GRE Wordlist 35

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  1. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  2. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  3. pedagogy
    the principles and methods of instruction
    teaching; art of education
  4. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  5. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
    showing off learning; bookish
  6. pedestrian
    lacking wit or imagination
    ordinary
  7. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
  8. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  9. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
    negative in connotation; having a belittling effect
  10. pell-mell
    in a wild or reckless manner
    confusion; disorderly
  11. pellucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
    limpy
  12. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  13. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  14. pendant
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry
  15. pendant
    held from above
  16. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
    hanging; suspended
  17. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  18. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
    thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative
  19. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
    in an eclipse
  20. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  21. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  22. perceptive
    having the ability to understand
    insightful; aware; wise
  23. percussion
    the act of striking a musical instrument
    striking one object against another sharply
  24. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
    damnation; complete ruin
  25. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
    journey
  26. peremptory
    not allowing contradiction or refusal
    demanding and leaving no choice
  27. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  28. perfidious
    tending to betray
  29. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  30. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    superficial
  31. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  32. perimeter
    the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary
  33. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
    moving
  34. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
    marginal; outer
  35. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
    edge, especially of a round surface
  36. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  37. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  38. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  39. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  40. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  41. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  42. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
    preserve from extinction
  43. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  44. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  45. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
    having insight
  46. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
    freedom from ambiguity
  47. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
    plainly expressed
  48. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
    bold or impudent in speech or behavior; impertinent; forward
  49. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  50. pertinent
    having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
    suitable
  51. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
    disturb greatly
  52. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  53. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  54. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  55. perversion
    the action of corrupting something
  56. pessimism
    a general disposition to expect the worst in all things
  57. pestilential
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
    baneful
  58. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  59. petrify
    cause to become stunned or immobile, as with fear or awe
    paralyze with terror
  60. petty
    small and of little importance
  61. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
    touchy; peevish
  62. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  63. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
    observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
  64. philanderer
    a man who likes many women
    faithless lover; flirt
  65. pediment
    a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
  66. peer
    a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
  67. pending
    awaiting conclusion or confirmation
  68. penultimate
    next to the last
  69. perambulate
    walk with no particular goal
  70. percipient
    characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
  71. perihelion
    periapsis in solar orbit
    point in orbit nearest to the sun
  72. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  73. perjure
    make oneself guilty of telling untruths in a court of law
  74. perpetuity
    the property of being seemingly ceaseless
  75. perplexing
    lacking clarity of meaning
    puzzling; bewildering
  76. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  77. perturbation
    the act of causing disorder
    disturbance
  78. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
    close examination
  79. pervert
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
    misuse
  80. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  81. pettish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  82. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
Created on 八月 15, 2012 (updated 八月 15, 2012)

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