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AP Vocab List 12
Grelecki AP Vocab List 12
Word | Definition |
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PECUNIARY | monetary; financial |
PEDANT | one who possesses mere book learning; narrow |
PEREMPTORY | dictatorial; unconditional |
PERENNIAL | continual; enduring |
PERFIDIOUS | treacherous |
PERFUNCTORY | mechanical ; indifferent |
PERNICIOUS | destructive |
PERPETUATE | to cause to continue |
PERSPECTIVE | relation of parts to one another and to the whole |
PERT | bold; saucy |
PERUSE | to read with thoroughness |
PERVADE | to go or spread throughout |
PETULANCE | impatient irritation |
PHILISTINE | lacking in culture; commonplace |
PIQUANT | stimulating to the taste; exciting interest |
PIQUE | to irritate |
PITHY | terse |
PLACATE | to pacify |
PLACID | calm |
PLAGIARISM | claiming another's work as one's own |
PLATONIC | purely spiritual; not sensual |
POIGNANT | piercing |
PORTEND | to warn; to foreshadow |
POSTERITY | succeeding generations |
POTPOURRI | mixture |