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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. Confuse
Discombobulate
Mellifluous
Ardent
panegyric
2. A public expression of approval
panegyric
Paramour
Inundate
Inane
3. Something to vehemently dislike
belladonna
Scrutiny
Fracas
Anathema
4. Lack courage dastard (coward)
sybaritic
Pusillanimous
Appease
Garish
5. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Eulogy
Bristle
Denude
Indignation
6. Only seeks personal pleasure
Ennui
Hedonist
Gaudy
Abhor
7. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Stoical
Mellifluous
Downpour
Eulogy
8. Placate by acceding their demands
Garish
Perfunctory
Appease
Pedagogy
9. Something opposite to another
Berth
laconic - spartan
obverse
Paramour
10. Formally display sorrow
Raucous
Domicile
Allay
Elegy
11. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Amenable
Exhort
Quant
Pert
12. Excessively detailed; boring
Audacious
Hedonist
Petulant
Pedant
13. Unoriginal; commonplace
Mulish
Vociferous
Banal
Munificent
14. Add to end of a document
Append
Perfidious
chastened
Pervasive
15. Used by ordinary people; secular
Surreptitious
Demotic
Infirmary
cavalier
16. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Tirade
Insipid
Blight
Intrepid
17. Not harmful or offensive
Fulminate
Conflagration
posh
Innocuous
18. Group of entertainers who tour
Troupe
phlegmatic
Lugubrious
Bungler
19. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
Blight
Ingenious
Remission
20. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Discordant
Coffer
cynicism
21. Longer than most direct way
Circuitous
Malady
aridity
chimerical
22. Saying much in few words; brief.
Austere
laconic - spartan
Blight
Unanimous
23. Wordy (fewer would do)
Depot
Dogmatic
Circumlocution
panegyric
24. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
serendipity
Consummate
Lax
phlegmatic
25. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Lunacy
Philander
Ardent
Derision
26. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
ostracism
Allay
melancholy
hackneyed
27. Model; exemplar
Approbation
Append
Paragon
Strident
28. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Desultory
Pensive
perfidy
laconic - spartan
29. Making harsh/loud noise
Asinine
Perfidious
Demotic
Raucous
30. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Balmy
Apex
Pier
Obstinate
31. Man entering frequent sex relation
Seraphic
Relegate
Philander
Errant
32. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Bungler
Mendacity
Revue
Dogmatic
33. Found everywhere
Quarry
Ubiquitous
Reprimand
Coy
34. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Castigate
Virile
pariah
Atelier
35. Bucket
Dolorous
Paregoric
agnostic
Pail
36. Country of one's permanent stay
Consternation
Nefarious
Domicile
panegyric
37. Boxer
Pugilist
Codicil
Smug
inanimate
38. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Exacerbate
Extirpate
Indelible
Desultory
39. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Pail
quixotic
Anachronism
masochist
40. Officially absolve from blame
Exonerate
Reticent
Circumlocution
Dulcet
41. Servant
Lackey
Histrionic
Frivolous
cherubic
42. Generous/munificent/forgive
meretricious
Lodge
Magnanimous
stoic
43. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
maudlin
Seraphic
Gluttony
44. Show great care and perseverance
belligerent
polemic
Recondite
Assiduous
45. Untruthful
Mendacity
agnostic
Pervasive
Allay
46. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Dour
Sanctuary
lucidity
choleric
47. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Revue
belladonna
Boorish
Consummate
48. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Histrionic
Mulish
Eschew
49. Fashionable.
posh
Quintessence
obverse
Lodge
50. Cause to lose confidence/hope
cynicism
Pervasive
Demoralize
Hermit