Pernicious-Preeminent

Question 0

Perquisite

Answer 0

A privilege that goes along with a job

A “perk”

Question 1

Pernicious

Answer 1

Deadly

Extremely evil

Question 2

Pertinent

Answer 2

Relevant

Dealing with the matter at hand

Question 3

Perturb

Answer 3

To disturb greatly

Question 4

Peruse

Answer 4

To read carefully

Question 5

Pervade

Answer 5

To spread throughout

Question 6

Petulant

Answer 6

Rude
Cranky
Ill-tempered

Question 7

Philanthropy

Answer 7

Love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

Question 8

Philistine

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Pious

Answer 9

Reverent or devout
Outwardly and sometimes falsely religious
Hypocritical

Question 10

Pivotal

Answer 10

Crucial

Question 11

Placate

Answer 11

To pacify
To appease
To soothe

Question 12

Plaintive

Answer 12

Expressing sadness or sorrow

Question 13

Platitude

Answer 13

A dull or trite remark

A cliché

Question 14

Plebeian

Answer 14

Common
Vulgar
Low-class

Question 15

Plethora

Answer 15

An excess

Question 16

Poignant

Answer 16

Painfully emotional
Extremely moving
Sharp or astute

Question 17

Polarize

Answer 17

To break into opposing factions or groupings

Question 18

Polemic

Answer 18

A powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

Question 19

Ponderous

Answer 19

So large as to be clumsy
Massive
Dull

Question 20

Portent

Answer 20

An omen

A sign of something coming in the future

Question 21

Postulate

Answer 21

Something accepted as true without proof

An axiom

Question 22

Pragmatic

Answer 22

Practical
Down to earth
Based in experience rather than theory

Question 23

Precedent

Answer 23

An earlier example or model of something

Question 24

Precept

Answer 24

A rule to live by
A maxim
A principle establishing a certain kind if action or behavior

Question 25

Precipitate

Answer 25

To cause to happen abruptly

Question 26

Precipitous

Answer 26

Steep

Question 27

Preclude

Answer 27

To prevent something from ever happening

Question 28

Precursor

Answer 28

Forerunner

Something that goes before an anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows

Question 29

Predilection

Answer 29

A natural preference for something

Question 30

Preeminent

Answer 30

Better than anyone else
Outstanding
Supreme