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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. Clear to apprehension/conception.
Mendacity
lucidity
Contentious
Uncanny
2. Angel (light and purity)
Seraphic
Bland
Anathema
Perfidious
3. Dizzy
Entomology
Giddy
belligerent
Blight
4. Recklessly daring
Inundate
Intrepid
Audacious
Languish
5. Forceful/bitter verbal attack
Pilfer
Diatribe
Paramour
Blight
6. Found everywhere
Hilt
Ubiquitous
Acquiesce
Modicum
7. Grow weak/feeble
Languish
Admonition
Pedant
Ardent
8. Loud and harsh
Strident
Remission
Impetuous
Pilfer
9. Pretending shyness or modesty
Bungler
Spindle
evanescent
Coy
10. Satisfy fully
Surreptitious
seraphic
Sate (satiate)
Fortuitous
11. Officially absolve from blame
Spindle
invidious
Exonerate
Eulogy
12. Young horse
Amenable
Expedient
foal
Confluence
13. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
Append
lethargy
lucidity
perambulate
14. Relieve/end fear/pain/concern
bewildering
Perfidious
Allay
Unanimous
15. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Ingenious
hackneyed
Denude
Indelible
16. Very generous
Inane
Munificent
Conducive
Felicity
17. Overly theatrical
Sterile
Euphoric
Histrionic
Mendicant
18. Highest order of angels
inanimate
Reticent
Banal
seraphic
19. Trap for catching small animals
Clamor
Banal
Snare
Mulish
20. Model; exemplar
Mulish
Abate
Paragon
Repugnant
21. Offering nothing challenging
Virile
Asinine
Vapid
Fluster
22. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Incompetent
Soporific
Fickle
Continent
23. Stubborn to change one's mind
agnostic
Uncanny
Obstinate
Abhor
24. Communicate; give to something
perfidy
Anathema
Impart
Asinine
25. Expressing disapproval
Ingenious
Insurrection
Diatribe
Pejorative
26. Favorable
aridity
Hedonist
Auspicious
Exacerbate
27. Addition to a will
Brackish
Codicil
sanguine
Contentious
28. Irritated - angry.
Indelible
Acquiesce
Profusion
choleric
29. Tall tower used to store grain
inanimate
Desultory
Exacerbate
Silo
30. Tolerant; set as true
ostracism
Dogmatic
bellicose
foal
31. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Profligate
Plethora
trite
Depot
32. Selfish motives
Seraphic
cynicism
Stoical
Elegy
33. House/repair airplanes
Ire
Kudos
hangar
Chortle
34. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
behemoth
Impertinent
Reticent
Dulcet
35. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Bristle
Spindle
Garish
Ruse
36. Destroy completely
Circuitous
Extirpate
Lunacy
Gaunt
37. Junction of two rivers; merging
polemic
Lithe
Confluence
Predilection
38. Churlish - vulgar and rude
Incompetent
Tractable
Boorish
Languish
39. Small quantity
Prerogative
Modicum
Surreptitious
Perfunctory
40. Medicine for cough/diarrhea (kids)
Paregoric
belligerent
Amenable
stoic
41. Descendant (notable - long family)
Captious
Hoard
Discreet
Scion
42. Lack courage dastard (coward)
Ardent
Giddy
Brigand
Pusillanimous
43. Denying one's self pleasure
evanescent
Strident
Ascetic
Imperative
44. Behave badly/unlawfully; evil
Discordant
Miscreant
Effervescent
Dulcet
45. Expert judge in matter of taste
Elegy
Hone
Connoisseur
Imperative
46. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
Infirmary
Contempt
Revue
Troupe
47. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Inadvertent
Avarice
Titillate
Revue
48. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
meretricious
Nadir
Pail
49. Give up or become compliant
Tractable
Inundate
Tenuous
melancholy
50. Man concern with stylish looks
Boorish
Dandy
Scowl
Berth