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Word Smart 23
Patent- Peruse
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English
11th Grade
03/31/2009

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Term
Root: pas/pat/path
Definition
feeling, suffereing, disease
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Root: pater/patr
Definition
father, support
Term
Root: ped/pod
Definition
foot
Term
Root: pen/pun
Definition
to pay, to compensate
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Root: per
Definition
completely, wrong
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Root: Peri
Definition
around
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Root: phil
Definition
love
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Root: plac
Definition
to please
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Root: ple
Definition
to fill
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Root: pre
Definition
before
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Patent
Definition
obvious
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Paternal
Definition
fatherly; fatherlike
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Pathology
Definition
the science of diseases
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Patriarch
Definition
the male head of a family or tribe
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Patrician
Definition
a person of noble birth; an aristocrat
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Patronize
Definition
to treat as an inferior; to condescend to
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Paucity
Definition
scarcity
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Peccadillo
Definition
a minor offense
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Pedantic
Definition
boringly scholarly or academic
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Pedestrian
Definition
unimaginative; banal
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Pejorative
Definition
negative; disparaging
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Penchant
Definition
a strong taste or liking for something; a predilection
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Penitent
Definition
sorry; repentant; contrite
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Pensive
Definition
thoughtful and sad
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Peremptory
Definition
final; categorical; dictatorial
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Perennial
Definition
continual; happening again and again
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Perfidy
Definition
treachery
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Perfunctory
Definition
unenthusiastic; careless
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Peripatetic
Definition
wandering; traveling continually; itinerant
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Periphery
Definition
the outside edge of something
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Perjury
Definition
lying under oath
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Permeate
Definition
to spread or seep through; to penetrate
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Pernicious
Definition
deadly; extremely evil
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Perquisite
Definition
a privilege that goes along with a job; a perk
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Pertinent
Definition
relevant; dealing with the matter at hand
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Perturb
Definition
to disturb greatly
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Peruse
Definition
to read carefully
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Pervade
Definition
to spread throughout
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Petulant
Definition
rude; cranky; ill-tempered
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Philanthropy
Definition
love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds
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Philistine
Definition
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
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Pious
Definition
reverent or devout; outwardly reverent or devout; hypocritical
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Pivotal
Definition
cruciasl
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Placate
Definition
to ppacify; to appease; to soothe
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Plaintive
Definition
Expressing sadness or sorrow
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Platitude
Definition
a dull or trite remark; a cliche
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Plebeian
Definition
common; vulgar; low-class
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Plethora
Definition
an excess
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Poignant
Definition
painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute
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Polarize
Definition
to break up into opposing factions or groupings
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Polemic
Definition
a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue
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Ponderous
Definition
so large as to be clumsy; massive; dull
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Portent
Definition
an omen; a sign of something coming in the future
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Postulate
Definition
something accepted as true without proof; an axiom
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Pragmatic
Definition
practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory
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Precedent
Definition
an earlier example or model of something
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Percept
Definition
a rule to live by; a principle estbalishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim
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Precipitate
Definition
to cause to happen abruptly
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Precipitous
Definition
steep
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Preclude
Definition
to prevent something from ever happening
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Precursor
Definition
forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows
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Predilection
Definition
a natural preference for something
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Preeminent
Definition
better than anyone else; outstanding supreme
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Preempt
Definition
to seize something by prior right
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Premise
Definition
an assumption; the basis for a conclusion
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Prepossess
Definition
to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand
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Prerogative
Definition
a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some other group or classification
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Prevail
Definition
to triumph; to overcome rivals; to persuade
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Pristine
Definition
original; unspoiled; pure
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Prodigal
Definition
wastefully extravagant
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