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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. Disease or ailment
Lugubrious
Append
Malady
Depot
2. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Connoisseur
Mellifluous
Cavalcade
naïvete
3. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Ardent
Enamel
Inundate
Contentious
4. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Blight
Candid
Pejorative
5. Cancel or take back
masochist
Futility
Imperative
Rescind
6. Base - lowest
Lunacy
Nadir
Pusillanimous
Pugilist
7. Schemer/fisherman
Fluster
Angler
Pedant
Approbation
8. An episode of irregular fighting
Skirmish
Titillate
Ruse
Exonerate
9. Tolerant; set as true
Dour
Dogmatic
Eulogy
vitriol
10. Boxer
Cabal
Pugilist
Perfunctory
Downpour
11. Approval; praise
Hedonist
adulation
Peal
Approbation
12. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
cherubic
Infringe
Pert
Coalesce
13. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Corpulent
invidious
Perfunctory
Semantic
14. Unconventional/slightly strange
melancholy
Eccentric
Obstinate
diligence
15. Wordy (fewer would do)
Tame
Circumlocution
Acquiesce
quixotic
16. Break/interlude
hackneyed
cynicism
Pedant
Infringe
17. Fake substitute for a drug
Coalesce
Pensive
Gauntlet
Placebo
18. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Petulant
Anomaly
Inundate
Cabal
19. Relevant/applicable to some matter
Pertinent
foal
Profusion
Coy
20. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Rancid
stoic
Coalesce
Pervasive
21. Secret political faction in collusion
Revue
Sanctuary
Comestible
Cabal
22. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Diatribe
Vapid
Ostentatious
Fickle
23. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
choleric
Recapitulate
Lariat
24. Hard to control/deal with
Intractable
Scrutiny
Abstruse
serendipity
25. Be in the position of authority
Abate
Preside
Embroider
diligence
26. Part of a suit
Abate
Abstruse
bellicose
Lapel
27. Denying one's self pleasure
Ascetic
Lunacy
Hackneyed
Strident
28. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Languish
evanescent
filibuster
Infringe
29. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Lariat
adulation
Nadir
trite
30. Offering nothing challenging
Contempt
Desultory
Insipid
Vapid
31. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
Bungler
Frivolous
Snare
32. Valuable stolen goods
cynicism
Spurn
Duplicitous
Booty
33. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Blight
Apex
Ruse
Reproach
34. Easily influenced/controlled
Indolent
Bland
Amenable
Amulet
35. Extreme greed for wealth
Candid
Avarice
Gluttony
Pilfer
36. Making harsh/loud noise
Blight
Raucous
Ardor
Frivolous
37. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Contentious
Recalcitrant
Expedient
Gauntlet
38. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
hackneyed
Pedant
Predilection
39. Contributing/helping towards
Conducive
Petulant
Perjury
invidious
40. Item of food; something eaten
Placebo
Exonerate
Comestible
Fickle
41. Slightly salty
Brackish
vitriol
Downpour
belladonna
42. Of vital importance; requisite
Imperative
Elegy
cogent
Cavalcade
43. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Pert
Indolent
Pugilist
Appease
44. Violation of faith or loyalty
Codicil
perfidy
maudlin
Lodge
45. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
filibuster
Pervasive
Raucous
Soporific
46. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Soporific
Libidinous
Angler
bewildering
47. Anger
Ire
melancholy
Admonition
Reticent
48. Travel over esp. on foot
Exacerbate
perambulate
Apt
behemoth
49. Post that holds up a handrail
Pail
Chicanery
Anathema
Spindle
50. Officially absolve from blame
Exacerbate
Exonerate
Sterile
Ostentatious