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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. Grow weak/feeble
Contentious
bewildering
Languish
meretricious
2. Outward behavior
Demeanor
Continent
Assiduous
Infirmary
3. One living in solitude (religious)
Cynical
Hermit
Exhort
Smug
4. Harsh reprimand/warn; disapproval
Conflagration
Downpour
Castigate
drawl
5. Steal (things of little value)
Lapel
Pilfer
succinct
Desultory
6. Bulky glove
Gauntlet
Imperative
chimerical
vitriol
7. Mythical beast; unreal.
Intractable
chimerical
Conflagration
Apt
8. Make (something bad) worse
Exacerbate
laconic - spartan
cogent
Pier
9. Steady earnest effort
lope
Obsequious
diligence
Frivolous
10. Base - lowest
Exonerate
Tirade
Pensive
Nadir
11. (girl or woman) attractively lively
Angler
Memorandum
Pert
Atelier
12. Endure pain without showing feeling
Stoical
Spurn
Brackish
Placebo
13. Capricious; changing mind frequently
Fickle
Revue
Amenable
Castigate
14. Envy the possession/enjoyment of
Errant
Bristle
Anachronism
Begrudge
15. Dizzy
sanguine
Giddy
Indelible
demagogue
16. Amateur; dabbler; no real skill
revered
Pertinent
Spurn
Dilettante
17. Slightly salty
Jibe
Expedient
Eminence
Brackish
18. Place for storage of large commodity
Depot
Appease
Quarry
Perfidious
19. Excite (i.e. sexual images - words)
Profligate
Titillate
Abdicate
Lackey
20. To flatter/admire excessively.
revered
Ruse
adulation
Fracas
21. Make or become fixed; stuck
Eccentric
Lodge
Dilettante
Coffer
22. Tending to vanish like vapor.
Kudos
Hackneyed
evanescent
Gaudy
23. Become less intense/widespread
maudlin
Abate
Lodge
laconic - spartan
24. Model; exemplar
Paragon
Castigate
Hedonist
Trowel
25. Stubborn to change one's mind
Obstinate
Pedant
diligence
Pugilist
26. Gather things together
Amalgamate
Recapitulate
Boorish
Amenable
27. Not exciting - adventurous - bold
Dulcet
perfidy
Petulant
Tame
28. Extremely foolish or stupid
Paltry
hackneyed
Asinine
Lunacy
29. Greatly honored.
Carouse
juggernaut
revered
Pilfer
30. Break/interlude
Inundate
Brackish
Infringe
agnostic
31. Man concern with stylish looks
Effervescent
Raucous
Memorandum
Dandy
32. Found everywhere
Tame
Impertinent
Sate (satiate)
Ubiquitous
33. Communicate; give to something
Tractable
Impart
Extol
Pert
34. Belief of something/one is useless
Banal
Contempt
Miscreant
Spindle
35. Annoyance by unfair treatment
Embroider
Malady
Indignation
Audacious
36. Sorrowful
Append
Conflagration
seraphic
Dolorous
37. Entertainment of sketches/song/dance
demagogue
Predilection
Amenable
Revue
38. Represent as little worth; scorn
Eulogy
Ingenious
Comestible
Disparage
39. Trap for catching small animals
Paregoric
Append
behemoth
Snare
40. Acknowledged superiority in
Tenuous
Preside
Eminence
Rife
41. Angel (light and purity)
Fracas
Seraphic
Sterile
Prerogative
42. Offering nothing challenging
Bland
Incompetent
Vapid
antebellum
43. Tastelessly bright or showy
Ennui
Imbue
Gaudy
antebellum
44. A public expression of approval
Eminence
quixotic
Dogmatic
panegyric
45. Descendant (notable - long family)
Scion
filibuster
Ethereal
Sanctuary
46. Violent uprising against authority
Insurrection
Obstinate
Raucous
Pertinent
47. Act/done quickly/rashly; hothead
Impetuous
Perjury
Audacious
Smug
48. Unreasonably high (i.e. costs)
Miscreant
Placebo
Jibe
Exorbitant
49. Handle of sword/dagger/or knife
lethargy
drawl
Hilt
Dissolute
50. Junction of two rivers; merging
aridity
Assiduous
Uncanny
Confluence