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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. Lack harmony; conflicting
Munificent
Pejorative
Discordant
chastened
2. Accept passively (give in); accede
Inundate
Acquiesce
sybaritic
Dour
3. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Ditty
Pervasive
Scion
Paregoric
4. Not sufficiently skillful
foal
quixotic
Incompetent
Snare
5. Extreme form of sharpening
Modicum
Ruse
Valor
Hone
6. Fully in agreement
Malady
Gauntlet
masochist
Unanimous
7. Not harmful or offensive
Subjective
Innocuous
Rapscallion
Sanctuary
8. Permanent
Corpulent
Reverence
Petulant
Indelible
9. Anticipating with anxiety
perambulate
Preside
Lapel
Apprehensive
10. Promote/make widely known
Eschew
Clamor
Abate
Promulgate
11. Deep respect
inanimate
Carouse
Reverence
Rescind
12. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Connoisseur
Abate
Paregoric
13. Anxiety or dismay.
Consternation
Acquiesce
Lodge
Magnanimous
14. Return to former state
Remission
Desultory
Regression
Scowl
15. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Consummate
phlegmatic
Semantic
Cavalcade
16. Naive(artless - ingenuous) remark or action.
naïvete
Pernicious
Pusillanimous
Discreet
17. Place for storage of large commodity
Depot
bewildering
Scowl
Pedant
18. Violent uprising against authority
Allay
Ascetic
Conducive
Insurrection
19. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Booty
Desultory
Reprieve
Garish
20. Most noticeable; important
Strident
Ditty
Salient
Jibe
21. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
maudlin
Sate (satiate)
Sanctuary
22. Slightly salty
Rife
meretricious
Semantic
Brackish
23. Show great care and perseverance
Derision
Castigate
Assiduous
Impetuous
24. Lustful
Desultory
Libidinous
Stoical
Abstruse
25. Grow weak/feeble
Perfunctory
aridity
Euphoric
Languish
26. Disease or ailment
Coalesce
Malady
Discreet
Surreptitious
27. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Revue
Captious
Sanctuary
Petulant
28. Loud and harsh
Strident
Vociferous
Ostentatious
Profligate
29. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Perturb
Vociferous
Reticent
Assiduous
30. Selfish motives
cynicism
Dour
Poignant
invidious
31. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Hermit
Trowel
sybaritic
Entomology
32. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Anodyne
Lackey
Panacea
Balmy
33. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Inundate
Contentious
hangar
Lax
34. Satisfy fully
cherubic
Sate (satiate)
Innocuous
diligence
35. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
melancholy
Spurn
cavalier
36. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Moratorium
Pensive
Futility
Exacerbate
37. Trap for catching small animals
Remission
Confab
Euphoric
Snare
38. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Denude
adulation
Exhort
Rancid
39. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Tame
Ingenious
Magnanimous
Slake
40. Member of a band
Chicanery
Brigand
Discreet
Downpour
41. Not resulting from plan
Effervescent
Inadvertent
Contempt
Loquacious
42. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Rapscallion
Lackey
Errant
Inundate
43. Self-resistant (sexually)
Reprieve
Errant
lethargy
Continent
44. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Libidinous
Abate
Imbue
Rancid
45. Lose composure; make agitated
Titillate
Pedagogy
Fluster
Cynical
46. Extremely foolish or stupid
Conflagration
evanescent
Asinine
Insipid
47. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Demure
Intractable
Pensive
48. Noisy disturbance or quarrel
Salient
Fracas
Rescind
cherubic
49. Talkative
Sate (satiate)
Loquacious
Denude
barrenness
50. Depression of spirits
melancholy
Sate (satiate)
Revue
Stoical