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PCAT Vocab2
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Subjects
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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. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Demure
Exacerbate
Sterile
Exorbitant
2. Store of money or valuable objects
Predilection
Vapid
Chicanery
Hoard
3. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Acclimate
Ascetic
Fickle
4. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Abate
Ostentatious
Abstruse
Ruse
5. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Soporific
Apex
Paucity
Abhor
6. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Contentious
Conflagration
Discombobulate
7. Not resulting from plan
Inadvertent
Pedant
Spurn
Rife
8. Not sufficiently skillful
Incompetent
trite
Sanctuary
Exonerate
9. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
Fickle
Panacea
quixotic
10. Like a knight; proud or careless.
Embroider
cavalier
Pejorative
Euphoric
11. Barren; fruitless
filibuster
Coffer
Sterile
Derision
12. Loud and harsh
hangar
bellicose
Avarice
Strident
13. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Amulet
Paragon
Modicum
Profusion
14. Impatient/bad-tempered
Petulant
Modicum
Coalesce
Avarice
15. Express disapproval; reprove
Recondite
Modicum
Castigate
Reprimand
16. Acknowledged superiority in
Perjury
Eminence
Inundate
Troupe
17. Strange or mysterious
Coy
Reprimand
Raucous
Uncanny
18. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Candid
Corpulent
Bungler
Surreptitious
19. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Hone
Blight
Salient
Assiduous
20. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Boorish
Infringe
Pugilist
Recalcitrant
21. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Rancid
Anomaly
Eminence
Obstinate
22. Causing (likely) disagreement
Contentious
Coffer
Soporific
Spurn
23. Flood/large amount of water
Surreptitious
Inundate
Perturb
Appease
24. Outcast
Acclimate
Tractable
seraphic
pariah
25. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Silo
Spurn
Discombobulate
Remission
26. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
Rancid
Preside
Ingenious
27. Relate to meaning in language/logic
foal
Pertinent
Silo
Semantic
28. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
sanguine
Innocuous
Allay
Inadvertent
29. Represent as little worth; scorn
Scowl
Pervasive
Disparage
Pensive
30. Valuable stolen goods
Inexorable
Pedant
Booty
Pedagogy
31. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Ennui
Hermit
hangar
Uncanny
32. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
seraphic
Begrudge
posh
agnostic
33. One living in solitude (religious)
Disparage
Hermit
Discombobulate
inanimate
34. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Vociferous
Skirmish
Ardor
Recapitulate
35. Have no serious purpose/value
Frivolous
seraphic
Skirmish
Rife
36. Anger
Lapel
Ire
agnostic
Exhort
37. Not harmful or offensive
hangar
Angler
Innocuous
Gaunt
38. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Virile
Titillate
Exorbitant
39. Country of one's permanent stay
Discreet
Inexorable
Domicile
Dogmatic
40. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Euphoric
Angler
Quintessence
Tame
41. Perplex - confusing
Recapitulate
bewildering
Pensive
Perfunctory
42. Promote/make widely known
Cabal
Languish
Soporific
Promulgate
43. Of a subject - obscure
Recondite
Obsequious
Imperative
Anodyne
44. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
obverse
Paltry
belladonna
Profligate
45. Most noticeable; important
Discreet
Dilettante
Frivolous
Salient
46. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Rapscallion
Indelible
Spindle
47. Informal private conversation
Circumlocution
pariah
Confab
Perjury
48. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Booty
Castigate
Ire
49. Deceptive/deceitful
invidious
Lapel
Duplicitous
Infirmary
50. Resign/give up
Abdicate
Demotic
Mendicant
Rancid