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Parsimonious-Phlegma
Question | Answer |
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parsimonious | cheap; miserly; stingy |
partisan | biased or prejudiced; sectarian |
paucity | scarcity; dearth |
peccadillo | a slight offense; literally, a minor sin; infraction |
pecuniary | having to do with money; financial |
pedagogy | the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing; education |
pedantic | the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules; bookish |
pellucid | transparent; easy to understand; clear |
penchant | strong inclination; a liking; fondness |
penury | poverty; destitution; indigence |
perennial | recurrent throughout the year or over many years; happening repeatedly or continually; lasting; returning |
perfunctory | done without care or interest; done merely as a duty; obligatory, cursory, automatic |
perigee | the point nearest the earth in an orbit of a body; nearest point |
peripatetic | itinerant; traveling on foot; roving |
personable | pleasing in appearance or personality; winning |
peruse | to examine with great care; scrutinize |
pervade | to permeate; infuse |
pervasive | having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
petulant | ill-tempered; rritable |
phlegmatic | calm; sluggish; unemotional; dispassionate |