Day1.b

Question 1

poignant

Answer 1

painfully emotional, extremely moving, sharp or astute

Question 2

plebeian

Answer 2

common, vulgar, low class

Question 3

platitude

Answer 3

a dull or trite remark, a cliche

Question 4

plaintive

Answer 4

expressing sadness or sorrow

Question 5

placate

Answer 5

to pacify, to appease, to soothe

Question 6

pivotal

Answer 6

crucial

Question 7

pious

Answer 7

reverent, devout, outwardly, reverent or devout, hypocritical

Question 8

philistine

Answer 8

a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

Question 9

petulant

Answer 9

rude, cranky, ill-tempered

Question 10

perquisite

Answer 10

a privilege that goes along with a job, a “perk”

Question 11

perjury

Answer 11

lying under oath

Question 12

peripatetic

Answer 12

wandering, traveling continually

Question 13

perfunctory

Answer 13

unenthusiastic, careless

Question 14

perfidy

Answer 14

treachery

Question 15

peremptory

Answer 15

final, categorical, dictatorial

Question 16

pensive

Answer 16

thoughtful and sad

Question 17

penchant

Answer 17

a strong taste or liking for something, a predilection

Question 18

pejorative

Answer 18

negative, disparaging

Question 19

pedantic

Answer 19

boringly scholarly or academic

Question 20

peccadillo

Answer 20

a minor offense