Vocab Lesson 23 & 24

Question 1

peripheral

Answer 1

external, incidental, tangential

Question 2

peruse

Answer 2

to study, to read

Question 3

philistine

Answer 3

narrow-minded, smugly conventional

Question 4

piety

Answer 4

devotion and reverence, especially to God and family

Question 5

pique

Answer 5

to hurt the feelings of or make resentful, to arouse or excite

Question 6

placate

Answer 6

to soothe, to pacify

Question 7

placid

Answer 7

outwardly calm or composed, self-satisfied, peaceful

Question 8

plagiarize

Answer 8

to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one’s own. to use without giving credit

Question 9

platitude

Answer 9

a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat or weak

Question 10

pompous

Answer 10

self-important, stately, magnificent, excessively ornate

Question 11

ponderous

Answer 11

very heavy, bulky, labored and full or tiresome

Question 12

pragmatic

Answer 12

practical, opinionated, concerned with actual practice rather than with theory or speculation

Question 13

preclude

Answer 13

To make impossible, to shut out, to prevent

Question 14

precocious

Answer 14

having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age, early or prematurely ripe or developed

Question 15

prestigious

Answer 15

honored, having an illustrious name or reputation

Question 16

pretentious

Answer 16

claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, showy, self-important

Question 17

procrastinate

Answer 17

to put off doing something until a later time, to delay

Question 18

prodigious

Answer 18

enormous, extraordinary, marvelous

Question 19

profane

Answer 19

secular, not holy, not connected with religious, irrelevant

Question 20

profusion

Answer 20

abundance, a great or generous amount, extravagance