English Vocab Chapter 24
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- Peremptory
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ADJECTIVE
having the nature of a command in that it does not allow discussion - Perjure
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VERB
to lie deliberately while under oath - Permeate
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VERB
to spread through, to penetrate - Pernicious
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ADJECTIVE
highly injurious or harmful - Persevere
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VERB
to continue steadfastly - Phobia
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NOUN
an intense, irrational fear of something - Plagiarism
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NOUN
the use of another person's writings - Plaintive
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ADJECTIVE
sorrowful or melancholy - Plethora
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NOUN
superabundance or excess - Poignant
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ADJECTIVE
keenly touching or moving - Precarious
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ADJECTIVE
dangerously insecure, unstable, or uncertain - Precocious
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ADJECTIVE
developing unusually early - Predatory
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ADJECTIVE
preying on, plundering, or piratical - Prelude
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NOUN
an introductory piece of music - Premise
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NOUN/VERB
a statement from which a conclusion is drawn - Prerogative
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NOUN
a special right or privilege that belongs to a person of rank - Probity
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NOUN
unquestionable honesty or uprightness - Procrastinate
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VERB
to delay action - Prodigious
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ADJECTIVE
extradordinary in size or extent - Proliferate
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VERB
to increase rapidly in size or abundance - Promulgate
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VERB
to announce officially as a law - Propensity
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NOUN
a natural tendency or inclination - Propitiate
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VERB
to appease or pacify - Protracted
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ADJECTIVE
extended or prolonged excessively - Prowess
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NOUN
superior courage, ability, or skill - Pseudonym
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NOUN
a fictitious name assumed by an author - Purge
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NOUN/VERB
to cleanse or purify - Pusillanimous
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ADJECTIVE
contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited - Quell
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VERB
to bring an to an end, usually by force - Quixotic
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ADJECTIVE
high-minded but impractical