GRE Vocab 4000
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| perennial |
enduring, lasting |
| perforce |
by necessity |
| perigee |
point nearest to earth |
| peripatetic |
walking about |
| permutation |
reordering |
| peroration |
conclusion |
| perquisite |
reward, bonus |
| persona |
social facade |
| personage |
official, dignitary |
| perspicacious |
keen |
| pert |
flippant, bold |
| pertinacious |
persevering |
| peruse |
read carefully |
| petrology |
study of rocks |
| pettifogger |
unscrupulous lawyer |
| petulant |
irritable, peevish |
| phantasm |
apparition |
| philatelist |
stamp collector |
| physic |
laxative, cathartic |
| picaresque |
roguish, adventurous |
| piecemeal |
one at a time |
| pillory |
punish by ridicule |
| pine |
languish |
| piteous |
sorrowful, pathetic |
| pithy |
concise |
| pittance |
alms, driblet, trifle |
| pixilated |
eccentric, possessed |
| plaintive |
expressing sorrow |
| platitude |
trite remark |
| plebeian |
common, vulgar |
| plenary |
full |
| pleonasm |
redundancy, verbosity |
| plethora |
overabundance |
| plucky |
courageous |
| plumb |
measure |
| plutocrat |
wealthy person |
| podgy |
fat |
| pogrom |
massacre, mass murder |
| poignant |
pungent, sharp |
| polity |
methods of government |
| poltroon |
dastard |
| polychromatic |
many-colored |
| ponderous |
heavy, bulky |
| pootroon |
coward |
| porcine |
pig-like |
| portend |
signify, augur |
| posit |
stipulate |
| posterior |
rear, subsequent |
| posterity |
future generations |
| postulate |
supposition, premise |
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