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SAT Vocab 3 Eng3
sat vocabulary 3 english 3 cp advanced kirkland
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. peripheral | external; incidental; tangential |
| v. peruse | to study; to read |
| adj. philistine | narrow-minded; smugly conventional |
| n. philistine | dull often priggish person guided by material rather then intellectual or artistic values |
| n. piety | devotion and reverence, especially to God and family |
| v. pique | to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite |
| n. pique | a temporary feeling of wounded vanity; a fit of resentment |
| v. placate | to soothe; to pacify |
| adj. placid | outwardly calm or composed; self-satisfied; peaceful |
| v. plagiarize | to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's won; to use without giving credit |
| n. platitude | a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat, or weak |
| adj. pompous | self-importnat; stately; magnificent; excessively orrate |