Word List 35 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Pecuniary

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Pertaining to money

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Pedagogy

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Teaching; art of education

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Pedantic

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Showing off learning

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Pejorative

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Negative in connotation

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Pellucid

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Transparent; limpid; easy to understand

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Penchant

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Strong inclination; liking

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Penitent

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Repentent

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Pensive

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Dreamily thoughtful

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Penury

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Severe poverty

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Perceptive

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Insightful; aware; wise

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Perdition

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Complete ruin; damnation

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Peremptory

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Demanding and leaving no choice

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Perfidious

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treacherous; disloyal

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Perfunctory

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Superficial; not thorough

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Peripheral

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Marginal; outer

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Perjury

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False testimony while under oath

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Permeate

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Pass through; spread

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Pernicious

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Very destructive

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Perpetual

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Everlasting

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Perpetuate

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Make something last

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Persona

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Public personality or facade

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Personable

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Attractive

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Perspicacious

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Having insight; penetrating; astute

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Pert

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Impertinent

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Pertinacious

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Stubborn; persistent

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Pertinent

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To the point

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Perturb

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Disturb greatly

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Pervasive

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Pervading; spread throughout every part

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Perverse

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Stubbornly wrong

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Petrify

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Turn to stone

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Petty

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Trivial

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Petulant

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Touchy; peevish

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Philanderer

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Faithless lover; flirt