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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. Cause sleep/drowsiness
Rescind
Petulant
Modicum
Soporific
2. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Nefarious
Mellifluous
Audacious
Salient
3. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Futility
Tenuous
Scowl
Paregoric
4. Unearthly; too light; diaphanous
Ethereal
Paregoric
Austere
Amenable
5. Bulky glove
Paragon
Valor
Loquacious
Gauntlet
6. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Slake
Paramour
Apprehensive
Paltry
7. Stubborn to change one's mind
Pert
Impertinent
laconic - spartan
Obstinate
8. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Domicile
Dissolute
Intrepid
Sanctuary
9. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Booty
Semantic
Hermit
Tirade
10. People travelling (horse)- pilgrim
lethargy
Pail
Cavalcade
Asinine
11. A public expression of approval
panegyric
Dandy
Lunacy
Contentious
12. Loud ringing of bells
Fluster
Lackey
Peal
Ostentatious
13. Wicked/criminal
Nefarious
Placebo
Ingenious
obverse
14. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Lax
Titillate
Codicil
Blight
15. Written message (diplomacy)
Tame
Inexorable
Memorandum
Poignant
16. Extreme greed for wealth
Avarice
Preside
Ostentatious
Apprehensive
17. Denying one's self pleasure
vitriol
Quant
Pedant
Ascetic
18. Restate
Dissolute
Recapitulate
Gaudy
Snare
19. Clever/original/inventive
Assiduous
Ingenious
Paltry
Exacerbate
20. Placate by acceding their demands
Clamor
Appease
Ethereal
Consummate
21. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Bristle
Ennui
Carouse
Confab
22. Give up or become compliant
Jibe
Extol
Paucity
Tractable
23. Descendant (notable - long family)
Pugilist
Scion
Querulous
Pedant
24. Mild warning; cautionary advice
Admonition
Jibe
Mendacity
Circumlocution
25. Excessively detailed; boring
inanimate
Quant
Jibe
Pedant
26. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Acclimate
Dulcet
Depot
Solace
27. Anticipating with anxiety
Sedate
Apprehensive
Impetuous
Memorandum
28. Bring together to form a whole
lope
Balmy
Coalesce
Duplicitous
29. Young horse
foal
Inundate
Cynical
Mellifluous
30. Assign inferior rank to
cherubic
Mendacity
Relegate
Eulogy
31. Pretentious/showy; to impress
masochist
Clamor
Ostentatious
Tirade
32. Part of a suit
Lapel
Lariat
Infringe
Lithe
33. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Demure
sybaritic
Indolent
meretricious
34. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Angler
Denude
Admonition
35. Preference/special liking for
Discombobulate
Pier
Codicil
Predilection
36. Tending to vanish like vapor.
cogent
evanescent
Anodyne
Perfunctory
37. Item of food; something eaten
Castigate
Apex
naïvete
Comestible
38. Trap for catching small animals
Continent
Pail
Fulminate
Snare
39. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Audacious
belladonna
behemoth
choleric
40. Destroy completely
Extirpate
Eccentric
Insurrection
Audacious
41. Short simple song
Ditty
Kudos
Garish
Imperative
42. Formally display sorrow
lucidity
Lackey
Elegy
Hermit
43. Outcast
Petulant
Reprieve
melancholy
pariah
44. Replace
Supplant
Nadir
Querulous
barrenness
45. Extensive/destructive fire
Conflagration
Austere
Ardent
Blight
46. A lover of luxury.
sybaritic
vitriol
Tirade
Histrionic
47. An angel of the 2nd highest rank.
Petulant
Memorandum
cherubic
Expedient
48. Self-resistant (sexually)
Bungler
Pedestrian
Derision
Continent
49. Used by ordinary people; secular
Panacea
Demotic
laconic - spartan
Indolent
50. Submissive
Docile
Eccentric
Avarice
Ingenious