Tues 30 Flashcards

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Stigma (n)

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a mark of shame or discredit

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Peregrinate (v)

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to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot

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Perfidious (adj)

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Willing to betray someone’s trust

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Prefunctory (adj)

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Peripatetic (adj)

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wandering from place to place, especially on foot

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Perspicacious (adj)

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Shrewd, astute, or keen-witted

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Philistine (n)

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a person who is guided by materialism and is disdain of intellectual or artistic values

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Phlegmatic (adj)

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Calm and unemotional in temperament

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Pithy (adj)

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profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point

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Plastic (adj)

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able to be molded, altered or bent

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Plebeian (adj)

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crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners

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