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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. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Trowel
Castigate
Lugubrious
Quant
2. Deadly
Castigate
Anachronism
Pernicious
Paltry
3. Flood/large amount of water
Pensive
Effervescent
Reproach
Inundate
4. Praise and honor
Kudos
Insipid
Pedant
Modicum
5. Pretending shyness or modesty
Admonition
Abstruse
Rancid
Coy
6. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Amulet
Supplant
Sterile
Bristle
7. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
behemoth
Circuitous
Reticent
Approbation
8. Lover (against marriage)
Paramour
Scowl
Brackish
Desultory
9. Man entering frequent sex relation
Austere
Moratorium
hackneyed
Philander
10. Express vehement protest
cherubic
Poignant
Blight
Fulminate
11. Dryness
Stoical
Magnanimous
aridity
pariah
12. Make (something bad) worse
Cynical
Rife
Obsequious
Exacerbate
13. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
aridity
Intractable
Blight
Remission
14. Placate by acceding their demands
obverse
Coalesce
Denude
Appease
15. Submissive
Pernicious
Docile
Effervescent
Blight
16. Before the war
Scowl
Sate (satiate)
Rebuke
antebellum
17. Lacking in freshness or originality.
masochist
Depot
Inundate
hackneyed
18. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Embroider
Dogmatic
Reprimand
Apex
19. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Consternation
Paramour
Candid
cavalier
20. Excessively detailed; boring
lethargy
Blight
Codicil
Pedant
21. Of a subject - obscure
Gauntlet
Invective
Asinine
Recondite
22. Unconventional/slightly strange
Eccentric
Rife
juggernaut
Strident
23. Clear to apprehension/conception.
lucidity
Begrudge
Reverence
Strident
24. Bring together to form a whole
Coalesce
Ingenious
Ditty
Lunacy
25. Outward behavior
Prerogative
Clamor
Virile
Demeanor
26. Person who appeals to the emotions and prejudice of people esp. in order to gain political power.
Brigand
Indignation
demagogue
Sate (satiate)
27. Fully in agreement
Unanimous
hackneyed
choleric
Chortle
28. Heavy rainfall
agnostic
phlegmatic
Downpour
Consummate
29. Making harsh/loud noise
Conducive
Apprehensive
Raucous
Corpulent
30. Inept; insufficient to perform a task
Predilection
Bungler
pariah
Amenable
31. Having power; convincing
Dolorous
Allay
Cabal
cogent
32. Deceptive/deceitful
Duplicitous
Amulet
Cavalcade
Dolorous
33. Addition to a will
Ruse
Codicil
Amenable
Querulous
34. Very small/meager
Discordant
Paltry
Lithe
cherubic
35. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
bellicose
Discombobulate
Cavalcade
Unanimous
36. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Querulous
Semantic
Dolorous
Petulant
37. Untruthful
Panacea
Elegy
Mendacity
Sterile
38. Beggar
Modicum
Mendicant
Fortuitous
Uncanny
39. Expert judge in matter of taste
Lithe
Connoisseur
Skirmish
Domicile
40. Very enthusiastic; passionate
Ardent
Apex
Nefarious
Mellifluous
41. Steal (things of little value)
Pilfer
Enamel
Coffer
belladonna
42. To exclude from a group by common consent.
ostracism
Futility
Asinine
Chicanery
43. Disease or ailment
Malady
Exhort
Unanimous
Coalesce
44. Exclusive right/privilege held by
Demeanor
Appease
Ingenious
Prerogative
45. Young horse
Titillate
Silo
Acquiesce
foal
46. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Scowl
vitriol
Frivolous
Castigate
47. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Discreet
Sedate
Indignation
Pusillanimous
48. Permanent
Solace
Indelible
Raucous
Ascetic
49. Art/practice of disputation.
polemic
aridity
Stoical
Eminence
50. Very generous
Quant
Plethora
Reprimand
Munificent