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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. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
Obsequious
quixotic
Lunacy
2. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Circumlocution
Ingenious
Berth
Histrionic
3. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
Nefarious
Gaunt
filibuster
Pedagogy
4. Make or become fixed; stuck
Paramour
Lodge
Vapid
Moratorium
5. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Chortle
Extirpate
Semantic
Dour
6. Tending to cause discontent - animosity - or envy.
obverse
aridity
invidious
Effervescent
7. Very small/meager
Captious
Paltry
seraphic
Demoralize
8. Bring together to form a whole
Circuitous
adulation
Promulgate
Coalesce
9. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Expedient
Intractable
Mendacity
Spurn
10. Be in the position of authority
Rebuke
Preside
Effervescent
Petulant
11. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Paramour
Conflagration
Begrudge
Anodyne
12. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Ostentatious
Virile
Indolent
Confab
13. Return to former state
Demotic
Abstruse
Regression
choleric
14. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Sedate
Inundate
Hackneyed
Hoard
15. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Reproach
Elegy
Impertinent
16. Represent as little worth; scorn
Booty
Entomology
Disparage
Gaunt
17. Greatly honored.
lucidity
Begrudge
Quarry
revered
18. Apathy or sluggishness
sybaritic
Silo
phlegmatic
Panacea
19. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
Cabal
Fulminate
Intrepid
20. Servant
Blight
Appease
Lackey
Hilt
21. Become less intense/widespread
Abhor
Abate
Amenable
Discreet
22. Longer than most direct way
Circuitous
Depot
serendipity
Demoralize
23. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Mellifluous
Contentious
Circumlocution
Amalgamate
24. Impatient/bad-tempered
ostracism
Petulant
Cynical
foal
25. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Demotic
Quintessence
Ardent
Perjury
26. A mischievous person
Troupe
Pugilist
Rapscallion
Angler
27. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Eccentric
Semantic
Miscreant
Trowel
28. Deviate from standard/normal
Anomaly
Reticent
Relegate
Booty
29. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Surreptitious
Stoical
Jibe
Booty
30. Permanent
Brackish
Placebo
Pier
Indelible
31. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Trowel
Coalesce
Profligate
Repugnant
32. Insanity
filibuster
Poignant
Moratorium
Lunacy
33. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Append
Eulogy
Connoisseur
Hone
34. Cheerful - hopeful.
Dolorous
sanguine
Perfunctory
Rancid
35. Express vehement protest
Fulminate
Kudos
Dissolute
Hackneyed
36. Violation of faith or loyalty
Miscreant
Apt
perfidy
Clamor
37. Give up or become compliant
perambulate
Tractable
Paragon
Comestible
38. Country of one's permanent stay
Domicile
Insurrection
Ruse
Eccentric
39. Accustom to new conditions
Semantic
Lackey
Acclimate
Allay
40. Stubborn to change one's mind
Flounder
Obstinate
Pedant
Demure
41. Dizzy
Angler
lucidity
antebellum
Giddy
42. House/repair airplanes
Solace
trite
hangar
Demure
43. Valuable stolen goods
Boorish
Booty
Placebo
Ubiquitous
44. A public expression of approval
panegyric
Corpulent
Conducive
polemic
45. Contemptuous ridicule/mockery
Fulminate
Derision
Spurn
Bland
46. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Diatribe
Captious
Paucity
Embroider
47. Container storing valuables
Append
Coffer
Captious
Prerogative
48. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Ingenious
Quarry
Contentious
antebellum
49. Store of money or valuable objects
Booty
vitriol
Revue
Hoard
50. Praise and honor
Eminence
Imbue
Kudos
lope