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wk 24
Vocabulary cartoons: periphery to pique
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| periphery | the outermost part within a boundary, the outside edge |
| permeate | to flow or spread through; penetrate |
| perverse | stubborn; contrary; intractable |
| petulant | ill-humored, irritable, cranky |
| philanthropy | love of mankind, especially through charitable gifts and deeds |
| phobia | a persistent, illogical fear |
| photogenic | suitable, especially attractive for photography |
| pied | having patches or blotches of two or more colors |
| pillage | to rob of goods by violent seizure, plunder, to take as spoils |
| pique | irritation, resentment stemming from wounded pride; to arouse curiousity |