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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. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Atelier
Bungler
Infringe
Bland
2. Place for storage of large commodity
Fickle
Depot
Reprimand
Semantic
3. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
Bungler
Kudos
Memorandum
4. Dizzy
Giddy
Troupe
Pert
Acclimate
5. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Garish
Demoralize
polemic
Discombobulate
6. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Reproach
Abhor
Apex
Poignant
7. Wordy (fewer would do)
posh
Seraphic
Circumlocution
Nefarious
8. Accept passively (give in); accede
Acquiesce
Plethora
hackneyed
Raucous
9. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Subjective
adulation
Giddy
Revue
10. Junction of two rivers; merging
Indignation
Intrepid
Assiduous
Confluence
11. Destroy completely
barrenness
Ubiquitous
Extirpate
Discordant
12. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Salient
Pernicious
juggernaut
13. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
pariah
Carouse
Libidinous
14. Something opposite to another
Exacerbate
Ubiquitous
obverse
Lapel
15. Trick
Pejorative
Ruse
Strident
Balmy
16. Item of food; something eaten
Asinine
Austere
Contentious
Comestible
17. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
sanguine
Fulminate
Miscreant
Exorbitant
18. Restate
Recapitulate
Pedagogy
Lithe
Cabal
19. Only motivated by self-interest
Cynical
Castigate
Skirmish
Recapitulate
20. Of a subject - obscure
Brigand
cogent
hangar
Recondite
21. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Innocuous
chimerical
Loquacious
Balmy
22. Gather things together
Amalgamate
Conducive
Captious
Brigand
23. Lack harmony; conflicting
hangar
Apt
Discordant
Ardor
24. Large amount of something; myriad
Profusion
Cabal
Infirmary
Hone
25. (of a person) fat
Insurrection
Mulish
Corpulent
trite
26. Unconventional/slightly strange
Lithe
Vapid
Eccentric
Extirpate
27. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Booty
Perfidious
Vociferous
Pensive
28. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
maudlin
obverse
choleric
Derision
29. Brief and concise.
succinct
hangar
Hermit
Bristle
30. Wicked/criminal
Indignation
Nefarious
Libidinous
Pail
31. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Continent
Snare
Dolorous
Pert
32. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
demagogue
ostracism
Quant
Prerogative
33. Officially absolve from blame
Spurn
Exonerate
Modicum
antebellum
34. Small quantity
Candid
Booty
Derision
Modicum
35. Extreme form of sharpening
Carouse
Malady
Nadir
Hone
36. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Derision
Magnanimous
Reticent
37. Of vital importance; requisite
Desultory
Discreet
Imperative
Obstinate
38. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Reticent
Uncanny
Titillate
Boorish
39. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Innocuous
seraphic
Repugnant
lope
40. Saying much in few words; brief.
Exorbitant
perambulate
laconic - spartan
Revue
41. House/repair airplanes
trite
Languish
hangar
Coffer
42. Deceptive/deceitful
Paregoric
Reprieve
Duplicitous
Amalgamate
43. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Repugnant
Confluence
Malady
pariah
44. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Gluttony
Demotic
quixotic
Chicanery
45. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Ardent
Anodyne
phlegmatic
Consummate
46. Unoriginal; commonplace
Trowel
Anathema
Banal
Sate (satiate)
47. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Avarice
Nadir
obverse
Scowl
48. Talkative
Ardent
Gaunt
Allay
Loquacious
49. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Spindle
Dilettante
Impart
Extirpate
50. Obstinately uncooperative
succinct
Appease
Ubiquitous
Recalcitrant