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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. Very small/meager
Jibe
Approbation
Blight
Paltry
2. Cancel punishment of
maudlin
Reprieve
Discombobulate
demagogue
3. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Infirmary
posh
Pervasive
Relegate
4. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
Subjective
Domicile
trite
Exacerbate
5. Unproductive of results
Brackish
Miscreant
barrenness
Contempt
6. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Pugilist
Exonerate
evanescent
Parley
7. Complete happiness/ expressing
Felicity
Anathema
Abate
Silo
8. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Troupe
Plethora
Lodge
Philander
9. Fake substitute for a drug
Placebo
Depot
Cabal
Pusillanimous
10. Bucket
Fracas
Pail
Infirmary
Coalesce
11. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Gaudy
Profligate
Abhor
Insurrection
12. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Castigate
Mendacity
Rife
13. Steady earnest effort
Infringe
Begrudge
diligence
Peal
14. Insanity
Anathema
Lunacy
aridity
Eschew
15. Loud/confused noise
Imbue
posh
Clamor
Cynical
16. Highest order of angels
choleric
Scant
drawl
seraphic
17. Strip of covering; make bare
Fluster
Denude
Mendacity
Subjective
18. Mythical beast; unreal.
Sanctuary
Lunacy
chimerical
Pilfer
19. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
perfidy
Anomaly
Bungler
Corpulent
20. Excessively detailed; boring
Fulminate
Paragon
Bungler
Pedant
21. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Impertinent
Giddy
Circuitous
22. Impossible to stop or prevent
Fracas
Remission
Ardent
Inexorable
23. Study of insects
Peal
Felicity
Inexorable
Entomology
24. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Indignation
Malady
Imbue
hangar
25. Represent as little worth; scorn
Confluence
Disparage
Preside
Anachronism
26. Permanent
Memorandum
Indelible
Consternation
Profligate
27. Place of refuge/safety
Sanctuary
trite
naïvete
Rebuke
28. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Coffer
Allay
Ennui
posh
29. Cancellation of a debt/charge
barrenness
Remission
Balmy
Fortuitous
30. Country of one's permanent stay
Impertinent
Domicile
succinct
Surreptitious
31. Barren; fruitless
pariah
Apprehensive
Sterile
Hoard
32. Speak slowly
drawl
Discreet
Perfidious
Tirade
33. Grow weak/feeble
Pier
sybaritic
Languish
Malady
34. Endure pain without showing feeling
Pejorative
Lax
Demotic
Stoical
35. Make (something bad) worse
Exacerbate
Pugilist
Obsequious
Prerogative
36. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Impetuous
Derision
Soporific
Cynical
37. Something opposite to another
obverse
Rescind
Anathema
Flounder
38. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
Quarry
Dogmatic
lope
Ostentatious
39. Trickery or fraud
Rife
Prerogative
Chicanery
Discombobulate
40. Stubborn (like a mule)
Smug
Mulish
Hilt
Abhor
41. Small quantity
Salient
lucidity
Bristle
Modicum
42. Store of money or valuable objects
Hoard
Entomology
Solace
Skirmish
43. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Trowel
Pertinent
Felicity
44. Lustful
Libidinous
Booty
Apex
Stoical
45. Medicinal extract.
Placebo
cavalier
Ethereal
belladonna
46. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Pensive
Connoisseur
Poignant
Troupe
47. Junction of two rivers; merging
Coffer
Confluence
Balmy
Scowl
48. Weakly/effusively sentimental.
Invective
maudlin
Paragon
Abhor
49. Return to former state
Banal
Regression
Castigate
Munificent
50. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Reprimand
Titillate
Fickle
Amulet