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| philanderer |
n. a man who has sexual relationships with many different women, faithless lover
eg. He had a reputation as a philanderer. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:59:09 GMT |
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| phenomena |
n. observable facts, phenomenon
eg. Globalization is a phenomena of the 21st century. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:59:42 GMT |
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| pharisaical |
adj. hypocritical (pretend to be moral) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:19:33 GMT |
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| petulant |
adj. bad-tempered and unreasonable, crabby, fractious, querulous, peevish
eg. He behaved like a petulant child and refused to cooperate |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:11:22 GMT |
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| petty |
adj. unimportant, very small, trivial |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:19:33 GMT |
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| petrify |
v. turn to stone, terrify
eg. His icy stare petrified her. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:59:36 GMT |
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| pestle |
n. cai' chay`, a tool use to grinding or mashing substances in a hard bowl |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:13:06 GMT |
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| pestilential |
adj. causing plague, baneful, pernicious
eg. Ppl were afraid to explore the pestilential swamp |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:01:06 GMT |
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| pessimism |
n. belief that life is basically bad or evil, gloominess, (doldrums) |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:25:28 GMT |
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| perversion |
n. corruption, unacceptable behavior
eg. sexual perversion, the perversion of justice |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:06:32 GMT |
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| perverse |
adj. stubbornly wrong, wicked, unpalatable
eg. She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 08:59:27 GMT |
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| pervasive |
adj. broadly spreading, omnipresent, pandemic, ubiquitous
eg. Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything) |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 08:59:50 GMT |
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| peruse |
v. read with care
eg. A copy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:23:14 GMT |
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| perturb |
v. disturb greatly, alarm, make sb anxious
eg. Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb him in the least. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:48:21 GMT |
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| pertinent |
adj. suitable, relevant, opportune, (jibe = germane)
eg. Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:35:10 GMT |
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| pertinacious |
adj. dogged, determined, persistent, dour, tenacious
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:01:00 GMT |
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| pert |
adj. rude, disrespectful, impertinent
eg. a pert reply |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:29:03 GMT |
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| perspicuous |
adj. clear, obvious = patent, explicit, lucid
eg. It's such a perspicuous comment |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:35:54 GMT |
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| perspicuity |
n. clarity of expression, certainty |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:41:46 GMT |
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| perspicacious |
adj. having insight, acute, perceptive, discerning, sagacious
eg. He was perspicacious enough to realize that the shares will go down |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:01:40 GMT |
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| personable |
adj. attractive
eg. The sales assistant was a very personable young man. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:01:47 GMT |
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| perquisite |
n. bonus, additional profit, gratuity
eg. The perquisite of this job is more attractive than its salary |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:02:33 GMT |
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| perpetuate |
v. make sth last, preserve from extinction, prolong, protract
eg. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘boys don’t cry’. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:02:52 GMT |
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| perpetual |
adj. everlasting, perennial, incessant, continuous
eg. mountain peaks covered with perpetual snows and ice |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:35:06 GMT |
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| perpetrate |
v. commit a crime/offense
eg. to perpetrate a crime / fraud / massacre |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:03:05 GMT |
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| peroration |
n. conclusion (of a long and boring speech) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:28:02 GMT |
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| pernicious |
adj. very destructive, harmful, pestilential
eg. the pernicious influence of TV violence on children |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:03:13 GMT |
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| permeable |
adj. penetrable (for water,air)
ant. impermeable
eg. The skin of amphibians is permeable to water |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:28:02 GMT |
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| perjury |
n. the crime of telling lie in court
eg. The defense witnesses were found guilty of perjury |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:03:23 GMT |
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| periphery |
n. outer edge, perimeter
eg. industrial development on the periphery of the town |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:03:30 GMT |
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| peripheral |
adj. connected with outer edge of sth
eg. the peripheral nervous system/ peripheral vision |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:03:58 GMT |
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| peripatetic |
adj. itinerant, constantly traveling, nomadic
eg. a peripatetic music teacher |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:04:06 GMT |
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| perimeter |
n. outer boundary, circumference, girth
eg. Find the area and perimeter of the following shapes. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:04:15 GMT |
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| perigee |
n. point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:16:40 GMT |
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| perfunctory |
adj. done as a duty, inattentively, careless
eg. They only made a perfunctory effort |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:16:40 GMT |
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| perforate |
v. pierce, make a orifice/aperture, riddle
eg. The explosion perforated his eardrum. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:04:50 GMT |
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| perfidious |
adj. cannot be trusted, treacherous, deceitful
eg. He worked cautiously with an perfidious partner |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:16:40 GMT |
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| perennial |
adj. chronic, long-lasting, incessant, perpetual
eg. the perennial problem of water shortage |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:52:39 GMT |
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| peremptory |
adj. expecting to be obeyed immediately
eg. a peremptory summons |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:05:06 GMT |
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| peregrination |
n. odyssey, long journey
eg. her world peregrination |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:35:45 GMT |
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| perdition |
n. damnation, punishment that lasts for even after death |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:09:04 GMT |
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| percussion |
adj. drum-like (instruments)
eg. the drum is a percussion |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:36:19 GMT |
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| peon |
n. agricultural servant/worker in a farm |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:01:57 GMT |
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| penury |
n. severe poverty, indigence
eg. He died in penury |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:48:29 GMT |
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| penumbra |
n. partial shadow (in an eclipse), area between fully dark and fully light |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:01:57 GMT |
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| pensive |
adj. thinking deeply because you are sad or worried
eg. He gazed pensively out of the window. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:55:12 GMT |
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| penitent |
adj. regretful, remorseful, rueful
eg. He feel penitent after hearing the conviction for his enormous crime |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:07:19 GMT |
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| pendulous |
adj. hanging down, suspend |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:55:12 GMT |
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| pendant |
adj. hanging down from Sth
n. ornament (hanging from Sth)
eg. Her pendant earings glistened in the light |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:55:12 GMT |
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| penchant |
n. fondness, inclination, partiality, partisanship
eg. She has a penchant for champagne |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:38:33 GMT |
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| penance |
n. a punishment you give yourself to do (esp from a priest)
eg. to do penance for your sins |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:50:30 GMT |
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| pellucid |
adj. transparent, easily understanding, lucid, perspicuous
eg. The light was so pellucid, so dazzling that she reached for her sunglasses. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:27:47 GMT |
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| pell-mell |
adv. quickly and uncontrollably
eg. The children rushed pell-mell down the stairs. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:39:10 GMT |
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| pejorative |
adj. negative, belittling
eg. pejorative remarks |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:52:42 GMT |
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| peerless |
adj. unsurpassed, outstanding
eg. Roger Federer is peerless in tennis, no one could compare to him |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:52:37 GMT |
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| pedestrian |
adj. ordinary, unimaginative, mediocre, prosaic
eg. Her latest play is more pedestrian than her earlier work. |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:09:02 GMT |
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| pedantic |
adj. showing off learning, too concerned about details
eg. a pedantic scholar |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:52:58 GMT |
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| pedant |
n. a person who is too concerned with small details in learning or teaching |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:35:01 GMT |
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| pedagogy |
n. teaching, education method |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:33:48 GMT |
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| pedagogue |
n. a (arrogant) teacher
eg. A pedagogue oftens thinks that they know more than other ppl |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:54:09 GMT |
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| pecuniary |
adj. pertaining to money
eg. pecuniary advantage |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 04 May 2010 09:09:41 GMT |
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