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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. Like a knight; proud or careless.
cavalier
Exorbitant
Ruse
Downpour
2. Dryness
aridity
Mendicant
belligerent
Pensive
3. Make or become fixed; stuck
Prerogative
Lodge
Pernicious
Perfidious
4. Straying from the law
Salient
Comestible
Errant
laconic - spartan
5. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Acclimate
Effervescent
Surreptitious
Tame
6. Accustom to new conditions
Pail
Kudos
Acclimate
Peal
7. Easily influenced/controlled
Effervescent
Depot
Amenable
Chortle
8. Wicked/criminal
Nefarious
Comestible
Asinine
Jibe
9. Criticize sharply
Rebuke
Elegy
Austere
agnostic
10. Found everywhere
Dandy
Lax
Diatribe
Ubiquitous
11. Lying under oath
Perjury
seraphic
Conflagration
Subjective
12. Assign inferior rank to
Poignant
Scowl
Relegate
Scion
13. Descendant (notable - long family)
Paltry
chimerical
Scion
Audacious
14. Bucket
Loquacious
Abstruse
Demure
Pail
15. Appropriate - suitable
Apt
Fortuitous
Pier
Abhor
16. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
evanescent
bewildering
Philander
17. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
obverse
Conducive
polemic
Dissolute
18. Fully in agreement
Miscreant
Gaudy
belligerent
Unanimous
19. Showy (no value); prostitute.
Ascetic
meretricious
Allay
diligence
20. Worn-out/ordinary; lackluster
Libidinous
Pier
Pilfer
Hackneyed
21. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Memorandum
Dour
Valor
Pugilist
22. Very small/meager
Paltry
Garish
Trowel
Fulminate
23. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Allay
Dulcet
bewildering
Paregoric
24. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Desultory
Embroider
Austere
quixotic
25. Expert judge in matter of taste
apocryphal
Fickle
Allay
Connoisseur
26. Extensive/destructive fire
Memorandum
Conflagration
pariah
Ingenious
27. Temporary prohibition of activity
Strident
Moratorium
diligence
Exorbitant
28. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
Paltry
hackneyed
Clamor
29. Medicinal extract.
Surreptitious
cogent
belladonna
Pier
30. Hard to control/deal with
Begrudge
Dulcet
Intractable
Derision
31. Extreme form of sharpening
Hone
Troupe
Tame
Apex
32. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Magnanimous
Semantic
Reprimand
Pedestrian
33. Strongly held opinion; vehement
Vociferous
Pernicious
Ardor
sanguine
34. Member of a band
Castigate
sanguine
Append
Brigand
35. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Memorandum
Desultory
Ethereal
evanescent
36. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Mendicant
drawl
Ditty
Smug
37. Anxiety or dismay.
belladonna
cherubic
Consternation
Acquiesce
38. Give up or become compliant
aridity
lope
Tractable
Ardent
39. Slightly salty
Brackish
Kudos
inanimate
Subjective
40. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Fickle
Indignation
Sterile
Ditty
41. Angel (light and purity)
Seraphic
quixotic
Insipid
lucidity
42. Express disapproval in action
Skirmish
Virile
Blight
Reproach
43. Steady earnest effort
Brackish
Enamel
diligence
Nadir
44. Deadly
Acclimate
cherubic
Lunacy
Pernicious
45. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Ethereal
Prerogative
Scant
Tractable
46. Short simple song
Ditty
Comestible
Atelier
Reticent
47. Container storing valuables
Asinine
Amulet
Hilt
Coffer
48. Loud and harsh
obverse
Ingenious
Strident
Gaudy
49. Placate by acceding their demands
Appease
Expedient
Paragon
Troupe
50. Saying much in few words; brief.
cynicism
Auspicious
Pedant
laconic - spartan