Vocab day 6 part 1

Question 1

perturb

Answer 1

anxious and uneasy

Question 2

peremptory

Answer 2

imperative, leaving no choice

Question 3

perfunctory

Answer 3

superficial

Question 4

perfidious

Answer 4

disloyal, faithless

Question 5

perennial

Answer 5

present throughout the years

Question 6

perigee

Answer 6

closest point to the earth

Question 7

peregrination

Answer 7

journey, to travel, wandering from place to place

Question 8

pervasive

Answer 8

spread throughout

Question 9

permeable

Answer 9

penetrable

Question 10

penury

Answer 10

extreme poverty

Question 11

petulant

Answer 11

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

Question 12

physignomy

Answer 12

facial features

Question 13

pheonix

Answer 13

a creature that rises from the itsk own ashes

Question 14

piety

Answer 14

devotee

Question 15

piquant

Answer 15

having a spark flavour, tangy flavour

Question 16

pique

Answer 16

1. resentment

2. arousing curiosity

Question 17

plaintive

Answer 17

sounding sad, mournful, melancoly

Question 18

placate

Answer 18

to calm

Question 19

placid

Answer 19

calm

Question 20

phlegmatic

Answer 20

unemotional, calm

Question 21

plummet

Answer 21

to fall, to plunge

Question 22

plumb

Answer 22

to measure the depth, to examine

Question 23

platitude

Answer 23

overused,

syn: banal, hackneyed, trite, vapid,

Question 24

pragmatic

Answer 24

practical

Question 25

proseur

Answer 25

a person who takes on an identity to impress others

Question 26

plasticity

Answer 26

like the properties of metal, ability to take shape

Question 27

platonic

Answer 27

spiritual, without sensual desires

Question 28

phlethora

Answer 28

abundance, excess

Question 29

plutocracy

Answer 29

government that is in control of the wealthy

Question 30

porous

Answer 30

permeable, like porous sheet

Question 31

prate

Answer 31

idle talk

Question 32

prattle

Answer 32

foolish talk

Question 33

preamble

Answer 33

preliminary statement

Question 34

precarious

Answer 34

uncertain

Question 35

precipitate

Answer 35

1, to cause tohappen, throw down from a height | 2. sudden, hasty, rash

Question 36

precursor

Answer 36

predecesor

Question 37

preempt

Answer 37

to supersede

Question 38

presage

Answer 38

to indicate in advance

Question 39

presumptuous

Answer 39

improperly bold, rude

Question 40

preternatural

Answer 40

supernatural

Question 41

prevaricate

Answer 41

to evade the truth

Question 42

premordial

Answer 42

original

Question 43

prestine

Answer 43

ntouched, uncorrupted

Question 44

probity

Answer 44

high morals and principles.

Question 45

problematic

Answer 45

causing problems

Question 46

prodigal

Answer 46

wasteful, extravagant