Vocab 3 Flashcards
perfunctory
Without enthusiasm or descrite
Penury
Extreme poverty
Pernicious
Destructive
Perspicacity
Mental sharpness
Peruse
Read carefully, study in detail
Pervade
To spread to every part
Pentulance
Grouchiness
Phlegmatic
Calm, Unemotional
Pious
Very Religious
Pithy
To the point
Placate
to appease, pacify
Platitude
Dull, trite statement
Plausible
Believable but not completely
Pompous
Filled with self importance, Arrogant
Ponderous
Slow, weighty, labored
Portent
Warning sign, Omen
Potent
Powerful (usually related with smell)
Precarious
Risk, Uncertain
Preclude
Prevent, Make impossible
Precocious
Mature at a young age
Predecessor
Early occupant of a job or office, after someone
Predeliction
A preference for something
Pretentious
Showy, Making ridiculous claims
Prevalent
Common, Well known and accepted