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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Mournful/sad/dismay
Semantic
Inundate
Lugubrious
Pernicious
2. Making harsh/loud noise
Reproach
Raucous
Confab
Insurrection
3. Art/practice of disputation.
Prerogative
Perfunctory
Auspicious
polemic
4. Dissatisfaction from boredom
pariah
Ennui
Abstruse
Imperative
5. Model; exemplar
Paragon
stoic
Semantic
Kudos
6. Beggar
Exonerate
Reproach
Mendicant
Predilection
7. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
Flounder
Brigand
Clamor
Diatribe
8. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Auspicious
Exonerate
Ethereal
aridity
9. Insulting/mocking remark
Pier
Jibe
Flounder
Enamel
10. Causing (likely) disagreement
Dilettante
Contentious
cynicism
Admonition
11. Loud ringing of bells
Frivolous
Sedate
Peal
Circuitous
12. Profession/science of teaching
Reproach
behemoth
Tame
Pedagogy
13. Hard to control/deal with
Pernicious
Intractable
Atelier
stoic
14. To correct through punishment/suffering; discipline; purify.
Dilettante
chastened
Incompetent
Hoard
15. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Depot
Discordant
Perfidious
16. Heavy rainfall
Histrionic
Ardor
Downpour
Confab
17. Not harmful or offensive
Embroider
Continent
Innocuous
Inundate
18. (of a person) fat
Inexorable
demagogue
Corpulent
Pert
19. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Pensive
Semantic
Mendacity
Spindle
20. Silly (lacking sense)
Exorbitant
Inane
Connoisseur
Booty
21. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Pier
Skirmish
stoic
Perjury
22. Short simple song
Rife
Ditty
Quarry
Libidinous
23. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Codicil
Pensive
Hackneyed
agnostic
24. Before the war
antebellum
Confab
Dissolute
Sanctuary
25. Secret political faction in collusion
Cabal
chastened
Rapscallion
Docile
26. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Munificent
Admonition
Allay
Inundate
27. A hospital
Confluence
Denude
Infirmary
Ascetic
28. Cancel or take back
Brackish
Rescind
Perturb
Amalgamate
29. Violent uprising against authority
Gauntlet
Consternation
Insurrection
Unanimous
30. End something
Giddy
Consummate
Hackneyed
Incompetent
31. Complaining in whining manner
Inexorable
Garish
Discreet
Querulous
32. A mischievous person
Rapscallion
Pilfer
Pail
Amenable
33. Place for storage of large commodity
panegyric
Elegy
Futility
Depot
34. A public expression of approval
panegyric
Ire
Salient
Recondite
35. Something to vehemently dislike
Ardent
Anathema
Balmy
Spurn
36. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Plethora
Semantic
trite
Silo
37. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Quintessence
Relegate
Slake
Ennui
38. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
agnostic
Abdicate
Audacious
39. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Languish
Balmy
Append
Banal
40. Restate
Dandy
Scrutiny
Recapitulate
Amenable
41. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Pernicious
Dour
Desultory
Modicum
42. Become less intense/widespread
Hedonist
Abate
Exacerbate
Snare
43. Dull and uninspired
cavalier
Domicile
Pedestrian
Perturb
44. House/repair airplanes
Anomaly
hangar
cynicism
pariah
45. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Audacious
Castigate
Imperative
Slake
46. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Append
Miscreant
seraphic
Fortuitous
47. Store of money or valuable objects
Hoard
Brigand
demagogue
Lax
48. Steal (things of little value)
Mulish
bewildering
seraphic
Pilfer
49. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Obsequious
Bristle
Parley
Pusillanimous
50. Make or become fixed; stuck
Lodge
Desultory
Scion
Pedagogy