Word List 35 Flashcards
(33 cards)
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Pecuniary
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Pertaining to money
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Pedagogy
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Teaching; art of education
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Pedantic
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Showing off learning
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Pejorative
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Negative in connotation
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Pellucid
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Transparent; limpid; easy to understand
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Penchant
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Strong inclination; liking
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Penitent
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Repentent
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Pensive
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Dreamily thoughtful
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Penury
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Severe poverty
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Perceptive
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Insightful; aware; wise
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Perdition
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Complete ruin; damnation
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Peremptory
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Demanding and leaving no choice
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Perfidious
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treacherous; disloyal
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Perfunctory
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Superficial; not thorough
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Peripheral
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Marginal; outer
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Perjury
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False testimony while under oath
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Permeate
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Pass through; spread
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Pernicious
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Very destructive
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Perpetual
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Everlasting
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Perpetuate
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Make something last
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Persona
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Public personality or facade
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Personable
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Attractive
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Perspicacious
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Having insight; penetrating; astute
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Pert
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Impertinent
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Pertinacious
Stubborn; persistent
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Pertinent
To the point
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Perturb
Disturb greatly
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Pervasive
Pervading; spread throughout every part
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Perverse
Stubbornly wrong
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Petrify
Turn to stone
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Petty
Trivial
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Petulant
Touchy; peevish
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Philanderer
Faithless lover; flirt
