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vocab week 11

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201. peripheral adj. external; incidental; tangential.
202. peruse v. to study; to read.
203. philistine adj. narrow-minded; smugly conventional. (When used as a noun, philistine means "a dull often priggish person guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values.")
204. piety n. devotion and reverence, especially to God and family.
205. pique v. to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite. (When used as a noun, pique means "a temporary feeling of wounded vanity; a fit of resentment.")
206. placate v. to soothe; to pacify.
207. placid adj. outwardly calm or composed; self-satisfied; peaceful.
208. plagiarize v. to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's own; to use without giving credit.
209. platitude n. a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat or weak.
210. pompous adj. self-important; stately; magnificent; excessively ornate.
211. ponderous adj. very heavy; bulky; labored and dull or tiresome.
212. pragmatic adj. practical; opinionated; concerned with actual practice rather than with theory or speculation.
213. preclude v. to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent.
214. precocious adj. having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age; early or prematurely ripe or developed.
215. prestigious adj. honored; having an illustrious name or reputation.
216. pretentious adj. claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit; showy; self-important.
217. procrastinate v. to put off doing something until a later time; to delay.
218. prodigious adj. enormous; extraordinary; marvelous.
219. profane adj. secular; not holy; not connected with religion; irreverent.
220. profusion n. abundance; a great or generous amount; extravagance.
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