PCAT "A"

to combine several elements into a whole (noun form: amalgamation)

to accumulate

unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in at least two similarly plausible ways

undecided; blowing hot and cold

able to walk; walking

to make better or more tolerable

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

friendly

friendship

something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing.

a brief entertaining story

alive; moving

resentment; hostility; ill will

soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts

an aberration; an irregularity; deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

firm dislike; dislike; hatred

free from germs; exceptionally clean

lack of emotion or interest

of doubtful origin; false

farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection

to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

worried; anxious

an expression of approval or praise

one who decides; a judge

outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

extremely dry; unimaginative; dull

feeling superior to others; snooty

speaking clearly and well

hermitlike; one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability

to aver, allege, or assert

hardworking; busy; diligent

to soothe; to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

having a tightening effect of living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

perceptive; intelligent

to waste away from lack of use

daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

to add to; to increase; to make bigger

omen, portent

favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

without adornment; bare; severely simple; wihtout much money; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

real

like a dictator

greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious)

to state as a fact; to declare or assert

a universally recognized principle; a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying (adj. form: axiomatic)

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)