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GRE baron 35

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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.
pessimism
n. belief that life is basically bad or evil, gloominess, (doldrums)
petulant
adj. bad-tempered and unreasonable, crabby, fractious, querulous, peevish

eg. He behaved like a petulant child and refused to cooperate
pecuniary
adj. pertaining to money

eg. pecuniary advantage
pedestrian
adj. ordinary, unimaginative, mediocre, prosaic

eg. Her latest play is more pedestrian than her earlier work.
penitent
adj. regretful, remorseful, rueful

eg. He feel penitent after hearing the conviction for his enormous crime
peremptory
adj. expecting to be obeyed immediately

eg. a peremptory summons
perforate
v. pierce, make a orifice/aperture, riddle

eg. The explosion perforated his eardrum.
perimeter
n. outer boundary, circumference, girth

eg. Find the area and perimeter of the following shapes.
peripatetic
adj. itinerant, constantly traveling, nomadic

eg. a peripatetic music teacher
peripheral
adj. connected with outer edge of sth

eg. the peripheral nervous system/ peripheral vision
periphery
n. outer edge, perimeter

eg. industrial development on the periphery of the town
perjury
n. the crime of telling lie in court

eg. The defense witnesses were found guilty of perjury
pernicious
adj. very destructive, harmful, pestilential

eg. the pernicious influence of TV violence on children
perpetrate
v. commit a crime/offense

eg. to perpetrate a crime / fraud / massacre
perpetuate
v. make sth last, preserve from extinction, prolong, protract

eg. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘boys don’t cry’.
perquisite
n. bonus, additional profit, gratuity

eg. The perquisite of this job is more attractive than its salary
personable
adj. attractive

eg. The sales assistant was a very personable young man.
perspicacious
adj. having insight, acute, perceptive, discerning, sagacious

eg. He was perspicacious enough to realize that the shares will go down
pertinacious
adj. dogged, determined, persistent, dour, tenacious
pervasive
adj. broadly spreading, omnipresent, pandemic, ubiquitous

eg. Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything)
perverse
adj. stubbornly wrong, wicked, unpalatable

eg. She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
pell-mell
adv. quickly and uncontrollably

eg. The children rushed pell-mell down the stairs.
penchant
n. fondness, inclination, partiality, partisanship

eg. She has a penchant for champagne
percussion
adj. drum-like (instruments)

eg. the drum is a percussion
peregrination
n. odyssey, long journey

eg. her world peregrination
pert
adj. rude, disrespectful, impertinent

eg. a pert reply
peruse
v. read with care

eg. A copy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure.
perversion
n. corruption, unacceptable behavior

eg. sexual perversion, the perversion of justice
phenomena
n. observable facts, phenomenon

eg. Globalization is a phenomena of the 21st century.
petrify
v. turn to stone, terrify

eg. His icy stare petrified her.
philanderer
n. a man who has sexual relationships with many different women, faithless lover

eg. He had a reputation as a philanderer.
pestilential
adj. causing plague, baneful, pernicious

eg. Ppl were afraid to explore the pestilential swamp
pedagogue
n. a (arrogant) teacher

eg. A pedagogue oftens thinks that they know more than other ppl
pedantic
adj. showing off learning, too concerned about details

eg. a pedantic scholar
pejorative
adj. negative, belittling

eg. pejorative remarks
peerless
adj. unsurpassed, outstanding

eg. Roger Federer is peerless in tennis, no one could compare to him
penance
n. a punishment you give yourself to do (esp from a priest)

eg. to do penance for your sins
penury
n. severe poverty, indigence

eg. He died in penury
perspicuous
adj. clear, obvious = patent, explicit, lucid

eg. It's such a perspicuous comment
pertinent
adj. suitable, relevant, opportune, (jibe = germane)

eg. Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic
perennial
adj. chronic, long-lasting, incessant, perpetual

eg. the perennial problem of water shortage
pharisaical
adj. hypocritical (pretend to be moral)
petty
adj. unimportant, very small, trivial
pestle
n. cai' chay`, a tool use to grinding or mashing substances in a hard bowl
perturb
v. disturb greatly, alarm, make sb anxious

eg. Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb him in the least.
perspicuity
n. clarity of expression, certainty
perpetual
adj. everlasting, perennial, incessant, continuous

eg. mountain peaks covered with perpetual snows and ice
peroration
n. conclusion (of a long and boring speech)
permeable
adj. penetrable (for water,air)
ant. impermeable

eg. The skin of amphibians is permeable to water
perigee
n. point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
perfunctory
adj. done as a duty, inattentively, careless

eg. They only made a perfunctory effort
perfidious
adj. cannot be trusted, treacherous, deceitful

eg. He worked cautiously with an perfidious partner
perdition
n. damnation, punishment that lasts for even after death
peon
n. agricultural servant/worker in a farm
penumbra
n. partial shadow (in an eclipse), area between fully dark and fully light
pensive
adj. thinking deeply because you are sad or worried

eg. He gazed pensively out of the window.
pendulous
adj. hanging down, suspend
pendant
adj. hanging down from Sth
n. ornament (hanging from Sth)

eg. Her pendant earings glistened in the light
pedant
n. a person who is too concerned with small details in learning or teaching
pedagogy
n. teaching, education method
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