Word List 35 Flashcards
Pecuniary
Pertaining to money
Pedagogy
Teaching; art of education
Pedantic
Showing off learning
Pejorative
Negative in connotation
Pellucid
Transparent; limpid; easy to understand
Penchant
Strong inclination; liking
Penitent
Repentent
Pensive
Dreamily thoughtful
Penury
Severe poverty
Perceptive
Insightful; aware; wise
Perdition
Complete ruin; damnation
Peremptory
Demanding and leaving no choice
Perfidious
treacherous; disloyal
Perfunctory
Superficial; not thorough
Peripheral
Marginal; outer
Perjury
False testimony while under oath
Permeate
Pass through; spread
Pernicious
Very destructive
Perpetual
Everlasting
Perpetuate
Make something last
Persona
Public personality or facade
Personable
Attractive
Perspicacious
Having insight; penetrating; astute
Pert
Impertinent
Pertinacious
Stubborn; persistent
Pertinent
To the point
Perturb
Disturb greatly
Pervasive
Pervading; spread throughout every part
Perverse
Stubbornly wrong
Petrify
Turn to stone
Petty
Trivial
Petulant
Touchy; peevish
Philanderer
Faithless lover; flirt