Quizlet SAT words from 'perforate' to 'perversity'

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  1. perforate: To make a hole or holes through.
  2. perform: To accomplish.
  3. perfumery: The preparation of perfumes.
  4. perfunctory: Half-hearted.
  5. perhaps: Possibly.
  6. perigee: The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
  7. periodicity: The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
  8. peripatetic: Walking about.
  9. perjure: To swear falsely to.
  10. perjury: A solemn assertion of a falsity.
  11. permanence: A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
  12. permanent: Durable.
  13. permeate: To pervade.
  14. permissible: That may be allowed.
  15. permutation: Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
  16. pernicious: Tending to kill or hurt.
  17. perpendicular: Straight up and down.
  18. perpetrator: The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
  19. perpetuate: To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
  20. perquisite: Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
  21. persecution: Harsh or malignant oppression.
  22. perseverance: A persistence in purpose and effort.
  23. persevere: To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
  24. persiflage: Banter.
  25. persist: To continue steadfast against opposition.
  26. persistence: A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
  27. personage: A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
  28. personal: Not general or public.
  29. personality: The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
  30. personnel: The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
  31. perspective: The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
  32. perspicacious: Astute.
  33. perspicacity: Acuteness or discernment.
  34. perspicuous: Lucid.
  35. perspiration: Sweat.
  36. perspire: To excrete through the pores of the skin.
  37. persuadable: capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
  38. persuade: To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
  39. pertinacious: Persistent or unyielding.
  40. pertinacity: Unyielding adherence.
  41. pertinent: Relevant.
  42. perturb: To disturb greatly.
  43. perturbation: Mental excitement or confusion.
  44. perusal: The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
  45. pervade: To pass or spread through every part.
  46. pervasion: The state of spreading through every part.
  47. pervasive: Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
  48. perverse: Unreasonable.
  49. perversion: Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
  50. perversity: Wickedness.