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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. Most perfect/typical example
Castigate
Quintessence
Memorandum
Eschew
2. Expert judge in matter of taste
Demotic
Perfidious
Connoisseur
Exorbitant
3. Something to vehemently dislike
Anathema
Inadvertent
Predilection
Mellifluous
4. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Expedient
Enamel
Fluster
Castigate
5. Give up or become compliant
Loquacious
Soporific
Histrionic
Tractable
6. Calm; unhurried
Continent
Dolorous
Sedate
Innocuous
7. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Supplant
Lariat
evanescent
8. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Consternation
Quant
Eulogy
Tractable
9. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Booty
Blight
Coffer
Scowl
10. Assign inferior rank to
Carouse
Felicity
Relegate
Anachronism
11. Long speech of angry criticism
Jibe
Tractable
Insurrection
Tirade
12. Small quantity
perfidy
Modicum
Troupe
Avarice
13. Act angrily or defensively
Incompetent
Appease
Bristle
Inundate
14. Tall tower used to store grain
Confab
Coffer
Reprimand
Silo
15. Like a knight; proud or careless.
cavalier
Allay
Intrepid
Tractable
16. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
succinct
Brackish
sanguine
17. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
maudlin
Docile
Tame
inanimate
18. Impossible to stop or prevent
Remission
Carouse
Inexorable
lope
19. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Pedestrian
Revue
Ennui
Indelible
20. Slightly salty
Gaudy
Brackish
bellicose
Docile
21. Slim; supple; graceful
Lithe
Conflagration
maudlin
Derision
22. Confuse
Discombobulate
Kudos
Gluttony
Apex
23. Heavy rainfall
hackneyed
Impetuous
Downpour
behemoth
24. Wicked/criminal
Effervescent
Dandy
Nefarious
Poignant
25. Complaining in whining manner
Sate (satiate)
Pernicious
Querulous
Apt
26. Have trouble doing; stagger in mud
seraphic
Extirpate
Flounder
Disparage
27. Written message (diplomacy)
Pusillanimous
Vociferous
Memorandum
Admonition
28. Comfort; consolation times of distress
demagogue
Recapitulate
Disparage
Solace
29. Unoriginal; commonplace
Recapitulate
Allay
Brigand
Banal
30. Reject with disdain
Tenuous
Angler
Exorbitant
Spurn
31. Quench one's thirst; satisfy desire
Slake
Dulcet
Comestible
maudlin
32. Steal (things of little value)
Slake
Pilfer
Perfunctory
Rapscallion
33. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Recalcitrant
Acquiesce
Salient
Indolent
34. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
chimerical
Innocuous
Subjective
Quant
35. Massive relentless force
perfidy
juggernaut
Indolent
Hilt
36. Tastelessly bright or showy
Petulant
Sate (satiate)
Impetuous
Gaudy
37. Self-resistant (sexually)
Reprieve
Continent
Conducive
apocryphal
38. Zenith - pinnacle - highest
Apex
Elegy
Jibe
Impetuous
39. Deceptive/deceitful
panegyric
Duplicitous
Depot
agnostic
40. Expressing disapproval
Pejorative
Tirade
Vapid
Austere
41. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of any ultimate reality (ie God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
agnostic
Vapid
Corpulent
Lariat
42. Informal private conversation
Unanimous
Booty
Fickle
Confab
43. Clever/original/inventive
Parley
vitriol
Petulant
Ingenious
44. Of vital importance; requisite
Imperative
Apprehensive
Pedant
Perfunctory
45. Excessively detailed; boring
Indelible
Perfidious
Pedant
lucidity
46. Trickery or fraud
Domicile
Stoical
Chicanery
Insipid
47. Having no fear
Lariat
Sedate
Apt
Intrepid
48. Anger
Ire
Gaudy
Inundate
Enamel
49. Strange or mysterious
diligence
Spurn
Uncanny
Contentious
50. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Fortuitous
Indolent
Indignation
Berth