Vocab day 6 part 1 Flashcards by sangiya lubana | Brainscape

Q

perturb

A

anxious and uneasy

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

peremptory

A

imperative, leaving no choice

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

perfunctory

A

superficial

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

perfidious

A

disloyal, faithless

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

perennial

A

present throughout the years

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

perigee

A

closest point to the earth

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

peregrination

A

journey, to travel, wandering from place to place

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

pervasive

A

spread throughout

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

permeable

A

penetrable

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

penury

A

extreme poverty

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

petulant

A

childish anger, bad tempered, peevish(showing bad temperament)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

physignomy

A

facial features

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

pheonix

A

a creature that rises from the itsk own ashes

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

piety

A

devotee

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

piquant

A

having a spark flavour, tangy flavour

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

pique

A

resentment

2. arousing curiosity

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

plaintive

A

sounding sad, mournful, melancoly

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

placate

A

to calm

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

placid

A

calm

Q

phlegmatic

A

unemotional, calm

Q

plummet

A

to fall, to plunge

Q

plumb

A

to measure the depth, to examine

Q

platitude

A

overused,

syn: banal, hackneyed, trite, vapid,

Q

pragmatic

A

practical

Q

proseur

A

a person who takes on an identity to impress others

Q

plasticity

A

like the properties of metal, ability to take shape

Q

platonic

A

spiritual, without sensual desires

Q

phlethora

A

abundance, excess

Q

plutocracy

A

government that is in control of the wealthy

Q

porous

A

permeable, like porous sheet

Q

prate

A

idle talk

Q

prattle

A

foolish talk

Q

preamble

A

preliminary statement

Q

precarious

A

uncertain

Q

precipitate

A

1, to cause tohappen, throw down from a height

2. sudden, hasty, rash

Q

precursor

A

predecesor

Q

preempt

A

to supersede

Q

presage

A

to indicate in advance

Q

presumptuous

A

improperly bold, rude

Q

preternatural

A

supernatural

Q

prevaricate

A

to evade the truth

Q

premordial

A

original

Q

prestine

A

ntouched, uncorrupted

Q

probity

A

high morals and principles.

Q

problematic

A

causing problems

Q

prodigal

A

wasteful, extravagant