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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. Shun or avoid
Blight
Pert
Sanctuary
Eschew
2. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Appease
Profligate
Slake
Mendacity
3. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Reverence
Ditty
Vociferous
Seraphic
4. Mournful/sad/dismay
stoic
sanguine
Lugubrious
Cynical
5. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Paltry
Poignant
Subjective
Gluttony
6. Pretentious/showy; to impress
Libidinous
Ostentatious
Invective
Infirmary
7. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Coy
Rife
Bungler
Loquacious
8. Fake substitute for a drug
Paragon
adulation
Placebo
Pugilist
9. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Discreet
Repugnant
lope
Solace
10. Express vehement protest
quixotic
maudlin
Vociferous
Fulminate
11. Profession/science of teaching
Virile
Pervasive
Embroider
Pedagogy
12. Having no fear
Modicum
Intrepid
Bungler
Felicity
13. Trickery or fraud
Quarry
Chicanery
Semantic
Mellifluous
14. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Lodge
Quant
Atelier
15. Meeting between sides in a dispute
Incompetent
Parley
Effervescent
Spurn
16. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Paramour
Dulcet
Dilettante
Obsequious
17. Cancel or take back
Brackish
Ire
stoic
Rescind
18. Impossible to stop or prevent
Banal
Eccentric
Inexorable
Tame
19. Selfish motives
Amalgamate
Cynical
Dogmatic
cynicism
20. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Euphoric
Embroider
Derision
Angler
21. One living in solitude (religious)
Perjury
Dandy
Hermit
Dour
22. Prudent; careful
melancholy
Relegate
Discreet
Expedient
23. Secret political faction in collusion
Hermit
Cabal
Petulant
Lunacy
24. Bring together to form a whole
Fickle
Abdicate
Coalesce
vitriol
25. Evoke keen sense of sadness/regret
Valor
Pensive
Poignant
Recondite
26. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
serendipity
drawl
Scant
27. Man concern with stylish looks
Pedagogy
Dandy
Placebo
Perturb
28. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
Exonerate
quixotic
Allay
Imbue
29. Model; exemplar
Avarice
Recondite
Desultory
Paragon
30. Place of refuge/safety
Approbation
Invective
Sanctuary
Mulish
31. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Appease
Histrionic
Tame
Solace
32. Deep respect
Profusion
Reverence
Spurn
Vapid
33. Making harsh/loud noise
Abstruse
Raucous
Pugilist
Coffer
34. Approval; praise
Hermit
maudlin
Contentious
Approbation
35. (of a person) fat
Corpulent
Abdicate
Dolorous
succinct
36. Express disapproval in action
Reproach
Repugnant
Berth
Circuitous
37. Endure pain without showing feeling
Spurn
Castigate
Stoical
Appease
38. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Expedient
Blight
perambulate
39. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Rescind
Reverence
Relegate
Pusillanimous
40. Lack respect; impudent; insolent
Nadir
polemic
Moratorium
Impertinent
41. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Pernicious
Gaunt
chimerical
Hedonist
42. Act angrily or defensively
cherubic
Reprimand
Bristle
Contempt
43. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Vapid
Lodge
serendipity
Ditty
44. An episode of irregular fighting
Disparage
Skirmish
Confluence
Munificent
45. Stubborn (like a mule)
Mulish
Skirmish
juggernaut
Uncanny
46. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Hedonist
Predilection
Trowel
chastened
47. Lacking flavor
Hermit
Insipid
Allay
Incompetent
48. Generous/munificent/forgive
Rescind
Chortle
lope
Magnanimous
49. Irritated - angry.
choleric
Paragon
Intrepid
Expedient
50. Small quantity
Elegy
Quant
Modicum
Exacerbate