Part 5

Question 1

pejorative

Answer 1

having bad connotations; disparaging; belittlng

Question 2

penury

Answer 2

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

Question 3

peripatetic

Answer 3

wandering from place to place; esp on foot

Question 4

pervade

Answer 4

to be present throughout; to permeate

Question 5

phalanx

Answer 5

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

Question 6

philistine

Answer 6

person guided by materialism

Question 7

plebeian

Answer 7

crude or coarse; characteristics of commoners; conventional

Question 8

polemic

Answer 8

controversy; argument; verbal attack

Question 9

polyglot

Answer 9

a speaker of many languages

Question 10

posit

Answer 10

to assume as real; propose as an explanation; suggest

Question 11

potentate

Answer 11

a monarch or ruler with great power

Question 12

prattle

Answer 12

meaningless; foolish talk; babble

Question 13

precis

Answer 13

short summary of facts

Question 14

prescient

Answer 14

having foresight; oracular

Question 15

pugilism

Answer 15

boxing

Question 16

pulchritude

Answer 16

beauty

Question 17

raconteur

Answer 17

good storyteller

Question 18

rejoinder

Answer 18

response

Question 19

repast

Answer 19

meal or mealtime

Question 20

replete

Answer 20

abundantly supplied; complete; full

Question 21

repose

Answer 21

relaxation; leisure

Question 22

requite

Answer 22

to return or repay

Question 23

ribald

Answer 23

humorous in a vulgar way

Question 24

salient

Answer 24

prominent; of notable significance; noticeable; outstanding

Question 25

sardonic

Answer 25

caustic; scornfully mocking; cynical