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PCAT Vocab2
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pcat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Fulminate
Fortuitous
Petulant
masochist
2. Servant
Disparage
Clamor
Lackey
Assiduous
3. Large amount of something; myriad
Codicil
Profusion
Rife
Hilt
4. Art/practice of disputation.
Hilt
seraphic
polemic
Perfidious
5. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Anodyne
Eulogy
Austere
6. Impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorable
Pugilist
Candid
Derision
7. Show great care and perseverance
Discordant
Assiduous
Dulcet
Nefarious
8. Impatient/bad-tempered
Lithe
Petulant
Candid
Subjective
9. Having no fear
Entomology
Intrepid
Giddy
Errant
10. Beggar
Mendicant
hangar
Domicile
Stoical
11. End something
Abate
Demeanor
Scion
Consummate
12. Acknowledged superiority in
Derision
Gauntlet
Eminence
polemic
13. Easily influenced/controlled
Rife
Cynical
Pensive
Amenable
14. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Sterile
Lithe
Reticent
Obsequious
15. Destroy completely
Extirpate
Salient
Exorbitant
quixotic
16. Apathy or sluggishness
Austere
phlegmatic
lucidity
Discombobulate
17. Container storing valuables
Downpour
Fluster
Asinine
Coffer
18. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Cavalcade
Conducive
polemic
Pier
19. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Paragon
Austere
Entomology
Confluence
20. Small quantity
Balmy
Modicum
Tame
Extirpate
21. Used by ordinary people; secular
Contentious
Indignation
Demotic
Append
22. Loud/confused noise
Reverence
Clamor
Pedestrian
Perfidious
23. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Allay
Lapel
agnostic
Candid
24. Trap for catching small animals
Revue
perfidy
Perfunctory
Snare
25. Generous/munificent/forgive
Pejorative
Extirpate
Magnanimous
Embroider
26. House/repair airplanes
Revue
Atelier
hangar
Recondite
27. Massive relentless force
Angler
Ingenious
juggernaut
Perturb
28. Profession/science of teaching
Scion
seraphic
Obsequious
Pedagogy
29. Placate by acceding their demands
Virile
Appease
Anathema
Circuitous
30. Bulky glove
Giddy
Recalcitrant
Gauntlet
Apprehensive
31. Give up or become compliant
Regression
Exonerate
Hoard
Tractable
32. Rope used as a lasso
laconic - spartan
Gluttony
Innocuous
Lariat
33. Heavy rainfall
filibuster
Downpour
Paramour
Infringe
34. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Bungler
Blight
Mendicant
Skirmish
35. Outcast
Infringe
Derision
pariah
Cabal
36. Prudent; careful
Loquacious
Circuitous
Discreet
Ardor
37. Dryness
Giddy
Infringe
aridity
Abstruse
38. Exhibiting aggression.
Captious
Dandy
belligerent
Mendicant
39. Place for storage of large commodity
Valor
Hackneyed
Depot
Asinine
40. Depression of spirits
Pail
Innocuous
Futility
melancholy
41. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Pedant
Circumlocution
Dilettante
Discombobulate
42. Medicinal extract.
belligerent
belladonna
Sate (satiate)
Troupe
43. Accept passively (give in); accede
Eulogy
Apt
Acquiesce
Hone
44. Appropriate - suitable
Peal
Booty
Apt
Reprimand
45. Lustful
foal
Libidinous
Euphoric
Paltry
46. Small quantity
antebellum
agnostic
Modicum
Entomology
47. Gather things together
Amalgamate
Petulant
Sanctuary
Stoical
48. Be in the position of authority
Preside
Tirade
Append
Extirpate
49. Of a subject - obscure
melancholy
Petulant
Recondite
bellicose
50. Brief and concise.
Ethereal
Intractable
succinct
Tame