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SAT Vocab 3 Eng3
sat vocabulary 3 english 3 cp advanced kirkland
Question | Answer |
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adj. peripheral | external; incidental; tangential |
v. peruse | to study; to read |
adj. philistine | narrow-minded; smugly conventional |
n. philistine | dull often priggish person guided by material rather then intellectual or artistic values |
n. piety | devotion and reverence, especially to God and family |
v. pique | to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite |
n. pique | a temporary feeling of wounded vanity; a fit of resentment |
v. placate | to soothe; to pacify |
adj. placid | outwardly calm or composed; self-satisfied; peaceful |
v. plagiarize | to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's won; to use without giving credit |
n. platitude | a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat, or weak |
adj. pompous | self-importnat; stately; magnificent; excessively orrate |