. Break/interlude
Intractable
aridity
Perjury
Infringe
11. Tolerant; set as true
Circumlocution
Insipid
Ingenious
Dogmatic
12. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Reproach
Acclimate
cynicism
13. An episode of irregular fighting
Denude
Skirmish
Continent
Quintessence
14. Young horse
Lax
Contempt
foal
Pertinent
15. Apathy or sluggishness
Stoical
Booty
drawl
phlegmatic
16. Art/practice of disputation.
revered
Tirade
polemic
Entomology
17. Fake substitute for a drug
Blight
Placebo
Tame
cynicism
18. Violation of faith or loyalty
perfidy
Gaudy
Extol
Hoard
19. Straying from the law
Errant
hackneyed
Pail
Pejorative
20. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Dour
Quarry
Unanimous
Philander
21. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Perfidious
Disparage
Indolent
Soporific
22. Favorable
Quarry
Pail
Paragon
Auspicious
23. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Pejorative
cogent
quixotic
24. Trick
Docile
Ruse
Gluttony
Pugilist
25. Deep respect
invidious
revered
Berth
Reverence
26. Medicinal extract.
Depot
belladonna
Codicil
Discombobulate
27. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Append
Felicity
Gauntlet
Scowl
28. Descendant (notable - long family)
Demoralize
Scion
filibuster
Demure
29. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Paltry
Recalcitrant
Loquacious
30. (girl or woman) attractively lively
choleric
Continent
Pert
Raucous
31. Shun or avoid
Eschew
cavalier
Pier
Recapitulate
32. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
Discreet
Soporific
Miscreant
33. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Pedagogy
Demoralize
Enamel
34. Mythical beast; unreal.
Lax
Solace
chimerical
Scrutiny
35. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Approbation
Cynical
Imbue
Titillate
36. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Lackey
Mendacity
Pail
Perturb
37. Tending to vanish like vapor.
evanescent
Rebuke
Slake
Raucous
38. Fashionable.
Anathema
posh
Ingenious
Mulish
39. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
cherubic
Lunacy
Allay
Conflagration
40. Unconventional/slightly strange
Eccentric
Querulous
Stoical
Mendicant
41. Talkative
Diatribe
Loquacious
Inane
Blight
42. Very generous
Auspicious
Munificent
Boorish
Inundate
43. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Pertinent
Rebuke
barrenness
Memorandum
44. Something to vehemently dislike
Amulet
adulation
Anathema
Innocuous
45. Item of food; something eaten
Comestible
Pilfer
Fulminate
Reverence
46. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Downpour
Pensive
Lax
Indignation
47. Impatient/bad-tempered
Bland
Fortuitous
Petulant
Perfunctory
48. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Carouse
Ostentatious
trite
Slake
49. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Infirmary
Amalgamate
Blight
Diatribe
50. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Mellifluous
Obsequious
Rapscallion
Impetuous