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GRE Word List 16
Penchant-Preen
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Undergraduate 4
08/13/2013

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Penchant
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A strong inclination
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Penitent
Definition
Feeling or expressing remorese for one's misdeeds or sins
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Penury
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Extreme poverty
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Peregrination
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To journey or travel from place to place, especially on food
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Peremptory
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Putting an end to alldebate or action
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Perennial
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Present throughout the years, persistent
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Perfidy
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Trechery
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Perfunctory
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Done as a duty without care
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Perilous
Definition
Dangerous
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Peripatetic
Definition
Walking about from place to place
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Perish
Definition
Be destroyed, decay
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Perjury
Definition
Willful false statement; unlawful act
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Permeate
Definition
Spread into every part
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Pernicious
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Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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Perpetrate
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To be responsible for; commit
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Personable
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Pleasing in apperance, attractive
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Perspicacity
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Acuteness of understanding/discernment
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Petrified
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To stun or paralyze with terror; daze
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Petulant
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Irritable or ill-tempered
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Philistine
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A smug, ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
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Phlegmatic
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Unemotional
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Picaresque
Definition
involving clever rogues or adventurers
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Pied
Definition
Patchy in color
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Pine
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To wither or waste away from longing or grief
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Pious
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Having or exhibiting religious reverence
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Piquant
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Spicy; pleasantly pungent or tart in taste
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Pique
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To be offended; a state of vexation cause by a pervieved slight or indignity
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Pith
Definition
The hear ot essence of
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Pivotal
Definition
Crucial; being of vital importance
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Placate
Definition
To sooth, pacify, calm
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Plantive
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Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy
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Platitude
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A cliche remark
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Plethora
Definition
An excess
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Pliant
Definition
Easily bent or flexed
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Plod
Definition
To walk or move heavily; trudge
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Pluck
Definition
Spirit; resourceful couraging int he face of difficulties
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Plumb
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To examine closely or deeply
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Plummet
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To fall straight down; plunge
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Poignant
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Profoundly moving; touching
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Ponderous
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Lacking grace or fluency; dull
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Portent
Definition
Bad omen
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Pragmatic
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Practical
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Precarious
Definition
Unstable/insecure
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Precepts
Definition
A rule prescribing a particular course of action or conduct
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Precipitate
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To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely
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Preclude
Definition
To prevent
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Precursor
Definition
One that precedes and indicates or announces something to come
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Predilection
Definition
A partiality or preference
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Predominate
Definition
To be of or have greater quantity or importance
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Preen
Definition
To dress up or sweel with pride
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