Word List-35 (selected words only)

Lion (India)
GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  2. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  3. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  4. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  5. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  6. peddle
    sell or offer for sale from place to place
  7. pedigree
    the ancestry or lineage of an individual
  8. pediment
    a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
  9. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  10. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  11. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  12. pell-mell
    in a wild or reckless manner
  13. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  14. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  15. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  16. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
  17. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  18. penology
    the branch of criminology concerned with prison management
  19. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  20. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  21. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  22. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  23. percussion
    the act of exploding a detonator that explodes when struck
  24. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  25. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  26. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  27. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  28. perfidious
    tending to betray
  29. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  30. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  31. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  32. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  33. permissive
    not strict in discipline
  34. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  35. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  36. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  37. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  38. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  39. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  40. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  41. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  42. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  43. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  44. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  45. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  46. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  47. perversion
    the action of corrupting something
  48. pervert
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  49. pestilential
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  50. petrify
    change into stone
  51. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  52. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
  53. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  54. pharisee
    a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
  55. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  56. philanderer
    a man who likes many women
Created on Fri May 24 02:51:34 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Jun 01 06:48:16 EDT 2013)

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