Building a Better Vocabulary

Target Word

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patrician

(noun/adjective)

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   manners, and taste


2. an aristocrat; a person of high rank
   or social class
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   people or things that have the
   characteristics of the upper class

10

peckish (adjective) 1. somewhat hungry

2. irritable, touchy

36

perdition (noun) loss of the soul; eternal damnation;

hell; utter ruin

25

SHU¿GLRXV (adjective) treacherous, disloyal, and deceitful 14

pernicious (adjective) exceedingly harmful or destructive; deadly 29

perspicacious

(adjective)

having or showing keen mental perception 18

philatelist (noun) a person who studies or collects stamps 9

philippic (noun) DELWWHUYHUEDODWWDFNDUDQW¿OOHG

with harsh, cruel language

15

philistine (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual

pursuits and indifferent or hostile to artistic

and cultural values

18

SKOHJPDWLF (adjective) showing little emotion;

not easily excited to action

22

pillory (verb) to expose to (often public) ridicule,

abuse, and scorn; to criticize harshly

16

SLTXDQW (adjective) 1. agreeably pungent or sharp in taste

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2. agreeably stimulating
   and engagingly provocative


3. interesting, charming attractive

29

pithy (adjective) refers to language that is short

and terse but meaningful

15

SRQWL¿FDWH (verb) to speak or express opinions

in a pompous or dogmatic way

14