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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. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Virile
Pertinent
Scowl
Kudos
2. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
perfidy
masochist
Pervasive
Demotic
3. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Modicum
Silo
Mulish
4. Stubborn to change one's mind
Contempt
Obstinate
evanescent
Profusion
5. Art/practice of disputation.
Append
Hone
polemic
Panacea
6. Fashionable.
Dandy
Conflagration
Reprieve
posh
7. Difficult to understand
Jibe
cynicism
Abstruse
Embroider
8. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Ostentatious
Paramour
Confluence
Anathema
9. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
diligence
Paregoric
Dour
Conflagration
10. Warlike
Vociferous
bellicose
Continent
Allay
11. Servant
Lackey
Abhor
Apt
Libidinous
12. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Tenuous
Errant
apocryphal
Enamel
13. Deviate from standard/normal
Boorish
Anomaly
Extol
Mulish
14. Of a subject - obscure
Rancid
Soporific
Recondite
melancholy
15. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
Eulogy
Skirmish
Revue
16. Become less intense/widespread
Appease
Anachronism
Abate
Blight
17. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Obstinate
Eschew
Scrutiny
18. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Codicil
Languish
demagogue
sybaritic
19. Item of food; something eaten
Comestible
obverse
Infirmary
Soporific
20. Abusive/highly critical language
vitriol
Exacerbate
Carouse
Invective
21. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
quixotic
Uncanny
Pejorative
Abate
22. Lack strong features/uninteresting
cavalier
Bristle
invidious
Bland
23. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Miscreant
belladonna
Carouse
agnostic
24. Causing (likely) disagreement
Balmy
Mulish
Contentious
Insipid
25. Bulky glove
meretricious
Elegy
Gauntlet
Reproach
26. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Circumlocution
Expedient
Frivolous
Indignation
27. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Infirmary
Discordant
Ethereal
Blight
28. Store of money or valuable objects
Inane
Hoard
Histrionic
barrenness
29. Saying much in few words; brief.
Hone
laconic - spartan
Ardor
Pail
30. Written message (diplomacy)
Coy
Memorandum
Poignant
Blight
31. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Coalesce
Coy
cherubic
Surreptitious
32. Give up or become compliant
Virile
Castigate
Tractable
Querulous
33. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Comestible
Frivolous
Ennui
Anodyne
34. Hard to control/deal with
Intractable
Gaunt
Repugnant
Avarice
35. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Cavalcade
Admonition
Uncanny
Discombobulate
36. Lying under oath
Perjury
Cabal
Amenable
lope
37. Longer than most direct way
lucidity
Fulminate
Circuitous
Mendicant
38. Heavy rainfall
Modicum
Discombobulate
Ardor
Downpour
39. Trap for catching small animals
Snare
Insurrection
Soporific
inanimate
40. Travel over esp. on foot
perambulate
Anachronism
Extol
Fulminate
41. Stubborn (like a mule)
Reverence
Abdicate
Mulish
Pertinent
42. Steal (things of little value)
Innocuous
Apprehensive
Pilfer
Rebuke
43. Rope used as a lasso
aridity
Lariat
Kudos
Pugilist
44. Fault-finding
Lodge
revered
Captious
Castigate
45. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Repugnant
Obstinate
Apex
Coy
46. Confuse
Discombobulate
Ethereal
Tame
aridity
47. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
bewildering
choleric
Gaunt
Indelible
48. Promote/make widely known
Lithe
Promulgate
Bland
Carouse
49. Shun or avoid
Eschew
Demoralize
Expedient
Intractable
50. Trickery or fraud
Banal
Invective
Chicanery
Memorandum