PCAT vocabulary list-random vocab words Flashcards
Farcical
Absurd; ludicrous
Canonize
declare a person a saint; raise to highest honors
Prosaic
(adj) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straight forward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
Lack luster
dull; monotonous; bland
monotonous
(adj) dull, tedious, and repetitive; lacking in variety and interest
Soothsayer
person able to predict the future, seer.
Wanton
Undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless
Polemic
Controversy; argument; verbal attack
Panegyric
elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
Invidious
Likely to arouse resentment or anger
Circumspect
Careful, Cautious
Missive
A written message
Hangar
Storage area (like a garage) for a plane
Seraphic
angelic; sweet
Behemoth
A creature of enormous size, power or appearance
Sanguine
ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
Phlegmatic
(adj) calm, unexcitable sluggish
Choleric
Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible
Sybaritic
marked by luxury or pleasure
Laconic
(adj) Concise using few words
Cavalier
Carefree and nonchalant
Maudlin
Overly Sentimental
Juggernaut
a terrible destructive or irresistible force
Lope
gallop slowly
Drawl
slow way of speaking
judicious
Sensible; showing good judgment, cautious
Outskirts
Periphery
Furtiveness
Stealth
deject
dishearten
affix
append
Cutlery
eating Utensils
ration
allotment
Scant
meager
Surrealistic
dreamlike
Pummel
Punch
civility
politeness
distraught
agitated
pamper
indulge
versatile
having many uses
quibble
bicker
Ponder
Contemplate
bewilderment
Confusion
Slothful
Lazy
drab
Somber
Delirium
madness
Cranny
Crevice
Imperil
endanger
parched
dry
receptive
open
pertinence
applicability
exuberant
overjoyed
therapeutic
curative
Exuberant
overjoyed
genesis
beginning
prenatal
before birth
admiration
esteem
Interrogatory
questioning
irrigate
water
Supplementary
additional
Infertile
barren
rebuttal
Counter-argument
aviary
bird sanctuary
diabolic
devilish
Courier
messenger
swivel
pivot
gloom
melancholy
perplexity
bewilderment
scruffy
unkempt
perch
roost
fortify
strengthen
microbe
germ
swashbuckler
adventurer
besiege
beleaguer
indoctrinate
brainwash
berserk
crazed
Ingenuity
Cleverness
gaudy
Flashy
flourish
thrive
hearsay
rumor
ire
anger
Phenomenal
extraordinary
fondness
affection
rivalry
Competition
Circulate
Spread
Source
Origin