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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