PCAT vocabulary list-random vocab words

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Farcical

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Absurd; ludicrous

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Canonize

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declare a person a saint; raise to highest honors

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Prosaic

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(adj) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straight forward; characteristic of prose, not poetic

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Lack luster

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dull; monotonous; bland

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monotonous

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(adj) dull, tedious, and repetitive; lacking in variety and interest

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Soothsayer

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person able to predict the future, seer.

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Wanton

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Undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless

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Polemic

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Controversy; argument; verbal attack

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Panegyric

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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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Invidious

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Likely to arouse resentment or anger

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Circumspect

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Careful, Cautious

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Missive

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A written message

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Hangar

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Storage area (like a garage) for a plane

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Seraphic

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angelic; sweet

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Behemoth

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A creature of enormous size, power or appearance

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Sanguine

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ruddy; cheerfully optimistic

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Phlegmatic

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(adj) calm, unexcitable sluggish

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Choleric

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Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

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Sybaritic

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marked by luxury or pleasure

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Laconic

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(adj) Concise using few words

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Cavalier

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Carefree and nonchalant

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Maudlin

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Overly Sentimental

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Juggernaut

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a terrible destructive or irresistible force

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Lope

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gallop slowly

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Drawl

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slow way of speaking

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judicious

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Sensible; showing good judgment, cautious

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Outskirts

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Periphery

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Furtiveness

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Stealth

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deject

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dishearten

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affix

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append

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Cutlery

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eating Utensils

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ration

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allotment

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Scant

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meager

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Surrealistic

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dreamlike

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Pummel

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Punch

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civility

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politeness

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distraught

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agitated

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pamper

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indulge

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versatile

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having many uses

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quibble

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bicker

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Ponder

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Contemplate

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bewilderment

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Confusion

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Slothful

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Lazy

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drab

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Somber

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Delirium

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madness

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Cranny

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Crevice

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Imperil

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endanger

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parched

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dry

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receptive

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open

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pertinence

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applicability

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exuberant

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overjoyed

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therapeutic

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curative

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Exuberant

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overjoyed

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genesis

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beginning

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prenatal

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before birth

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admiration

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esteem

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Interrogatory

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questioning

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irrigate

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water

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Supplementary

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additional

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Infertile

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barren

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rebuttal

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Counter-argument

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aviary

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bird sanctuary

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diabolic

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devilish

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Courier

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messenger

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swivel

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pivot

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gloom

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melancholy

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perplexity

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bewilderment

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scruffy

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unkempt

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perch

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roost

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fortify

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strengthen

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microbe

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germ

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swashbuckler

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adventurer

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besiege

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beleaguer

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indoctrinate

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brainwash

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berserk

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crazed

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness

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gaudy

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Flashy

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flourish

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thrive

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hearsay

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rumor

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ire

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anger

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Phenomenal

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extraordinary

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fondness

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affection

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rivalry

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Competition

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Circulate

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Spread

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Source

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Origin