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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. Favorable
Unanimous
Amulet
Auspicious
Salient
2. Store of money or valuable objects
Dogmatic
chimerical
Hoard
Lunacy
3. Show great care and perseverance
Assiduous
Histrionic
aridity
Docile
4. To flatter/admire excessively.
Garish
cynicism
Pedagogy
adulation
5. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Gaudy
Expedient
Prerogative
Revue
6. Angel (light and purity)
Quant
Eulogy
Seraphic
cogent
7. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Remission
behemoth
Obsequious
Tirade
8. Add to end of a document
Append
Prerogative
Allay
Allay
9. Model; exemplar
agnostic
Paragon
Conflagration
Obstinate
10. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Modicum
hackneyed
hangar
Paregoric
11. Recklessly daring
Audacious
Flounder
Sate (satiate)
Subjective
12. Overly theatrical
Felicity
lethargy
Histrionic
Consummate
13. Expert judge in matter of taste
diligence
Pail
Mendacity
Connoisseur
14. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Fluster
Ascetic
Extirpate
Subjective
15. Informal private conversation
Remission
Abstruse
Confab
Flounder
16. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
Exhort
Titillate
Felicity
17. Make or become fixed; stuck
Remission
Reprieve
Perturb
Lodge
18. Criticize sharply
Intrepid
Rebuke
Preside
Tame
19. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Contempt
Desultory
Perturb
Begrudge
20. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Ennui
Consternation
Ditty
21. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Inundate
Ire
Enamel
lethargy
22. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Titillate
serendipity
cherubic
Allay
23. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Supplant
Smug
Rescind
Libidinous
24. Express disapproval in action
agnostic
Reproach
Audacious
masochist
25. Great enthusiasm/passion
serendipity
Diatribe
chimerical
Ardor
26. Break/interlude
agnostic
Impertinent
Infringe
Comestible
27. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
Histrionic
Angler
Pernicious
28. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Rancid
Slake
Revue
Dolorous
29. Stale; having lost its force by repetition.
trite
Tirade
Hermit
Hedonist
30. Irritated - angry.
Acclimate
Elegy
Pedestrian
choleric
31. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Brigand
Lax
drawl
Trowel
32. Trap for catching small animals
Mellifluous
Gluttony
vitriol
Snare
33. Accustom to new conditions
Acclimate
quixotic
Languish
Hone
34. Fully in agreement
Regression
Acclimate
lope
Unanimous
35. Be in the position of authority
cynicism
Preside
Innocuous
Invective
36. Tall tower used to store grain
Silo
Philander
Approbation
Imbue
37. Excessive in eating
Lariat
Rancid
Anodyne
Gluttony
38. Cancel or take back
Bland
Malady
Rescind
Libidinous
39. Rope used as a lasso
Lariat
Ingenious
behemoth
Ascetic
40. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Hermit
Salient
pariah
Prerogative
41. Represent as little worth; scorn
Intractable
Tractable
Disparage
Solace
42. Strange or mysterious
revered
Uncanny
Appease
Hackneyed
43. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Codicil
Mendacity
serendipity
Hilt
44. One who suffers without complaining.
inanimate
stoic
Paregoric
Silo
45. Extreme happiness/elated
Euphoric
Tenuous
Profusion
agnostic
46. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Pail
Philander
Acclimate
47. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Connoisseur
Semantic
laconic - spartan
Hackneyed
48. Appropriate - suitable
Gauntlet
Cabal
Apt
Errant
49. Small quantity
Paregoric
foal
Sanctuary
Modicum
50. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
aridity
masochist
Codicil
Imperative