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Boda Vocab 9

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Parsimonious (adj.) frugal or stingy
Pedantic (adj.) overly concerned with minute details; banal or unimaginative
Pejorative (adj.) having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect
Perfidy (n) a deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; cumulative; treachery
Perfunctory (adj.) performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; routine in a mechanical way
Pernicious (adj.) causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
Perquisite (n) an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, and wages; privilege above normal wages; perk
Peruse (v) to read through with a casual but attentive manner
Pivotal (adj.) of crucial importance to something else
Placate (v) to appease or pacify; to calm down
Plethora (n) overabundance; excess
Portent (n) an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous
Precipitous (adj.) dangerously high or steep
Prodigal (adj.) wastefully or recklessly extravagant; wastefulness; luxuriousness
Profligate (adj.) wildly extravagant or wasteful; deals more with lustfulness; wild parties at frat parties; spending money on champagne and money; licentiousness
Profuse (adj.) made or done freely and abundantly; positive connotation
Prolific (adj.) excessive reproduction; fruitful
Propensity (n) an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way; part of your nature
Propriety (n) the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals; properness; what is acceptable in conduct
Prosaic (adj.) commonplace or dull; matter
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