Semester 2- Week 3

Question 0

paradox

Answer 0

noun
a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory

Question 1

pacifist

Answer 1

noun
a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable:
She was a committed pacifist all her life.

Question 2

parody

Answer 2

noun
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:
the movie is a parody of the horror genre

Question 3

partisan

Answer 3

adj
prejudice in favor of a particular cause:
Newspapers have become increasingly partisan

Question 4

peccadillo

Answer 4

noun
a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin
petty fault

Question 5

pecuniary

Answer 5

adj
of, or relating to, or consisting of money:
he admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception

Question 6

pensive

Answer 6

adj

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought

Question 7

peremptory

Answer 7

adj
insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way:
“just do it!” came the peremptory reply

Question 8

pertinacious

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adj
holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action:
he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions

Question 9

peruse

Answer 9

verb
read(something), typically in a thorough or careful way:
he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and cataogues

Question 10

perverse

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adj
(of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences:
Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate

Question 11

placate

Answer 11

verb
make (someone) less angry or hosstile:
they attempted to placate the students with promises

Question 12

plagiarism

Answer 12

noun

the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

Question 13

platitude

Answer 13

noun
a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful:
she began uttering liberal platitudes

Question 14

plebeian

Answer 14

noun

a commoner

Question 15

poignant

Answer 15

adj

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret: a poignant reminder of the passing of time

Question 16

precipitous

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adj
dangerously high or steep:
the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast

Question 17

predilection

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noun
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something:
my predilection for asian food

Question 18

prelude

Answer 18

noun
an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important:
education cannot simply be a prelude to a career

Question 19

prerogatibe

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noun
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class:
owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich

Question 20

pretentious

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adj
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed:
a pretentious literary device