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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| patronage | the power to make appointments to government jobs |
| patronize | to be a customer or to talk down to |
| paucity | scarcity; lack of |
| peccadillo | a minor offense |
| pectoral | pertaining to the chest |
| peculate | to steal |
| pecuniary | pertaining to money |
| pedagogue | a schoolteacher |
| pedantic | to show off one’s knowledge |
| pedestrian | ordinary; common; banal |
| pedigree | a record of ancestors |
| peer | an equal or to look at closely |
| peerless | without equal |
| peevish | hard to please |
| pejorative | insulting |
| pellucid | transparent |
| pelt | skin of an animal; to throw |
| penal | pertaining to punishment |
| penchant | a strong liking for |
| penitent | expressing sorrow for a wrongdoing |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| peon | common worker |
| perceive | to observe or understand |
| perceptible | recognizable |
| perceptive | quick witted; keen |
| perdition | damnation |
| peregrinate | to travel; journey |
| peremptory | decisive or final |
| perennial | lasting for a long time; perpetual |
| perfidious | deceitful; unfaithful |
| perforce | of necessity |
| perfunctory | routine |
| perigee | point nearest to the earth |
| periphery | outside boundary; unimportant area of a subject |
| permeate | to spread throughout |
| pernicious | destructive |
| peroration | the concluding part of a speech |
| perpetrate | to be guilty of |
| perpetuate | cause to continue |
| perplex | confuse |
| perquisite | something additional to regular pay |
| persevere | to endure |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human being or to abstract ideas |
| perspicacity | sharp insight |
| perspicuity | clearness |
| pert | bold; lively |
| pertinent | to the point |
| perturb | to disturb |
| peruse | to read carefully |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| perverse | contrary; stubborn |
| pervert | to corrupt |
| pessimist | one who sees the worst |
| petrify | to paralyze with fear |
| petrology | study of rocks |
| petty | unimportant |
| petulant | irritable |
| phalanx | compact group of people |
| phenomenon | extraordinary (fact or occurrence) |
| philander | to engage in many love affairs |
| philanthropy | generosity to mankind |
| philately | stamp collecting |
| philippic | a verbal attack |
| philistine | uncultured |
| phlegmatic | unemotional |
| phobia | intense fear |
| phoenix | a bird symbolizing immortality |
| picaresque | adventurous scoundrel |
| piddling | petty |
| piecemeal | bit by bit |
| pied | many-colored; variegated |
| piety | devotion |
| pigment | dye |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| pillage | to loot |
| pillory | to expose to public ridicule |
| pinnacle | highest point |
| pious | religious; deeply devoted to religion |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste; exciting |
| pique | to irritate |
| piscine | of or like a fish |
| pithy | to the point |
| pittance | small amount |
| pivotal | crucial; critical; important |
| placard | small poster |
| placate | to calm |
| placebo | harmless, phony medicine |
| placid | calm |
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