Vocab Unit 3

Question 0

Perfunctory

Answer 0

adj- without enthusiasm or thoroughness; routine

Question 1

Penury

Answer 1

noun- extreme poverty, destitution

Question 2

Pernicious

Answer 2

adj- destructive

Question 3

Perspicacity

Answer 3

noun- mental sharpness, keen insight

Question 4

Peruse

Answer 4

verb- read carefully, study in detail

Question 5

Pervade

Answer 5

verb- to spread to every part

Question 6

Petulance

Answer 6

noun- grouchiness

Question 7

Phlegmetic

Answer 7

adj- calm, unemotional

Question 8

Pious

Answer 8

adj- exhibiting religious devotion

Question 9

Pithy

Answer 9

adj- to the point, concise

Question 10

Placate

Answer 10

verb- to appease, pacify, mollify

Question 11

Platitude

Answer 11

noun- dull, trite statement

Question 12

Plausible

Answer 12

adj- believable, but not completely

Question 13

Pompous

Answer 13

adj- filled with self importance, arrogant, obnoxious proud

Question 14

Ponderous

Answer 14

adj- slow, weighty, labored

Question 15

Portent

Answer 15

noun- warning sign, omen, indication

Question 16

Potent

Answer 16

adj- powerful

Question 17

Precarious

Answer 17

adj- risky, uncertain

Question 18

Preclude

Answer 18

verb- prevent, make impossible

Question 19

Precocious

Answer 19

adj- mature at a young age

Question 20

Predecessor

Answer 20

noun- an earlier occupant of a job, position

Question 21

Predilection

Answer 21

noun- a preference for something

Question 22

Pretentious

Answer 22

adj- showy; making ridiculous claims; excessively ambitious

Question 23

Prevalent

Answer 23

adj- widely accepted; common

Question 24

Primordial

Answer 24

adj- formed a long time ago, primitive

Question 25

Prodigal

Answer 25

adj- wasteful, especially with money; extravagant

Question 26

Prodigious

Answer 26

adj- very large

Question 27

Profound

Answer 27

adj- penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom and insight; deep

Question 28

Profuse

Answer 28

adj- large amount or quantities

Question 29

Protract

Answer 29

verb- extend in time or space