Deck 32

Question 1

peripatetic

Answer 1

wandering; traveling continually; itinerant

Question 2

periphery

Answer 2

• the outside edge of something

- peripheral interest: secondary or side interest

Question 3

perjury

Answer 3

lying under oath

Question 4

pernicious

Answer 4

deadly; extremely evil

Question 5

perpetrator

Answer 5

the one who committed the act

Question 6

perquisite

Answer 6

a privilege that goes along with a job; a “perk”

Question 7

peruse

Answer 7

to read carefully

Question 8

pervade

Answer 8

to spread throughout

Question 9

perverse

Answer 9

contrary; stubborn

Question 10

phantasm

Answer 10

apparition; ghost; phantom

Question 11

philistine

Answer 11

a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

Question 12

phlegmatic

Answer 12

calm or indifferent; not easily roused to excitement

Question 13

pivotal

Answer 13

crucial

Question 14

placebo

Answer 14

a fake medication; a fake medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs

Question 15

plaintive

Answer 15

expressing sadness or sorrow

Question 16

platitude

Answer 16

a dull or trite remark, a cliche

Question 17

pliable

Answer 17

flexible; easy to bend; easy to convince, persuade, or mold

Question 18

plight

Answer 18

a dangerous, distressing, or unpleasant situation

Question 19

plunder

Answer 19

to loot, to ransack

Question 20

pluralism

Answer 20

a condition of society in which distinct groups exist and function together yet retain their own identities

Question 21

poignant

Answer 21

painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute

Question 22

polarize

Answer 22

to break up into opposing factions or groupings

Question 23

polemic

Answer 23

a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

Question 24

ponderous

Answer 24

so large as to be clumsy; massive; dull

Question 25

pointificate

Answer 25

to speak pompously or dogmatically