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PCAT Vocab2
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english
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1. Heavy rainfall
Allay
Downpour
Chortle
cavalier
2. A mischievous person
lucidity
Rapscallion
Insipid
hackneyed
3. Be in the position of authority
Lugubrious
Appease
Disparage
Preside
4. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
demagogue
Hedonist
Derision
Amalgamate
5. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Munificent
Slake
Sterile
Brackish
6. Reject with disdain
Pejorative
Munificent
Spurn
Derision
7. Store of money or valuable objects
Hoard
trite
Indignation
Recondite
8. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Pusillanimous
Pertinent
apocryphal
Revue
9. Complaining in whining manner
Reverence
Querulous
Peal
Append
10. Trick
Ruse
Hedonist
masochist
Rife
11. Generous/munificent/forgive
Magnanimous
Vociferous
Elegy
Recalcitrant
12. Deep respect
Reverence
bewildering
Semantic
Revue
13. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Coy
Comestible
hackneyed
Inundate
14. To flatter/admire excessively.
Jibe
Relegate
adulation
Recapitulate
15. Dull and uninspired
Ethereal
Pedestrian
Ubiquitous
filibuster
16. Regard with hatred
Abhor
Scrutiny
Castigate
phlegmatic
17. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
Cavalcade
Imbue
Acquiesce
Languish
18. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Derision
Modicum
Fluster
Apex
19. Add to end of a document
Imbue
Append
Comestible
Anachronism
20. A lover of luxury.
Inexorable
sybaritic
Fulminate
Spurn
21. In widespread practice - use - existence
Profusion
Rife
barrenness
cynicism
22. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Paltry
juggernaut
Garish
Coy
23. Fully in agreement
Circuitous
Unanimous
Relegate
Smug
24. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Effervescent
Fracas
Dogmatic
25. Longer than most direct way
Circuitous
Spindle
adulation
Paramour
26. Warlike
Rebuke
diligence
adulation
bellicose
27. Feelings of ill will.
cavalier
Confluence
vitriol
Audacious
28. Junction of two rivers; merging
barrenness
Tirade
Confluence
Continent
29. Only seeks personal pleasure
Indolent
Loquacious
Hedonist
Dandy
30. Long speech of angry criticism
Tirade
Hackneyed
Bland
Expedient
31. Written message (diplomacy)
Approbation
Indelible
Memorandum
Pail
32. Recklessly daring
Cynical
Futility
Eschew
Audacious
33. Member of a band
Brigand
phlegmatic
Garish
lucidity
34. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lugubrious
Loquacious
Quarry
Sate (satiate)
35. Dryness
evanescent
Hackneyed
lethargy
aridity
36. Excessive in eating
Fickle
serendipity
Poignant
Gluttony
37. Grow weak/feeble
Sterile
Circumlocution
Depot
Languish
38. Small amount of something; iota
Docile
Hone
Effervescent
Paucity
39. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
Nadir
Dandy
sybaritic
invidious
40. Small quantity
Boorish
Modicum
Inadvertent
Lunacy
41. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
Profligate
diligence
Pail
42. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Valor
Apt
Conflagration
Lapel
43. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Semantic
Obsequious
Pedant
Reticent
44. 'fake' solution for all difficulties
Stoical
juggernaut
Panacea
Salient
45. Become less intense/widespread
Abate
Conducive
Clamor
Connoisseur
46. Speak slowly
Infirmary
drawl
Hackneyed
Frivolous
47. Concerned with minor detail
Assiduous
posh
Prerogative
Pedant
48. Model; exemplar
Admonition
cogent
Paragon
Rebuke
49. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Jibe
Bungler
Extirpate
lethargy
50. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Lariat
Pert
Hoard
foal
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