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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. Schemer/fisherman
Gauntlet
revered
Angler
Codicil
2. Fully in agreement
bewildering
Stoical
Impetuous
Unanimous
3. Based on personal feeling/opinion
Paragon
Ditty
Subjective
Vapid
4. (of a sound) - sweet and soothing
Dulcet
Revue
Histrionic
posh
5. Not having life.
inanimate
melancholy
Soporific
Relegate
6. Place for storage of large commodity
Extol
Depot
Remission
Invective
7. Pretending shyness or modesty
Coalesce
Coy
Intractable
lope
8. A hospital
Infirmary
Histrionic
Duplicitous
Abdicate
9. Placate by acceding their demands
Connoisseur
Appease
Coffer
Lackey
10. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Candid
Kudos
Lax
Chicanery
11. Cheerful - hopeful.
Boorish
Carouse
evanescent
sanguine
12. Sew
Paltry
Lackey
Embroider
Dilettante
13. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Expedient
Semantic
Recalcitrant
Brackish
14. Lying under oath
Acclimate
hangar
Perjury
masochist
15. Complaining in whining manner
Sate (satiate)
Pernicious
Consternation
Querulous
16. Small amount of something; iota
Mendacity
Intrepid
Relegate
Paucity
17. One who suffers without complaining.
stoic
Entomology
Intrepid
Modicum
18. Dizzy
Giddy
Pusillanimous
Eulogy
Errant
19. Not resulting from plan
Inadvertent
Extol
Surreptitious
phlegmatic
20. Assign inferior rank to
agnostic
Relegate
Exorbitant
Brackish
21. Lacking in freshness or originality.
Bungler
hackneyed
Tractable
Consummate
22. Act angrily or defensively
Bristle
Incompetent
Blight
Errant
23. Mollify; appease; mitigate; alleviate
Embroider
Trowel
Allay
Imperative
24. Easily influenced/controlled
Pernicious
Amenable
Parley
Smug
25. Express disapproval; reprove
Reprimand
Allay
Ingenious
Asinine
26. Unproductive of results
Gaudy
Remission
barrenness
Philander
27. Add to end of a document
Hedonist
Nefarious
Codicil
Append
28. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Imperative
Mulish
Slake
behemoth
29. Flood/large amount of water
Inundate
Salient
Subjective
Hackneyed
30. Dryness
Consternation
aridity
Ditty
Solace
31. Formally display sorrow
Elegy
Tractable
phlegmatic
Enamel
32. Apathy or sluggishness
Balmy
Discreet
Uncanny
phlegmatic
33. Temporary prohibition of activity
Infringe
Moratorium
revered
Disparage
34. Sorrowful
Pedagogy
Dolorous
belladonna
cynicism
35. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Panacea
Amalgamate
Smug
Intrepid
36. Container storing valuables
Inadvertent
Smug
Abhor
Coffer
37. Group of entertainers who tour
Lugubrious
Lapel
Troupe
Ascetic
38. Fault-finding
Garish
Captious
Assiduous
belladonna
39. Deadly
Pernicious
Hone
Spurn
Recalcitrant
40. (Of weather) pleasantly warm
Balmy
Ingenious
Anachronism
Ire
41. Return to former state
barrenness
Gaunt
Nefarious
Regression
42. Expressing disapproval
Sedate
Profligate
pariah
Pejorative
43. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Demoralize
Duplicitous
belladonna
Gaunt
44. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Pail
Parley
Garish
Chortle
45. Untruthful
Tractable
Errant
Mendacity
agnostic
46. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Dour
Confab
Trowel
Garish
47. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Miscreant
Candid
Conducive
Elegy
48. Violent uprising against authority
Scant
Insurrection
Preside
Nefarious
49. Country of one's permanent stay
Imbue
Blight
Domicile
Derision
50. Tolerant; set as true
Stoical
Banal
Dogmatic
Parley