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PCAT Vocab Terms

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Vitriolic (Adj.) 1.of, pertaining to, or resembling vitriol. 2.obtained from vitriol. 3.very caustic; scathing: vitriolic criticism.
Sportive (Adj.) 1.playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy. 2.done in sport, rather than in earnest: a sportive show of affection. 3.pertaining to or of the nature of a sport or sports. 4.Biology . mutative. 5.Archaic . ardent; wanton.
Mundane (Adj.) 1.of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs. 2.common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative. 3.of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.
Scintillating (Adj.) 1.animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality. 2.witty; brilliantly clever: a scintillating conversationalist; a play full of scintillating dialogue.
Imprudent (Adj.) not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
Complacent (Adj.) 1.pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government. 2.pleasant; complaisant.
Urbane (Adj.) 1.having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner. 2.reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.
Opulent (Adj.) 1.characterized by or exhibiting opulence: an opulent suite. 2.wealthy, rich, or affluent. 3.richly supplied; abundant or plentiful: opulent sunshine.
Vacuous (Adj.) 1.without contents; empty: the vacuous air. 2.lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind. 3.expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book. 4.purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life.
Ameliorated (verb) to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.
Buttressed (noun) 1.any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall. 2.any prop or support.
Aesthetic (Adj.) 1.pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics. 2.having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty. 3.pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
Poignancy (noun) 1.the state or condition of being poignant. 2.a poignant moment, event, situation, or the like. Poignant - keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
Populous (Adj.) 1.full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated. 2.jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Iridescent (Adj) 1.displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
Enfranchise (verb) 1.to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting. 2.to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights. 3.to set free; liberate, as from slavery.
Mnemonic (Adj.) 1.assisting or intended to assist the memory. 2.pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.
Archaic 1.marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion. 2.(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage
Behoove (verb) 1.to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on: It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially. 2.to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage
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