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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. Written message (diplomacy)
Pensive
Sterile
Memorandum
Petulant
2. Submissive
Dissolute
Docile
Allay
Remission
3. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
obverse
Troupe
Eccentric
Quant
4. Having no fear
Extol
Avarice
Felicity
Intrepid
5. Prudent; careful
Ascetic
Discreet
Confluence
seraphic
6. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
Innocuous
Paucity
apocryphal
Abate
7. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Lapel
Dissolute
Pedagogy
Semantic
8. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Fickle
Bungler
Poignant
Impertinent
9. Apathy or sluggishness
phlegmatic
Audacious
Chortle
Mendacity
10. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
filibuster
polemic
invidious
cogent
11. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Angler
Relegate
Dilettante
Scant
12. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Futility
Loquacious
Pusillanimous
Libidinous
13. Showy (no value); prostitute.
stoic
meretricious
Silo
Anomaly
14. Tall tower used to store grain
Munificent
Rancid
Clamor
Silo
15. Post that holds up a handrail
evanescent
Blight
Lackey
Spindle
16. Praise enthusiastically
melancholy
Miscreant
Extol
Rapscallion
17. Cheerful - hopeful.
sanguine
Titillate
masochist
Abhor
18. Small quantity
Denude
Modicum
Append
revered
19. Selfish motives
Moratorium
Ostentatious
Entomology
cynicism
20. Strongly encourage or urge to do
Exhort
cavalier
Asinine
Reproach
21. Praise and honor
Paregoric
Kudos
Atelier
Profligate
22. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Lunacy
Allay
Abstruse
Recondite
23. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Dulcet
Extol
stoic
24. Lustful
Libidinous
Brigand
Insipid
Rapscallion
25. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Begrudge
Abdicate
Austere
Obsequious
26. Trickery or fraud
Allay
Chicanery
Hedonist
Tame
27. Self-resistant (sexually)
Continent
Booty
Approbation
Supplant
28. Part of a suit
phlegmatic
Lapel
invidious
Approbation
29. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Ardor
Dilettante
Exorbitant
Mellifluous
30. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Apt
Extirpate
Tractable
maudlin
31. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Subjective
Futility
maudlin
Garish
32. Criticize sharply
Rebuke
Acquiesce
Exonerate
bewildering
33. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Brackish
Intrepid
Imbue
Impetuous
34. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Troupe
vitriol
Rapscallion
Diatribe
35. Massive relentless force
Extol
juggernaut
Confluence
Reticent
36. Add to end of a document
vitriol
Append
Gauntlet
Raucous
37. Mournful/sad/dismay
Reverence
Lugubrious
Chortle
Panacea
38. Brief and concise.
Disparage
succinct
Ennui
Imperative
39. Recklessly daring
Audacious
Perfunctory
Extol
Abhor
40. Insanity
cogent
Lunacy
Mendicant
Booty
41. Lack harmony; conflicting
Discordant
antebellum
Repugnant
Paragon
42. Deep respect
Amulet
Reverence
antebellum
Circumlocution
43. Deadly
Apt
Amalgamate
Pernicious
Pedant
44. Base - lowest
filibuster
Nadir
Codicil
Continent
45. Junction of two rivers; merging
Anomaly
Continent
Eminence
Confluence
46. Satisfy fully
Garish
Pertinent
Sate (satiate)
Imbue
47. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
lope
Slake
Insurrection
invidious
48. Profession/science of teaching
Pedagogy
Ruse
perfidy
Solace
49. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
naïvete
Pier
Seraphic
Contentious
50. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Diatribe
Blight
Rescind
demagogue