peters vocab 8

Question 1

a person who lives at the expense of another with no benefit to the host

Answer 1

parasite

Question 2

any person despised or rejected by others; outcast

Answer 2

pariah

Question 3

inactive, submissive; yielding; offering no opposition or resitance

Answer 3

passive

Question 4

expressing, arousing, or intended to arouse pity, sorrow, or sympathy; pitiful

Answer 4

pathetic

Question 5

of or involving money

Answer 5

pecuniary

Question 6

narrow concern for trivial points of learning and rules

Answer 6

pedantic

Question 7

a strong liking or fondness; inclination; taste

Answer 7

penchant

Question 8

to pass into or through; to spread throughout

Answer 8

permeate

Question 9

the act or instance of perusing; to examine in detail; scrutinize; read carefully

Answer 9

persual

Question 10

act of persisting in error or fault; stubbornly contrary, difficult or disobedience

Answer 10

perversity

Question 11

to engage in love affairs frivolously or casually

Answer 11

philander

Question 12

a person (usually wealthy) who possesses a desire to help mankind with gifts, money or charity

Answer 12

philanthropist

Question 13

full of substance and meaning; concise

Answer 13

pithy

Question 14

a commonplace or trite remark; flat or dull quality in speech or writing

Answer 14

platitude

Question 15

too full; overabundance; excess

Answer 15

plethora

Question 16

sharply painful to the feelings; piercing; profoundly moving

Answer 16

poignant

Question 17

something that is about to occur; unfortunate event; omen

Answer 17

portent

Question 18

concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, facts and actual events (no theory or speculation)

Answer 18

pragmatic

Question 19

instant that may be used as an example in dealing with later circumstances.

Answer 19

precedent

Question 20

contrary to nature or reason and thus laughable

Answer 20

preposterous