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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. Tastelessly bright or showy
Inexorable
Pensive
Audacious
Gaudy
2. Loud/confused noise
Scant
Bungler
Repugnant
Clamor
3. (of a person) fat
Pert
Corpulent
Extol
Codicil
4. Unconventional/slightly strange
invidious
Eccentric
Pernicious
Malady
5. Small quantity
Modicum
Scrutiny
foal
Elegy
6. Permanent
Extol
Exonerate
Indelible
Expedient
7. Silly (lacking sense)
Berth
Malady
Hermit
Inane
8. Agitate; disturb; make anxious
Kudos
Perturb
antebellum
Indignation
9. In widespread practice - use - existence
Kudos
trite
Pertinent
Rife
10. Wicked/criminal
lope
Gauntlet
Incompetent
Nefarious
11. To exclude from a group by common consent.
Mulish
Reproach
ostracism
Coy
12. Loud and harsh
Pervasive
Reprieve
Strident
Flounder
13. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Frivolous
Pertinent
behemoth
Scowl
14. Too obedient/servile.
Peal
Obsequious
Loquacious
Amulet
15. Fitting/practical (improper?)
lucidity
Anomaly
Bungler
Expedient
16. Part of a suit
Memorandum
Inane
Disparage
Lapel
17. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Sanctuary
Docile
polemic
18. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Elegy
Vociferous
Austere
Allay
19. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Discordant
Semantic
Indignation
Inane
20. Outcast
Languish
Pail
Unanimous
pariah
21. Item of food; something eaten
Asinine
Prerogative
Fickle
Comestible
22. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
lope
Reticent
apocryphal
Mulish
23. A mischievous person
Cabal
Assiduous
Rapscallion
Hilt
24. Deceptive/deceitful
Moratorium
Duplicitous
Angler
Pugilist
25. Valuable stolen goods
Booty
Lariat
Supplant
Duplicitous
26. Place of refuge/safety
juggernaut
Sanctuary
Seraphic
Kudos
27. Be in the position of authority
Expedient
cherubic
Preside
Garish
28. Slim; supple; graceful
Lithe
Pejorative
Fortuitous
Tenuous
29. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
choleric
Loquacious
Querulous
Plethora
30. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Lapel
Paltry
Panacea
Paregoric
31. Promote/make widely known
Promulgate
Rapscallion
Surreptitious
Pert
32. Acknowledged superiority in
Anachronism
Eminence
sanguine
Errant
33. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
juggernaut
Jibe
Panacea
Rebuke
34. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lugubrious
Innocuous
Paregoric
meretricious
35. Formally display sorrow
Ire
Dolorous
Modicum
Elegy
36. Prudent; careful
Boorish
Discreet
Mendacity
Inundate
37. Long speech of angry criticism
Tirade
Dilettante
hangar
Fickle
38. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Contentious
Acquiesce
Miscreant
Spurn
39. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
masochist
Titillate
Allay
Quintessence
40. Study of insects
Entomology
Tenuous
aridity
Futility
41. Offering nothing challenging
Stoical
Codicil
Quintessence
Vapid
42. Saying much in few words; brief.
seraphic
Predilection
laconic - spartan
meretricious
43. Model; exemplar
Paragon
behemoth
Hedonist
Lithe
44. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Reprieve
Pedant
cogent
Garish
45. Fake substitute for a drug
Placebo
Vapid
Remission
Eccentric
46. Massive relentless force
demagogue
Perfidious
Lunacy
juggernaut
47. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Obsequious
Surreptitious
invidious
cogent
48. Post that holds up a handrail
Munificent
Anomaly
Dulcet
Spindle
49. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
Repugnant
Inexorable
Abdicate
50. Satisfy fully
Invective
Ubiquitous
Sate (satiate)
Revue