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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. Trickery or fraud
Anathema
Ire
Chicanery
Audacious
2. Tolerant; set as true
Giddy
Vociferous
Dogmatic
obverse
3. Untruthful
Quintessence
Mendacity
Loquacious
Depot
4. Carried out with minimal effort
bellicose
Scowl
belladonna
Perfunctory
5. Wordy (fewer would do)
Insurrection
Lithe
vitriol
Circumlocution
6. Have no serious purpose/value
Strident
revered
Recalcitrant
Frivolous
7. Cancel or take back
Connoisseur
Balmy
Tractable
Rescind
8. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Candid
Amalgamate
Brackish
9. Unoriginal; commonplace
Banal
Tirade
Relegate
Spurn
10. Apathy or sluggishness
Anachronism
adulation
Indignation
phlegmatic
11. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Obstinate
Audacious
Allay
Futility
12. One who suffers without complaining.
Confluence
Innocuous
stoic
Paragon
13. Lack harmony; conflicting
Domicile
Discordant
Eminence
Incompetent
14. Dissatisfaction from boredom
cogent
Raucous
Ennui
Sate (satiate)
15. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Derision
Scowl
Semantic
Exonerate
16. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
pariah
Poignant
Rancid
Lugubrious
17. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Captious
Eulogy
cherubic
Hilt
18. A studio (where sculpture works)
Abate
Fracas
Atelier
Pier
19. Making harsh/loud noise
Castigate
Raucous
Inundate
Pervasive
20. Cheerful - hopeful.
sanguine
Insipid
Disparage
Embroider
21. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Perjury
Allay
Castigate
hackneyed
22. Something to vehemently dislike
Perturb
Conflagration
Anathema
juggernaut
23. Temporary prohibition of activity
melancholy
Moratorium
quixotic
Perjury
24. Angel (light and purity)
Pusillanimous
Seraphic
Placebo
Allay
25. Causing (likely) disagreement
Blight
Contentious
Infringe
sybaritic
26. Impossible to stop or prevent
vitriol
Append
Pugilist
Inexorable
27. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Valor
Enamel
Recondite
Kudos
28. Perplex - confusing
apocryphal
Rapscallion
bewildering
Lapel
29. Written message (diplomacy)
Pedant
Connoisseur
Memorandum
Imbue
30. Anger
Asinine
Trowel
Ire
Gaunt
31. Place of refuge/safety
Sanctuary
Lithe
Snare
Dogmatic
32. Very small/meager
cavalier
Perfidious
Pensive
Paltry
33. Informal private conversation
Inundate
Allay
Banal
Confab
34. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Uncanny
Balmy
Pernicious
Errant
35. Valuable stolen goods
Subjective
Booty
Hackneyed
Futility
36. Covering protecting nerves in teeth
Allay
Enamel
Skirmish
Errant
37. Prudent; careful
Discreet
Strident
Ardent
Pedagogy
38. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Insipid
quixotic
Lodge
Hone
39. Addition to a will
Gaunt
Codicil
Slake
Obsequious
40. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Exhort
Fluster
Gaunt
Infirmary
41. Obstinately uncooperative
Recalcitrant
Connoisseur
Smug
Captious
42. Place for storage of large commodity
Errant
Depot
Imperative
Innocuous
43. To flatter/admire excessively.
adulation
Mellifluous
Recapitulate
lucidity
44. Very generous
Pernicious
Tenuous
Tirade
Munificent
45. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Pensive
invidious
maudlin
Scion
46. Extreme happiness/elated
Raucous
Lugubrious
cherubic
Euphoric
47. Gather things together
Amalgamate
belladonna
Corpulent
Relegate
48. Extreme form of sharpening
Spindle
trite
Fluster
Hone
49. Endure pain without showing feeling
posh
Stoical
Inadvertent
Coalesce
50. Overly theatrical
Nadir
Carouse
Histrionic
Ubiquitous