701-750 Flashcards
Perplex
[Verb] Be a mystery or bewildering to
Pertinent
[Adj] Being of striking appropriateness
Pervade
[Verb] Spread or diffuse through
Petulance
[Noun] The quality of being easily annoyed and complaining like a child:
Petulant
[Adj] Easily irritated or annoyed
Phlegmatic
[Adj] Showing little emotion
Pillage
[Verb] Steal goods; take as spoils
Pique
[Verb] Call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response; elicit; evoke
Placate
[Verb] Cause to be more favorably inclined; mollify
Placid
[Adj] Calm and free from disturbance
Plaintive
[Adj] Expressing sorrow; contrite
Platitude
[Noun] A trite or obvious remark
Plea
[Noun] A humble request for help from someone in authority
Plead
[Verb] Appeal or request earnestly
Plethora
[Noun] Extreme excess
Pluck
[Verb] Pull lightly but sharply
Plummet
[Verb] Drop sharply
Polemic
[Noun] A verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
Ponderous
[Adj] Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
Posit
[Verb] Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
Precarious
[Adj] Not secure; beset with difficulties
Precedence
[Noun] Status established in order of importance or urgency
Precious
[Adj] Of high worth or cost
Precipitate
[Verb] Bring about abruptly
Precipitous
[Adj] Extremely steep
Preclude
[Verb] Make impossible, especially beforehand
Precursor
[Noun] Something that happened or existed before another thing, especially if it either developed into it or had an influence on it
Predilection
[Noun] A predisposition in favor of something
Predisposition
[Noun] The state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease
Premise
[Noun] A statement that is held to be true
Prescience
[Noun] The power to foresee the future
Presume
[Verb] Take to be the case or to be true
Presumption
[Noun] A premise that is taken for granted