Princeton review GRE word list group 5

Anuj V. (India)
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  1. pellucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  2. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  3. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  4. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  5. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  6. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  7. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  8. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  9. petrous
    resembling stone in hardness
  10. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  11. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  12. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  13. picaresque
    (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
  14. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
  15. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  16. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  17. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  18. plangent
    loud and resounding, often in a mournful way
  19. plumb
    weight with lead
  20. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  21. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  22. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  23. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  24. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  25. precis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  26. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  27. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  28. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  29. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  30. propitiate
    make peace with
  31. proscribe
    command against
  32. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  33. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  34. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  35. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  36. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  37. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  38. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  39. querulous
    habitually complaining
  40. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  41. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  42. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  43. rebus
    a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
  44. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  45. recondite
    difficult to understand
  46. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
  47. reconnoiter
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  48. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  49. recumbent
    lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  50. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  51. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  52. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  53. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  54. repine
    express discontent
  55. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  56. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  57. rubric
    category name
  58. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
Created on Fri Aug 22 12:37:48 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Aug 22 12:38:23 EDT 2014)

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