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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. Be in the position of authority
Parley
Preside
Chortle
Hilt
2. Saying much in few words; brief.
Mendacity
Rebuke
Infirmary
laconic - spartan
3. Shun or avoid
vitriol
Enamel
Inundate
Eschew
4. Critical observation/examination
perambulate
Brackish
Codicil
Scrutiny
5. Calm; unhurried
Hoard
Sedate
Append
Bungler
6. Trickery or fraud
Inundate
Cabal
Chicanery
foal
7. Accept passively (give in); accede
Acquiesce
Rebuke
Strident
Sanctuary
8. Loud ringing of bells
Peal
Circumlocution
Inundate
Ubiquitous
9. Grow weak/feeble
Append
Languish
Pernicious
Indignation
10. Belonging to another period
Anachronism
Languish
belligerent
Ascetic
11. House/repair airplanes
Amalgamate
hangar
Fracas
Jibe
12. Hard to control/deal with
Pedant
Impart
Intractable
Snare
13. Not sufficiently skillful
Paregoric
Incompetent
Cavalcade
Lackey
14. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Balmy
Impetuous
Audacious
15. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Stoical
Magnanimous
Reticent
diligence
16. Meeting between sides in a dispute
diligence
Parley
Futility
Imperative
17. Confuse
panegyric
Discombobulate
Revue
Desultory
18. Untruthful
Rancid
hackneyed
Mendacity
Scant
19. Temporary prohibition of activity
Infringe
Moratorium
Docile
Apex
20. Recklessly daring
Audacious
diligence
Seraphic
Giddy
21. Stubborn to change one's mind
Obstinate
Tenuous
Jibe
Ruse
22. Become less intense/widespread
Admonition
Coalesce
Eschew
Abate
23. Return to former state
naïvete
Regression
Moratorium
stoic
24. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Anodyne
Prerogative
Confluence
Conducive
25. Smelling/tasting unpleasant (stale)
Rancid
Mulish
Downpour
lucidity
26. Making harsh/loud noise
Hedonist
Recapitulate
Raucous
Consternation
27. Something to vehemently dislike
Inundate
Gaudy
Tenuous
Anathema
28. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
vitriol
revered
Solace
29. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
inanimate
melancholy
Spurn
Poignant
30. Beggar
Pail
Cynical
Mendicant
apocryphal
31. In widespread practice - use - existence
Circuitous
Rife
hackneyed
Amalgamate
32. Dull and uninspired
Downpour
Pedestrian
naïvete
Inundate
33. Preference/special liking for
Spindle
stoic
Hilt
Predilection
34. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Regression
masochist
Quarry
Ire
35. Sew
Discordant
Embroider
Moratorium
Tame
36. One who suffers without complaining.
Eccentric
Reticent
stoic
Mendacity
37. Fake substitute for a drug
Append
Ruse
Placebo
Infringe
38. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Revue
demagogue
Abate
aridity
39. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Circumlocution
Revue
Garish
Repugnant
40. Mythical beast; unreal.
Confab
Snare
chimerical
Lax
41. Contributing/helping towards
Subjective
naïvete
Conducive
Titillate
42. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Castigate
Acquiesce
cogent
Recondite
43. Endure pain without showing feeling
Assiduous
Comestible
Apex
Stoical
44. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Codicil
Paragon
Eulogy
Hilt
45. Restate
Recapitulate
Castigate
Vapid
revered
46. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Libidinous
Asinine
Uncanny
47. Bring relief; unlikely to offend
Anodyne
Enamel
Languish
Profligate
48. Represent as little worth; scorn
Surreptitious
Placebo
Silo
Disparage
49. Resign/give up
Pilfer
Admonition
Cavalcade
Abdicate
50. Generous/munificent/forgive
Memorandum
Perfunctory
Magnanimous
Munificent