Deck8

Question 1

Parry

Answer 1

to ward off or deflect, especially by a quickwitted answer

Question 2

Pastiche

Answer 2

piece of literature or music imitating other works

Question 3

Pathogenic

Answer 3

causing disease

Question 4

Peccadillo

Answer 4

minor sin or offense

Question 5

Pedant

Answer 5

someone who shows off learning

Question 6

Pejorative

Answer 6

having bad connotations; disparaging

Question 7

Penury

Answer 7

an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty

Question 8

Peregrinate

Answer 8

to wander fro place to place; to travel; especially on foot

Question 9

Perfidious

Answer 9

willing to betray one’s trust

Question 10

Perfunctory

Answer 10

done in a routine way; indifferent

Question 11

Peripatetic

Answer 11

wandering from place to place, especially on foot

Question 12

Permeate

Answer 12

to penetrate

Question 13

Perspicacious

Answer 13

shrewd, astute, or keen-witted

Question 14

Pervade

Answer 14

to be present throughout; to permeate

Question 15

Phalanx

Answer 15

a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things

Question 16

Philanthropy

Answer 16

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 17

Philistine

Answer 17

a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

Question 18

Phlegmatic

Answer 18

calm and unemotional in temperament

Question 19

Pithy

Answer 19

profound or substantial yet concise, succinct and to the point

Question 20

Placate

Answer 20

to soothe or pacify

Question 21

Plastic

Answer 21

able to be molded, altered, or bent

Question 22

Plebeian

Answer 22

crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners

Question 23

Plethora

Answer 23

excess

Question 24

Plucky

Answer 24

courageous; spunky

Question 25

Polemic

Answer 25

controversy; argument; verbal attack

Question 26

Politic

Answer 26

shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic

Question 27

Polyglot

Answer 27

a speaker of many languages

Question 28

Posit

Answer 28

to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation

Question 29

Potentate

Answer 29

a monarch or ruler with great power

Question 30

Pragmatic

Answer 30

practical, as opposed to idealistic

Question 31

Prattle

Answer 31

meaningless, foolish talk

Question 32

Precipitate

Answer 32

to throw violently or bring about abruplty; lacking deliberation

Question 33

Precis

Answer 33

short summary of facts

Question 34

Prescient

Answer 34

having foresight

Question 35

Prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 36

Pristine

Answer 36

fresh and clean; uncorrupted

Question 37

Probity

Answer 37

complete honesty and integrity

Question 38

Proclivity

Answer 38

a natural inclination or predisposition

Question 39

Prodigal

Answer 39

lavish; wasteful

Question 40

Profligate

Answer 40

corrupt; degenerate

Question 41

Proliferate

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to increase in number quickly

Question 42

Propitiate

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to conciliate; to appease

Question 43

Propriety

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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs

Question 44

Prudence

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wisdom, caution, or restraint

Question 45

Puerile

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childish, immature, or silly

Question 46

Pugilism

Answer 46

boxing

Question 47

Pulchritude

Answer 47

beauty

Question 48

Pungent

Answer 48

sharp and irritating to the senses

Question 49

Pusillanimous

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cowardly; without courage

Question 50

Querulous

Answer 50

inclined to complain; irritable