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Group 5 Beyond
Beyond the Hit List group 5
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General Vocab
Graduate
07/24/2009

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pellucid
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transparent; easy to understand; limpid
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peregrination
Definition
traveling about; wandering
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peremptory
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admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
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perigee
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closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir
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peripatetic
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itinerant; traveling; nomadic
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
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personable
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pleasing in appearance; attractive
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petrous
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like a rock; hard; stony
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petulent
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impatient; irritable
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philistine
Definition
a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values
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phlegmatic
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impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pillory
Definition
to punish; to hold up to public scorn
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating
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pique
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resentment; to annoy, irritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse
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plangent
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pounding, thundering, resounding
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plumb
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to measure the depth; to examine critically
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poignant
Definition
distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating, emotional
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poseur
Definition
affected or insincere person, a poser
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prate
Definition
to chatter, to babble
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precarious
Definition
uncertain, risky, dangerous
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precept
Definition
rule establishing standards of conduct
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precis
Definition
concise summary of essential points
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profligate
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spendthrift, prodigal, wildly extravagant
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prolix
Definition
long-winded, verbose
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propinquity
Definition
nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
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propitiate
Definition
to appease; to conciliate
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proscribe
Definition
to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw
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provident
Definition
frugal; looking to the future
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puerile
Definition
childish, immature
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pugnacious
Definition
contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent
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puissance
Definition
power, strength
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punctilious
Definition
precise; paying attention to trivialities, esp. in regard to ettiquette
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pusillanimous
Definition
cowardly, craven
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querulous
Definition
habitually complaining; whining
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raffish
Definition
tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
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rapacious
Definition
voracious; greedy; plundering
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rebus
Definition
riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols
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recondite
Definition
abstruse (difficult to understand); profound; arcane; obscure
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reconnoiter
Definition
to engage in reconnaissance
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recreant
Definition
coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous
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recumbent
Definition
leaning; resting; prone
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redolent
Definition
fragrant; evocative
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refractory
Definition
stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly
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regale
Definition
to delight or entertain; to feast
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remonstrate
Definition
to protest; to object
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repine
Definition
to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for
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resolute
Definition
adamant; steadfast; determined
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rubric
Definition
heading, title, or category
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rue
Definition
to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow
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