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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. Irritated - angry.
Conflagration
aridity
Discreet
choleric
2. Before the war
antebellum
Pedagogy
Obstinate
Indignation
3. Untruthful
Conflagration
Mendacity
Diatribe
Downpour
4. Something to vehemently dislike
Cynical
pariah
Anathema
Scowl
5. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Memorandum
Inundate
Tame
Depot
6. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Asinine
Bland
Imperative
Circuitous
7. Break/interlude
invidious
Infringe
Allay
quixotic
8. Represent as little worth; scorn
Disparage
Jibe
Impart
Hone
9. Concerned with minor detail
Pedant
Corpulent
bewildering
Carouse
10. Member of a band
Brigand
Gaunt
adulation
Inundate
11. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Effervescent
antebellum
Booty
Confab
12. To exclude from a group by common consent.
ostracism
Relegate
Reprimand
Exhort
13. Very small/meager
Paltry
Scowl
lope
Dandy
14. Happen by chance
Acquiesce
Intractable
Fortuitous
Smug
15. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Booty
agnostic
Surreptitious
Scowl
16. Confuse
Hoard
Discombobulate
Duplicitous
Placebo
17. Not sufficiently strict/severe/careful
Snare
Pertinent
Lax
ostracism
18. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
Invective
Hilt
Chortle
Lugubrious
19. One who suffers without complaining.
Amalgamate
Tirade
Repugnant
stoic
20. A hospital
Spurn
Infirmary
hackneyed
Carouse
21. Fixed bunk on (allotted area) ship/train
Ardent
Confab
Munificent
Berth
22. One living in solitude (religious)
chimerical
Smug
Panacea
Hermit
23. Difficult to understand
Ingenious
stoic
Abstruse
Booty
24. Dullness of body/spirit; abnormal drowsy
lethargy
Euphoric
Quintessence
Elegy
25. Add to end of a document
Append
Apex
Berth
Querulous
26. Tending to vanish like vapor.
evanescent
Banal
Scrutiny
Approbation
27. Lack purpose/enthusiasm/direction
Desultory
Dilettante
Recalcitrant
Cavalcade
28. Outward behavior
Impertinent
Codicil
Demeanor
Carouse
29. Comfort; consolation times of distress
Solace
belladonna
Promulgate
Banal
30. Shun or avoid
Discombobulate
Scowl
Clamor
Eschew
31. Apathy or sluggishness
phlegmatic
Garish
evanescent
Mendicant
32. Massive relentless force
Imperative
juggernaut
Blight
Lodge
33. Impossible to stop or prevent
Memorandum
Gluttony
Inexorable
Querulous
34. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
Dilettante
Coffer
lucidity
Rebuke
35. Very generous
Pedestrian
Dissolute
Munificent
Entomology
36. Causing (likely) disagreement
Discreet
Contentious
Valor
Felicity
37. Express disapproval in action
Reproach
Extirpate
Hackneyed
Lax
38. Overindulgent sensually; loose moral
Tractable
Consummate
Dissolute
Pail
39. Loud and harsh
sybaritic
Lodge
Languish
Strident
40. Most perfect/typical example
Nefarious
Magnanimous
Rapscallion
Quintessence
41. Mythical beast; unreal.
chimerical
Frivolous
Remission
Allay
42. Young horse
foal
Tirade
Uncanny
meretricious
43. Excess (i.e. bodily fluid. ex. blood)
Plethora
Consummate
Peal
Pertinent
44. Express disapproval; reprove
Scowl
Contentious
Reprimand
behemoth
45. Very weak; timid (lack courage)
Tenuous
Infringe
Circuitous
apocryphal
46. Give up or become compliant
apocryphal
Tractable
Demure
Desultory
47. Praise and honor
Invective
Kudos
Depot
Lunacy
48. Not resulting from plan
Inadvertent
demagogue
Garish
Solace
49. Relate to meaning in language/logic
Semantic
Frivolous
panegyric
Profligate
50. Depression of spirits
Kudos
Coffer
melancholy
Demure