GRE Word List 35
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | adj. pertaining to money |
| pedagogue | n. teacher |
| pedagogy | n. teaching; art of education |
| pedant | n. scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities |
| pedantic | adj. showing off learning; bookish |
| pedantry | n. a ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning |
| pedestrian | adj. ordinary; unimaginative |
| pediatrician | n. physician specializing in children's diseases |
| peerless | adj. having no equal; incomparable |
| pejorative | adj. negative in connotation; having a belittling effect |
| pell-mell | adv. in confusion; disorderly |
| pellucid | adj. transparent; limpid; easy to understand |
| penance | n. self-imposed punishment for sin |
| penchant | n. strong inclination; liking |
| pendant | adj. hanging down from something |
| pendant | n. ornament (hanging from a necklace, etc.) |
| pendulous | adj. hanging; suspended |
| penitent | adj. repentant (also n.) |
| pensive | adj. dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative |
| penumbra | n. partial shadow (in an eclipse) |
| penury | n. severe poverty; stinginess |
| peon | n. landless agricultural worker; bond servant |
| peonage | n. the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged |
| perceptive | adj. insightful; aware; wise |
| percussion | adj. striking one object against another sharply (also n.) |
| perdition | n. damnation; complete ruin |
| peregrination | n. journey |
| peremptory | adj. demanding and leaving no choice |
| perennial | n. something long-lasting (also adj.) |
| perfidious | adj. treacherous; disloyal |
| perfidy | n. betrayal of a trust |
| perforate | v. pierce; put a hole through |
| perfunctory | adj. superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm |
| perigee | n. point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth |
| perimeter | n. outer boundary |
| peripatetic | adj. walking about; moving |
| peripheral | adj. marginal; outer |
| periphery | n. edge, especially of a round surface |
| perjury | n. false testimony while under oath |
| permeable | adj. penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through |
| permeate | v. penetrate mutually or be interlocked |
| pernicious | adj. very destructive |
| peroration | n. conclusion of an oration |
| perpetrate | v. commit an offense |
| perpetual | adj. everlasting |
| perpetuate | v. make something last; preserve from extinction |
| perpetuity | n. a state of infinite or indefinitely long duration |
| perquisite | n. any gain above stipulated salary |
| personable | adj. attractive |
| perspicacious | adj. having insight; penetrating ; astute |
| perspicuity | n. clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity |
| perspicuous | adj. plainly expressed |
| pert | adj. impertinent; forward |
| pertinacious | adj. stubborn; persistent |
| pertinent | adj. suitable; to the point |
| perturb | v. disturb greatly |
| perturbation | n. activity that is an intrusion or interruption |
| peruse | v. read with care |
| perusal | n. reading carefully with intent to remember |
| pervasive | adj. spread throughout |
| pervade | v. spread or diffuse through |
| perverse | adj. stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable |
| perversity | n. deliberately deviating from what is good |
| perversion | n. corruption; turning from right to wrong |
| pessimism | n. belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
| pessimistic | adj. expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds |
| pestilential | adj. causing plague; baneful |
| pestilence | n. a pernicious evil influence; any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| pestle | n. tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl |
| petrify | v. turn to stone |
| petty | adj. trivial; unimportant; very small |
| petulant | adj. touchy; peevish |
| petulance | n. unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pharisaical | adj. pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
| phenomena | n, pl. observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation |
| phenomenon | n, sing. an unusual, observable event |
| philanderer | n faithless lover; flirt |
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