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Group 5
GRE Hit Parade
8
English
Graduate
05/22/2011

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Term
pellucid
Definition

pos: adj

def: transparent; easy to understand; limpid

the pellucid waters that lap upon the island's beaches

Term
penchant
Definition

noun

strong inclination; a liking

She had a penchant for sitting by the window and staring off into space

Term
peregrination
Definition

noun

travelling about; wandering

a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland

Term
peremptory
Definition

adj

admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious

Her peremptory tone angered me

Term
perigee
Definition

noun

closest or lowest point in an orbit

the satellite reached its perigee as it passe over Texas

Term
Peripatetic
Definition

adj

itinerant; travelling; nomadic

The man's parpatetic travels were without destination

Term
peroration
Definition

noun

the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech

Obama gave an eloquent peroration celebrating the nation's long tradition of religious tolerance

Term
petrous
Definition

adj

like a rock; hard; stony

The femur is a strong, petrous bone

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