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AP Vocab List 12
Grelecki AP Vocab List 12
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |