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PCAT Vocab2
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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. Secret political faction in collusion
Codicil
Inane
ostracism
Cabal
2. Jewelry giving protection from evil
Connoisseur
vitriol
Amulet
Discombobulate
3. Acknowledged superiority in
Eminence
Asinine
Expedient
Consummate
4. Not reveal thoughts/feelings easily
Reticent
Infirmary
Hoard
Append
5. Part of a suit
Fulminate
Lapel
Extirpate
Scant
6. Small quantity
Modicum
Gaunt
Relegate
Euphoric
7. Lack strong features/uninteresting
Approbation
Derision
Smug
Bland
8. Talkative
Depot
Pedant
Loquacious
Scrutiny
9. To flatter/admire excessively.
Balmy
adulation
Tractable
meretricious
10. Short simple song
Ditty
juggernaut
Scion
Revue
11. Massive relentless force
juggernaut
Pernicious
Ubiquitous
Sterile
12. Self-satisfied irritably. Smirk: smile
Acquiesce
Smug
Ire
Infringe
13. Very generous
revered
Impart
Exhort
Munificent
14. Wanting to avoid activity; lazy
Seraphic
Indolent
bewildering
apocryphal
15. Fitting/practical (improper?)
Querulous
Anomaly
trite
Expedient
16. Return to former state
Circumlocution
Invective
Atelier
Regression
17. Perplex - confusing
Libidinous
bewildering
maudlin
Chortle
18. Offering nothing challenging
trite
Stoical
Abdicate
Vapid
19. Spread (i.e something unwelcome)
Euphoric
Eccentric
Pervasive
Lugubrious
20. Angel (light and purity)
Anathema
Seraphic
Amalgamate
Panacea
21. Calm; unhurried
evanescent
Asinine
Semantic
Sedate
22. Revelry - enjoy one self (noisily)
Comestible
Dilettante
Candid
Carouse
23. Lying under oath
Soporific
Circumlocution
Ditty
Perjury
24. Flood/overwhelm (to be dealt with)
Stoical
Inundate
Pejorative
Valor
25. Deceptive/deceitful
Austere
Duplicitous
Plethora
Downpour
26. Outcast
Ardent
pariah
Magnanimous
Reproach
27. Overly theatrical
Histrionic
Ostentatious
Anachronism
Pernicious
28. Addition to a will
ostracism
Anomaly
Blight
Codicil
29. Extensive/destructive fire
Denude
bewildering
Conflagration
Lariat
30. Placate by acceding their demands
Conducive
Cavalcade
Recondite
Appease
31. Truthful and straightforward; frank
Candid
Rife
Nefarious
Pertinent
32. Only motivated by self-interest
Eccentric
Depot
Cynical
Codicil
33. Found everywhere
Inundate
juggernaut
Ubiquitous
Rife
34. A huge powerful animal; something monstrous in size or power.
Paucity
Banal
behemoth
hangar
35. Wordy (fewer would do)
Skirmish
Atelier
Entomology
Circumlocution
36. Irritated - angry.
Histrionic
Impertinent
hangar
choleric
37. Selfish motives
cynicism
Domicile
Reproach
Intrepid
38. Comptemplate in deep thoughts
Pensive
Reproach
Elegy
Unanimous
39. Store of money or valuable objects
Hoard
Perjury
Lax
maudlin
40. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful
Reprieve
Angler
chimerical
Profligate
41. Courage in face of danger (i.e. battle)
Dissolute
Lunacy
Valor
posh
42. Give up or become compliant
Miscreant
Tractable
Approbation
Peal
43. Sharp pointed tool to apply mortar
Confab
Sate (satiate)
Inexorable
Trowel
44. Promote/make widely known
Languish
Scion
Promulgate
Inadvertent
45. Denying one's self pleasure
Recondite
Indelible
Lithe
Ascetic
46. Container storing valuables
Coffer
Insurrection
Philander
Connoisseur
47. Distasteful/ inconsistency in ideas
Append
foal
Repugnant
Nefarious
48. Most noticeable; important
Paregoric
Magnanimous
Salient
Errant
49. Dizzy
succinct
Lugubrious
Giddy
Bristle
50. Cheerful - hopeful.
Malady
sanguine
agnostic
Circuitous