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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. Unwell/haggard - esp. due illness - age
Frivolous
Abate
Mendacity
Gaunt
2. Outcast
Ethereal
Demeanor
pariah
Hackneyed
3. Giving off bubbles; fizzy
Paucity
Reverence
Rebuke
Effervescent
4. Accustom to new conditions
Troupe
Tame
Acclimate
Eccentric
5. Strict in manner; extremely simple
Scant
chimerical
lope
Austere
6. Written message (diplomacy)
Memorandum
Jibe
Coffer
Recapitulate
7. Medicinal extract.
lethargy
Poignant
Scrutiny
belladonna
8. (of man) has energy - strong sex-drive
phlegmatic
Virile
Perfunctory
Apex
9. Gather things together
naïvete
invidious
Histrionic
Amalgamate
10. Disease (fungi); thing that spoils
Relegate
Blight
Disparage
Modicum
11. Dryness
Desultory
aridity
belligerent
Demoralize
12. An easy bounding gate(manner of moving the foot)
lope
Perturb
pariah
Reprimand
13. Mournful/sad/dismay
Lugubrious
Contentious
Coffer
Modicum
14. Angry/bad-tempered expression
Scowl
Lunacy
foal
Gaunt
15. Cause to lose confidence/hope
Dogmatic
Libidinous
Demoralize
Smug
16. Fashionable.
posh
Perfunctory
Parley
Eulogy
17. Slim; supple; graceful
Lithe
Quarry
stoic
Revue
18. Criticize sharply
Rebuke
Downpour
Comestible
bellicose
19. Barren; fruitless
Plethora
Sterile
Languish
cavalier
20. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Inundate
Hermit
Sate (satiate)
quixotic
21. Landing stage for boats/ entertainment
Domicile
Pier
Elegy
apocryphal
22. Servant
Lackey
chimerical
Reverence
Connoisseur
23. Secret political faction in collusion
Plethora
Surreptitious
Cabal
Anachronism
24. Shun or avoid
Eschew
Conflagration
meretricious
Impertinent
25. Descendant (notable - long family)
Scion
Approbation
Ubiquitous
Hermit
26. Generous/munificent/forgive
Banal
Anathema
Audacious
Magnanimous
27. Warlike
Obsequious
Blight
bellicose
Sate (satiate)
28. Not harmful or offensive
Fluster
Ingenious
Innocuous
Preside
29. Make (something bad) worse
Indolent
Histrionic
panegyric
Exacerbate
30. Rope used as a lasso
foal
Lariat
Cabal
Scrutiny
31. Flood/large amount of water
Inundate
Sedate
Obsequious
Audacious
32. Extremely foolish or stupid
cogent
Strident
Asinine
Pilfer
33. Bright/showy; extremely decorated
Garish
phlegmatic
Mulish
Tenuous
34. Fake substitute for a drug
bellicose
Cabal
Placebo
Imperative
35. Not canonical (accepted principle esp in church).
apocryphal
Poignant
Quintessence
Dissolute
36. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Rancid
Entomology
perambulate
Candid
37. One living in solitude (religious)
Hermit
agnostic
Avarice
Subjective
38. Where stone is extracted; hunted prey
Quarry
Lodge
Contempt
Frivolous
39. Plant disease (caused by fungi - etc)
Revue
Reticent
Blight
Miscreant
40. Impossible to stop or prevent
Bungler
Inexorable
Uncanny
Hilt
41. Reject with disdain
Spurn
Prerogative
Obsequious
Malady
42. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Audacious
Virile
Impart
Pert
43. Too obedient/servile.
Obsequious
Desultory
Unanimous
Candid
44. Greatly honored.
revered
Scowl
Gluttony
Gaunt
45. Give up or become compliant
Tractable
Audacious
Carouse
Amenable
46. Wordy (fewer would do)
Circumlocution
Munificent
Sanctuary
Subjective
47. Favorable
Exonerate
Auspicious
Miscreant
perfidy
48. Trick
Tenuous
Ardor
Entomology
Ruse
49. Dizzy
Lithe
Giddy
Pertinent
Rife
50. Lack courage dastard (coward)
serendipity
Pusillanimous
Ditty
Consternation