Vocab 3 Flashcards

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perfunctory

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Without enthusiasm or descrite

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Pernicious

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Destructive

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Perspicacity

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Mental sharpness

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Peruse

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Read carefully, study in detail

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Pervade

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To spread to every part

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Pentulance

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Grouchiness

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, Unemotional

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Pious

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Very Religious

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Pithy

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To the point

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Placate

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to appease, pacify

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Platitude

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Dull, trite statement

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Plausible

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Believable but not completely

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Pompous

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Filled with self importance, Arrogant

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Ponderous

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Slow, weighty, labored

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Portent

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Warning sign, Omen

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Potent

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Powerful (usually related with smell)

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Precarious

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Risk, Uncertain

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Preclude

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Prevent, Make impossible

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Precocious

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Mature at a young age

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Predecessor

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Early occupant of a job or office, after someone

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Predeliction

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A preference for something

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Pretentious

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Showy, Making ridiculous claims

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Prevalent

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Common, Well known and accepted

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Primordial

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Formed long ago, primitive

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, especially of money

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Prodigious

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Very Large

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Profound

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Penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom

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Profuse

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in large amounts or quantities

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Protract

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Extended in time or space

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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perfunctory

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Without enthusiasm or descrite

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Pernicious

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Destructive

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Perspicacity

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Mental sharpness

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Peruse

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Read carefully, study in detail

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Pervade

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To spread to every part

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Pentulance

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Grouchiness

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, Unemotional

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Pious

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Very Religious

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Pithy

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To the point

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Placate

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to appease, pacify

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Platitude

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Dull, trite statement

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Plausible

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Believable but not completely

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Pompous

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Filled with self importance, Arrogant

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Ponderous

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Slow, weighty, labored

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Portent

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Warning sign, Omen

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Potent

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Powerful (usually related with smell)

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Precarious

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Risk, Uncertain

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Preclude

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Prevent, Make impossible

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Precocious

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Mature at a young age

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Predecessor

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Early occupant of a job or office, after someone

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Predeliction

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A preference for something

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Pretentious

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Showy, Making ridiculous claims

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Prevalent

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Common, Well known and accepted

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Primordial

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Formed long ago, primitive

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, especially of money

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Prodigious

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Very Large

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Profound

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Penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom

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Profuse

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in large amounts or quantities

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Protract

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Extended in time or space