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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Irritated - angry.
Conflagration
Effervescent
choleric
Dogmatic
2. Loud and harsh
Indignation
Quintessence
Impetuous
Strident
3. Wordy (fewer would do)
agnostic
Circumlocution
Raucous
Flounder
4. Insulting/mocking remark
Jibe
Embroider
seraphic
Contempt
5. Formal way to show praise/laudation
Boorish
Eulogy
Coalesce
Denude
6. The use of delaying tactics - like long speeches - especially in a legislative assembly.
filibuster
Smug
Avarice
Duplicitous
7. Servant
Gaunt
Surreptitious
Lackey
Seraphic
8. Lack strong features/uninteresting
cynicism
Bland
Blight
Perjury
9. Become less intense/widespread
Abate
Uncanny
cherubic
Raucous
10. Barely sufficient/adequate
Salient
Domicile
Sedate
Scant
11. Restate
Recapitulate
Rancid
Panacea
Allay
12. Confuse
Conducive
behemoth
Blight
Discombobulate
13. Clever/original/inventive
Ingenious
Abstruse
invidious
Ardor
14. Give up or become compliant
meretricious
Modicum
Tractable
Abdicate
15. Happen by chance
Circuitous
Abdicate
Fortuitous
Revue
16. Barren; fruitless
Eulogy
Modicum
Sterile
Circumlocution
17. Tending to vanish like vapor.
evanescent
Felicity
Dolorous
Dissolute
18. Not having life.
Indelible
Discordant
Allay
inanimate
19. Fill with (feeling or quantity)
Imbue
Circuitous
Stoical
Codicil
20. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Audacious
Indolent
Memorandum
Giddy
21. Before the war
antebellum
Anomaly
Blight
Duplicitous
22. Strange or mysterious
Impertinent
Fluster
invidious
Uncanny
23. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Pail
Captious
Castigate
Effervescent
24. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Promulgate
Lunacy
Inundate
Blight
25. Only seeks personal pleasure
Dour
Hedonist
Quant
Regression
26. Feelings of ill will.
vitriol
Histrionic
Scowl
agnostic
27. Highest order of angels
seraphic
Miscreant
Loquacious
sanguine
28. Dissatisfaction from boredom
Paragon
Ennui
Pedant
Modicum
29. Bulky glove
serendipity
Mendacity
Gauntlet
foal
30. Stubborn (like a mule)
Pensive
Derision
Paramour
Mulish
31. Grow weak/feeble
Banal
Cavalcade
Languish
Scion
32. Schemer/fisherman
Demeanor
Dogmatic
Angler
Circumlocution
33. Lack harmony; conflicting
Obstinate
Discordant
Rescind
Silo
34. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
perfidy
Spurn
Pensive
Bland
35. Expert judge in matter of taste
Connoisseur
Inane
Reverence
Libidinous
36. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Tame
Incompetent
antebellum
Fickle
37. Outward behavior
Consummate
Hedonist
Ardor
Demeanor
38. Fully in agreement
Languish
Unanimous
demagogue
Reticent
39. Pleasingly smooth/musical to hear
Chortle
Regression
Angler
Mellifluous
40. Trickery or fraud
Chicanery
Continent
Euphoric
Acclimate
41. Clandestine (secret); stealthy
Desultory
Slake
Surreptitious
Extol
42. Assign inferior rank to
Angler
Peal
hangar
Relegate
43. Sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation.
Silo
Anodyne
masochist
Ruse
44. The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
serendipity
Desultory
Recapitulate
meretricious
45. Very severe - stern - gloomy
Demeanor
Solace
Mendacity
Dour
46. Long speech of angry criticism
Entomology
Obsequious
Vapid
Tirade
47. Cancellation of a debt/charge
Virile
Remission
Rebuke
Indelible
48. Deceitful/untrustworthy
Memorandum
Carouse
Asinine
Perfidious
49. A public expression of approval
Lodge
Comestible
panegyric
Perfidious
50. Generous/munificent/forgive
Languish
Magnanimous
Gaudy
diligence