NSF regionals vocabulary f26 Flashcards by Awesome Cool

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Penurious

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Extremely poor

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Peon

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A laborer or farm worker

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Percipient

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Having a good understanding of something

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Periphery

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Outer surfaces or limits, boundaries

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Periphrastic

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Indirect and circumlocutory

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Perjure

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Willfully tell an untruth

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Perky

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Cheerful and lively

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Permafrost

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Frozen ground

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Perquisite

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An incidental payment

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Piecemeal

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Piece by piece, gradually

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Pigeon

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A bird that has a compact body and short legs

from the family Columbidae

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Pizzaz

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Energy, vigor, attractive, to have enlightment

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Placard

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A notice board or card

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Placate

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To appease or calm down

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Plagiarize

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To use other people’s ideas

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Plaintiff

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A person who brings case in a court of law

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Platonic

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Pertaining to Plato and his doctrines

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Play cat-and-mouse

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A children’s game

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Plea bargain

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An arrangement between a prosecutor and

defendant

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Pliable

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Easily bent or flexible

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Plumb

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To measure a depth of water, to unclog

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Ply

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To work busily at

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Podiatrist

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A person qualified to treat the feet

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Point

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A sharp end, to have a meaning

Polarization

A sharp division as of population or group in | opposing factions

Polemic

A controversial argument, a verbal attack

Poltergeist

A ghost known for making loud noises or | throwing stuff around

Populace

Common people of a community

Portrayal

A description of something in a way

Posh

Belonging to the upper class, elegant flashy