Gre AV Group 5 Flashcards
pellucid
(adjective) transparent; easy to understand; limp-id
penchant
(noun) strong inclination; a liking
peregrination
(noun) traveling about; wandering
peremptory
(adjective) admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
perigee
(noun) closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir
peripatetic
(adjective) itinerant; traveling; nomadic
peroration
(noun) the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
personable
(adjective) pleasing in appearance; attractive
petrous
(adjective) like a rock; hard; stony
petulant
(adjective) impatient; irritable
philistine
(noun) a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values
phlegmatic
(adjective) impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish
picaresque
(adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers
pillory
(verb) to punish; to hold up to public scorn
piquant
(adjective) agreeably pungent; stimulating
pique
(noun)/(verb) resentment; to annoy, irritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse
placebo
(noun) inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than for physical effect; something tending to soothe
plangent
(adjective) pounding; thundering; resounding
plumb
(verb) to measure the depth; to examine critically
poignant
(adjective) distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional
poseur
(noun) affected or insincere person: literally, a poser
prate
(verb) to chatter; to babble, as in prattle
precarious
(adjective) uncertain; risky; dangerous
precept
(noun) rule establishing standards of conduct
precis
(noun) concise summary of essential points
preempt
(verb) to replace; to suspended; to appropriate
profligate
(adjective) spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant
prolix
(adjective) long-winded; (verb)ose
propinquity
(noun) nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
propitiate
(verb) to appease; to conciliate
proscribe
(verb) to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw
provident
(adjective) frugal; looking to the future
puerile
(adjective) childish; immature
pugnacious
(adjective) contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent
puissance
(noun) power; strength
punctilious
(adjective) precise; paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
pundit
(noun) an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions
pusillanimous
(adjective) cowardly; craven
querulous
(adjective) habitually complaining; whining
raffish
(adjective) tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base
ramify
(verb) to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
rapacious
(adjective) voracious; greedy; plundering
rebus
(noun) riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols
recidivism
(noun) relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
recondite
(adjective) abstruse; profound; arcane
reconnaissance
(noun) preliminary survey to gain information, especially of an enemy
reconnoiter
(verb) to engage in reconnaissance
recreant
(noun)/(adjective) coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous
recumbent
(adjective) leaning; resting; prone
redolent
(adjective) fragrant; suggestive or evocative
refractory
(adjective) stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious
regale
(verb) to delight or entertain; to feast
remonstrate
(verb) to protest; to object
repine
(verb) to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for
repudiate
(verb) to disown; to disavow; to reject as untrue
resolute
(adjective) adamant; steadfast; determined; irresolute
rubric
(noun) heading. title, or category
rue
(verb) to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow
